NewsNation Adding ‘Elizabeth Vargas Reports’

NewsNation, Nexstar’s cable news network, today announced that Emmy award-winning journalist and television host Elizabeth Vargas will anchor Elizabeth Vargas Reports, an hour-long weekday news program debuting April 3 at 6 p.m. ET/5 CT).

Elizabeth Vargas Reports will feature one-on-one interviews with headline makers across the country and on-the-ground reporting by NewsNation’s team of journalists. Additionally, Vargas will serve as a regular contributor to NewsNation’s daytime and primetime lineup of news, analysis and talk programming.

“Elizabeth Vargas is by far one of the most talented journalists working in television news today,” said Michael Corn, president of news at NewsNation. “We’re confident that Elizabeth’s honest and empathetic interview style, coupled with her determination to get to the heart of important stories, will strike a chord with viewers as we continue delivering on NewsNation’s promise to bring you news you can trust.”

Vargas has traveled the world covering breaking news stories, reporting in-depth investigations and conducting newsmaker interviews. She is currently host of the syndicated iCrime, a half-hour syndicated crime series broadcast on WPIX New York and other stations nationwide.

She has also been host of America’s Most Wanted on Fox TV. She previously hosted the hit newsmagazine show 20/20 on ABC for 15 years, served as co-anchor of ABC’s World News Tonight, and was a news anchor and frequent host of ABC’s Good Morning America. She also hosted A&E Investigates, doing a series of documentaries that still air on Hulu.

Vargas said: “I am thrilled to join the NewsNation team. The mission of NewsNation is more important now than ever — delivering the news and newsmakers to all of America, and to cover the issues that truly matter to everyone, everywhere. I can’t wait to begin.”

In 2016, Vargas released her memoir, Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction, which spent several weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and won numerous awards. She is a member of the board of directors for the nonprofit Partnership to End Addiction and hosts Heart of the Matter, a podcast focused on addiction, recovery, and the stigma so many face in their effort to heal.