| World News with Charles Gibson | |
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| Also known as | John Charles Daly and the News ABC Evening News Peter Jennings with the News World News Tonight World News (weekend broadcasts) |
| Format | News |
| Created by | Roone Arledge |
| Starring | Charles Gibson (2006–present) Elizabeth Vargas (2006) Bob Woodruff (2006) Peter Jennings (1965–1967 and 1978–2005) Max Robinson (1978-1983) Frank Reynolds (1968-1970, 1978-1983) Barbara Walters (1976-1978) Harry Reasoner (1970-1978) Howard K. Smith (1969-1975) Bob Young (1967-1968) |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. News is any new information or information on Current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or Word of mouth Roone Arledge ( July 8, 1931 &ndash December 5, 2002) was an American sports broadcasting pioneer who was chairman of ABC This article refers to the TV journalist For other people with the same name see Charles Gibson (disambiguation. Elizabeth Vargas (born September 6 1962 in Paterson New Jersey) is a television journalist currently co-anchor of ABC 's television Newsmagazine Robert Warren "Bob" Woodruff (born August 18, 1961 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) is an American Television Journalist Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29 1938 &ndash August 7 2005 was a Canadian-American Journalist and News anchor. Max Robinson ( May 1, 1939 – December 20, 1988) was an American Television Journalist and was the Chicago Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25 1929) is an American Journalist, writer and media Harry Reasoner (born April 17, 1923, Dakota City Iowa; died August 6, 1991, Westport Connecticut) was an American Howard Kingsbury Smith ( May 12, 1914 - February 15, 2002) was an American Journalist, Radio Reporter Bob Young was a television news journalist for ABC News He served as the anchor of The ABC Evening News (now known as World The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of episodes | 15,722 (as of January 17, 2008) |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | 1953 (as John Charles Daly and the News) July 10, 1978 (under World News format) – present |
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World News with Charles Gibson (previously known as World News Tonight, often called ABC World News Tonight, also often abbreviated as WNT, and known as World News on weekend editions) is the flagship news program of the American Broadcasting Company in the United States. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Currently, the weekday editions are hosted by Charles Gibson, Saturdays by David Muir, and Sundays by Dan Harris. This article refers to the TV journalist For other people with the same name see Charles Gibson (disambiguation. David J Muir (b November 8, 1973) is a correspondent and anchor for ABC News based in New York
Early years, 1953-1978
ABC first began a nightly newscast in fall 1953 with John Charles Daly as anchor of the then-15-minute John Charles Daly and the News. The year 1953 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1953. John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly,(generally known by John Charles Daly or simply John Daly, February 20, 1914 &ndash February 24 Daly, who also hosted the CBS game show What's My Line? contemporaneously, anchored the news until 1960 with multiple hosts and formats succeeding him. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. What's My Line? is a weekly panel Game show which was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS The year 1960 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1960. Anchors during the early 1960s included John Cameron Swayze (formerly of NBC), Howard K. Smith, Bill Lawrence, Bill Shadel, Fendall Winston Yerxa, Bill Sheehan and Edward P. Morgan. John Cameron Swayze ( April 4, 1906 – August 15, 1995) was a popular news commentator and Game show panelist in the The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Howard Kingsbury Smith ( May 12, 1914 - February 15, 2002) was an American Journalist, Radio Reporter William Lawrence or Bill Lawrence is a name shared by the following individuals Political figures and noblemen English and Australian Bill Shadel ( July 31 1908 - January 29, 2005) was a news anchor for CBS Radio and ABC Television Edward Paddock Morgan ( June 23, 1910 - January 27, 1993) was an American Journalist and writer This lasted until 1962, when Ron Cochran was made full-time anchor, serving until 1964. The year 1962 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1962. Ron Cochran was a television news journalist for ABC and CBS. The year 1964 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1964. Then, in 1965, a 26-year-old Canadian, Peter Jennings, was named anchor of Peter Jennings with the News. The year 1965 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1965. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29 1938 &ndash August 7 2005 was a Canadian-American Journalist and News anchor.
In 1967, the inexperienced Jennings left the anchor chair and was reassigned as an international correspondent for the news program. The year 1967 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1967. ABC News was hosted, in succession, by Bob Young (October 1967 to May 1968), Frank Reynolds (May 1968 to May 1969), and, eventually, Reynolds and Howard K. This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American Bob Young was a television news journalist for ABC News He served as the anchor of The ABC Evening News (now known as World Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The year 1967 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1967. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The year 1968 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1968. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The year 1968 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1968. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Smith (May 1969 to December 1970). Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The year 1969 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1969. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The year 1970 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1970. The program did not expand from 15 to 30 minutes until 1968, some years after CBS and NBC had expanded their evening news programs.
Harry Reasoner, formerly of CBS News and 60 Minutes, joined ABC in 1970 to co-anchor ABC Evening News with Smith, beginning in December, replacing Reynolds. Harry Reasoner (born April 17, 1923, Dakota City Iowa; died August 6, 1991, Westport Connecticut) was an American CBS News is the news division of American Television and Radio network CBS. Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. The year 1970 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1970. In 1975, Smith was moved to commentator, and Reasoner briefly assumed sole anchor responsibilities until his pairing in with Barbara Walters, the first female network anchor. The year 1975 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of television-related events in 1975 Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25 1929) is an American Journalist, writer and media Ratings for the nightly news broadcast declined shortly thereafter, possibly due in part to the lack of chemistry between Reasoner and Walters. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television Reasoner would eventually return to CBS and 60 Minutes, while Walters became a regular on the newsmagazine 20/20. 20/20 is an American television Newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978.
"First News" strategy, 1960s-1980s
Because ABC had nowhere near the number of affiliates as the other two major networks and, thus, especially in smaller markets, was often carried by a station primarily affiliated with another network, ABC chose to feed its evening newscast to its affiliates at 6 p. m. Eastern/5 p. m. Central, one half-hour ahead of CBS and NBC. Even in areas with three full-time affiliates, ABC stations often opted to broadcast the news at 6/5 in order to entice viewers by presenting the day's national and international news first, thus making it more likely that they would stay tuned to the station's local newscast immediately following (or a half hour afterward), instead of turning to CBS or NBC. In some markets, especially in the Eastern time zone, it was not unusual for the ABC affiliate to air its local newscast at 5:30, followed by the network news at 6, then syndicated sitcom reruns or game shows from 6:30 to 7:30 (or 8, after the Prime Time Access Rule went into effect in 1971). The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America The Prime Time Access Rule (PTAR was instituted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC to restrict the amount of network programming that local Television stations The year 1971 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1971.
As the youngest and least-viewed of the networks, ABC employed the strategy to get a foothold on the American public's consciousness, although stations were quite free to tape-delay the feed in order to run it against the other two networks, or, in some larger markets especially, at 7/6 p. m. Eventually, though, by the 1980s, when all markets obtained full-time ABC affiliates and the evening newscast began winning the ratings, the network discontinued the practice and started feeding the news to stations at the conventional time of 6:30 (ET/Los Angeles)/5:30 (other time zones).
World News Tonight: The early years 1978-1983
Always the perennial third in the national ratings, ABC News president Roone Arledge reformatted the program, relaunching it as World News Tonight on July 10, 1978. Roone Arledge ( July 8, 1931 &ndash December 5, 2002) was an American sports broadcasting pioneer who was chairman of ABC Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. The year 1978 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1978. Frank Reynolds, demoted when the network hired Reasoner, returned as lead anchor, reporting from Washington, D.C. Max Robinson, the first African American network news anchor, anchored national news from Chicago, and, also returning for a second stint, Jennings, reporting international headlines from London. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Max Robinson ( May 1, 1939 – December 20, 1988) was an American Television Journalist and was the Chicago African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Occasional contributions included special reports by Barbara Walters who was credited as anchor of the special coverage desk from New York and world wide and commentary by Howard K. Smith, who was easing into eventual retirement. Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25 1929) is an American Journalist, writer and media Howard Kingsbury Smith ( May 12, 1914 - February 15, 2002) was an American Journalist, Radio Reporter The program’s distinct and easily identifiable theme was written by Bob Israel. Ratings slowly climbed to the point where World News Tonight eventually beat both NBC Nightly News and the CBS Evening News, marking the first time ever that ABC had the most popular network evening newscast. NBC Nightly News is the flagship evening news program for NBC News and broadcasts from the GE Building, Rockefeller Center in New York City. CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS.
Also during this time, WNT aired an open-captioned version on various public television stations throughout the United States. Closed captioning is a term describing several systems developed to display text on a Television or Video screen to provide additional or interpretive The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the In place of commercials, PBS inserted additional news stories, some of which were of special interest to deaf people. This version aired mostly in late-night hours, several hours after the original newscast.
World News Tonight with Peter Jennings: 1983-2005
In April 1983, Frank Reynolds became ill, leaving both Jennings and Robinson to co-anchor the broadcast until he planned to return; he never did and succumbed to bone cancer on July 20. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Bone tumor is an inexact term which can be used for both Benign and Malignant abnormal growths found in bone but is most commonly used for primary Tumors Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold A rotation of anchors hosted the program until August 9, 1983, when Peter Jennings became the sole anchor and senior editor of World News Tonight. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus The year 1983 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1983. In September 1984, the program was renamed World News Tonight with Peter Jennings in order to reflect its sole anchor and senior editor. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The year 1984 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1984. Robinson left ABC News in 1984, after stints of hosting news briefs and anchoring weekend editions of World News Tonight; he died of AIDS in 1988. This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)
With Jennings as lead anchor, World News Tonight was the most-watched national newscast from February 27, 1989 to November 1,1996, but since then and until February 2007, it has been in second place behind its main rival, NBC Nightly News. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation The year 1989 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1989. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi The year 1996 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1996. NBC Nightly News is the flagship evening news program for NBC News and broadcasts from the GE Building, Rockefeller Center in New York City.
On April 5, 2005 Jennings announced that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and, as before, other ABC News anchors, mostly consisting of 20/20 co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas and Good Morning America co-anchor Charles Gibson, filled in for him. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung. 20/20 is an American television Newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. Elizabeth Vargas (born September 6 1962 in Paterson New Jersey) is a television journalist currently co-anchor of ABC 's television Newsmagazine Good Morning America ( GMA) is a morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network debuting on November This article refers to the TV journalist For other people with the same name see Charles Gibson (disambiguation. Jennings died of lung cancer on August 7, 2005, at his apartment in New York City at the age of 67. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
The August 8, 2005 edition of the program was dedicated to Jennings' memory and four-decade career in news. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. The year 2005 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2005. His death then ended the era of the so-called Big Three anchors: Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw, and Dan Rather. Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29 1938 &ndash August 7 2005 was a Canadian-American Journalist and News anchor. Thomas John "Tom" Brokaw (born February 6, 1940) is an American Television Journalist and Author, and Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather Jr (born October 31, 1931) is a journalist and former news anchor for the CBS Evening News During his career, Jennings had reported from every major world capital and war zone, and from all 50 U. S. states, according to the network. The Jennings era was known for his ability to calmly portray events as they were happening. He was known for his coverage of many major world events.
- Further information: Peter_Jennings#Leaving_the_chair
World News Tonight with Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff: January 2006-May 2006
On December 5, 2005, ABC announced Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff would be the new permanent co-anchors starting January 3, 2006, replacing Jennings. Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29 1938 &ndash August 7 2005 was a Canadian-American Journalist and News anchor. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elizabeth Vargas (born September 6 1962 in Paterson New Jersey) is a television journalist currently co-anchor of ABC 's television Newsmagazine Robert Warren "Bob" Woodruff (born August 18, 1961 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) is an American Television Journalist Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. The year 2006 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2006. People in the news industry looked at the choice of Vargas and Woodruff by ABC News as the start of a new era in network television news.
The broadcast was produced live three times per day: the regular Eastern/Central Time zone live broadcast, plus separate broadcasts for the Mountain and Pacific time zones. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-7) during the shortest days of autumn The Pacific Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-8) In addition, a live webcast, World News Now, with a newsbrief and a preview of that evening's broadcast, was added. A webcast is a media file distributed over the Internet using Streaming media technology The webcast currently airs live at 3 p. m. ET on ABC News Now and ABCNews. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America ABC News Now is a 24 hour broadband News channel offered via television and streaming video at ABCNews com and can be viewed throughout the rest of the day after 4 p. m. Eastern.
On January 29, 2006, Bob Woodruff and his cameraman, Doug Vogt, were injured by a road-side bomb while riding in an Iraqi military convoy. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Doug Vogt (ˈvoʊt (b 1960) is a Canadian Photojournalist and Cameraman. Both underwent surgery at a U. S. military hospital in Balad (50 miles north of Baghdad). Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous It was reported that both men suffered head injuries, even though they were both wearing body armor and helmets. Both men were evacuated to a U. S military hospital in Germany on January 30, 2006. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Woodruff and Vogt were later transferred to Bethesda Naval Hospital in the U. The National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda Maryland, United States, also known as the Bethesda Naval Hospital, is considered the flagship of the S. for further treatment and released for outpatient treatment.
On February 10, 2006 ABC announced that Elizabeth Vargas was pregnant and due to give birth in late summer. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
For about a month, Good Morning America co-hosts Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer had taken turns co-anchoring the newscast with Elizabeth Vargas. Good Morning America ( GMA) is a morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network debuting on November This article refers to the TV journalist For other people with the same name see Charles Gibson (disambiguation. Lily Diane Sawyer (born December 19, 1945) is a Television Reporter for ABC and co-anchor of its morning news show From about March 2006 to May 2006, Elizabeth Vargas had been anchoring the broadcast alone, becoming the first de facto female evening news solo anchor. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English The year 2006 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2006. May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month The year 2006 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2006. At the time, it was unknown what ABC News planned to do until Bob Woodruff returned to the anchor chair, which appeared to be nowhere in the near future, and when Vargas began her maternity leave. Rumors flew that Diane Sawyer wanted to become the sole anchor of WNT in order to beat Katie Couric's switch to the CBS anchor chair. Lily Diane Sawyer (born December 19, 1945) is a Television Reporter for ABC and co-anchor of its morning news show Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American Journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC [1] However, the New York Post's Cindy Adams reported that Charles Gibson would become Bob Woodruff's "Temporary Permanent Replacement". The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually Cindy Adams (born April 24, 1925) is an American Gossip columnist and the widow of comedian Joey Adams. This article refers to the TV journalist For other people with the same name see Charles Gibson (disambiguation. [2]
Starting around March 2006, the West Coast editions of WNT were scaled back due to the fact that Elizabeth Vargas anchored the broadcast on her own at the time. [3]
World News with Charles Gibson: 2006-present
On May 23, 2006, Elizabeth Vargas announced her resignation from World News Tonight. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Gibson was then named sole anchor of the show, effective May 29, 2006, effectively replacing Vargas and her injured co-anchor Bob Woodruff. This article refers to the TV journalist For other people with the same name see Charles Gibson (disambiguation. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the The year 2006 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2006. [4] Vargas cited her doctors' recommendation to cut back her schedule considerably due to her maternity leave, and her wish to spend more time with her new baby. She has since returned to co-anchor 20/20 and ABC News specials, and has already substituted for Gibson on World News. 20/20 is an American television Newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978.
Bob Woodruff, although still recovering from his injuries, returned to WNT on February 28, 2007. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule The year 2007 in television involves some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2007. [5]
While the 3 p. m. World News Now webcast remains, the West Coast editions have been scrapped. Gibson will continue to update the newscast as warranted for the other time zones, but the entire newscast will not be presented live, as was previously the case.
Some media analysts found the reasons for the change to be merely a cover for ABC News' real intentions to bring stability to its flagship news program that had been slipping in the ratings, and to attract some older viewers away from the CBS Evening News with interim anchor Bob Schieffer. CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. Bob Lloyd Schieffer (born February 25, 1937) is an American [6] [7] Indeed, the advertising campaign focuses on Gibson's experience, calling Gibson "Your Trusted Source", similar to a campaign for Peter Jennings, "Trust is Earned", in the wake of the Killian documents scandal at CBS and Brian Williams' assumption of the NBC anchor chair. Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is the seventh anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the flagship evening [8]
On July 19, 2006, ABC News announced that World News Tonight would have its name officially changed to World News With Charles Gibson. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [9] The network chose to make the small name change in order to reflect the program's availability twenty-four hours a day through its webcast and through ABCNews. com.
In the 2007 February sweeps, World News with Charles Gibson achieved the number one spot in the Nielsen ratings for nightly news broadcasts, overtaking NBC Nightly News. The year 2007 in television involves some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2007. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television This was ABC's first victory since the week Peter Jennings died in August 2005 and the first time since 1996. The year 1996 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1996. [10]
Starting in April 2007, Charles Gibson announced that Monday broadcasts of World News would be expanded editions allowing only one commercial interruption to feature extended special segments on global warming. April 2007 is the fourth month of that year It began on a Sunday and 30 days later ended on a Monday. The year 2007 in television involves some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2007. Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the Jon Banner is currently the show's executive producer.
ABC News' World News With Charles Gibson won the May sweeps period decisively over NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, marking Gibson's second consecutive sweep win and widening his lead in the evening news race. It's the first time World News has won consecutive sweeps since 1996, the year ABC's Peter Jennings ceded the ratings crown to NBC's Tom Brokaw.
On December 31, 2007, World News with Charles Gibson debuted a new HD ready set, featuring the ABC News logo prominently carved out of wood in front with logo's colors, a rear-projection screen, and plasma screens. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The show has also updated the graphics to prepare for the HD completion which was completed in March 2008. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common World News with Charles Gibson has still yet to debut in HD. [11]
Weekends
| U. S. Network Evening News edit | ||
| Program | Main Anchor | |
| ABC | World News | Charles Gibson |
| CBS | Evening News | Katie Couric |
| NBC | Nightly News | Brian Williams |
| CNN | Situation Room | Wolf Blitzer |
| FNC | Fox Report Special Report | Shepard Smith Brit Hume |
| BBC | World News America | Matt Frei |
| HLN | Prime News | Mike Galanos |
| PBS | The NewsHour | Jim Lehrer |
| UNI | Noticiero Univision | Jorge Ramos Maria Elena Salinas |
WNT expanded to six nights a week with World News Sunday on January 28, 1979, and to a full seven days with the premiere of World News Saturday on January 5, 1985, years after the two other historical networks had added weekend newscasts. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. This article refers to the TV journalist For other people with the same name see Charles Gibson (disambiguation. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American Journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's NBC Nightly News is the flagship evening news program for NBC News and broadcasts from the GE Building, Rockefeller Center in New York City. Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is the seventh anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the flagship evening Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner The Situation Room is an afternoon/early evening newscast on CNN hosted by Wolf Blitzer that first aired on August 8, 2005. The Fox Report is a fast-paced American nightly News program on Fox News Channel, hosted by Shepard Smith weekdays and Julie Special Report with Brit Hume is an American Television program appearing on Fox News Channel. Shepard Smith (born David Shepard Smith Jr on January 14, 1964) is an American TV news anchor. Alexander Britton "Brit" Hume Sr (born June 22, 1943) is the Washington D BBC America is an American Television network owned and operated by BBC Worldwide Americas, and available on both cable and satellite Matthias Frei (born 26 November, 1963) is the BBC 's Washington D Headline News is a Spin-off network from the original Cable News Network ( CNN) television news network in the United States. Prime News is a weeknight News program appearing on CNN Headline News. Mike Galanos is a News anchor for CNN Headline News. Based in CNN 's world headquarters in Atlanta, Galanos joined the network in May 2002 The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the For other uses see News Hour. The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is an evening Television News program broadcast James Charles "Jim" Lehrer (ˈlɛrɚ born May 19 1934) is an American journalist and the News anchor for The NewsHour Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States and Puerto Rico. Noticiero Univision ( Univision News) is the news division of the United States Spanish language television network Univision, along with the Jorge Ramos (born March 16, 1958) is a Mexican anchor of Noticiero Univision. María Elena Salinas (born 1954) is the co-anchor of Noticiero Univision with Jorge Ramos, the most watched newscast by American Hispanics Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted The year 1979 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1979. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. The year 1985 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1985.
These editions added the word "Tonight" in the mid-1990s, and in the mid-2000s, their respective names were shortened to simply World News Tonight to correspond with the weekday editions. However, the original names were restored on July 19, 2006 to go along with the weekday broadcast's name change, but the title card reads World News for both days. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. The year 2006 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2006.
Prior to 1979, the only network newscasts ABC stations broadcasted on weekends were 15-minute late-night updates on Saturdays and Sundays, seen on many affiliates in tandem with the local 11 p. m. /10 p. m. Central newscasts, although some stations opted to tape delay them until immediately before sign-off time; rival CBS also offered a 15-minute Sunday night bulletin during the 1970s and 1980s. Due to declining affiliate interest because of low viewership, ABC discontinued the late-night weekend reports in 1991.
Also, starting in 1973, weeknight co-anchor Harry Reasoner hosted The Reasoner Report, a half-hour topical look at important stories (especially breaking developments in the Watergate scandal) in the vein of CBS' 60 Minutes, which Reasoner himself co-moderated on two different stints. The year 1973 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1973. The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. Affiliates usually carried the program on Saturday evenings in the time slots where the main newscast aired on weeknights. The program ended in 1975. The year 1975 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of television-related events in 1975
Some former anchors of the weekend news include Sam Donaldson from 1979 to 1989, Kathleen Sullivan from 1985-1988. Samuel Andrew "Sam" Donaldson (born March 11 1934, El Paso Texas) is a reporter and News anchor for ABC News, substitute The year 1989 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1989. Carole Simpson from 1988-2003, Elizabeth Vargas and Aaron Brown in the mid-1990s, Terry Moran from 2001-2005, and Bob Woodruff from 2003-2005. Carole Simpson was an American Television news anchor at ABC News. The year 1988 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1988. The year 2003 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2003. Elizabeth Vargas (born September 6 1962 in Paterson New Jersey) is a television journalist currently co-anchor of ABC 's television Newsmagazine Aaron Brown (born November 10, 1948) is an American broadcast journalist most recognized for his coverage of the September 11 2001 attacks Terry Moran (born December 9 1959, Chicago Illinois) is the co-anchor of Nightline. The year 2001 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2001. The year 2005 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2005. Robert Warren "Bob" Woodruff (born August 18, 1961 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) is an American Television Journalist The year 2003 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2003. The year 2005 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2005. Currently, David Muir is the Saturday edition anchor and Dan Harris is the Sunday edition anchor. David J Muir (b November 8, 1973) is a correspondent and anchor for ABC News based in New York
During the fall months, the Saturday broadcast is usually pre-empted by ESPN on ABC's college football coverage. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies ESPN Saturday Night Football is a weekly presentation of College football on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC
International broadcasts
ABC News programming is shown for several hours a day on the 24-hour news network Orbit News in Europe and the Middle East. Orbit News is a 24 hour satellite and cable channel offering American news programming to viewers abroad primarily geared towards an Arab audience The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. This includes ABC World News. Also in the Middle East it is also broadcast free to air on MBC 4. MBC 4 is the first Free-to-air channel in the Middle East aired specifically for American programs. In the UK, the program is shown at 1:30am on BBC News. BBC News is the BBC's 24 hour rolling news television channel in the United Kingdom and also available in the Republic of Ireland. BBC News is frequently simulcast by BBC Two (and, less frequently, BBC One) at this time, meaning the program is broadcast terrestrially in many parts of the UK. Simulcast is a Portmanteau of " simul taneous broad' cast' " and refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one The newscast airs on delay in part because of the need to remove advertisements; the BBC's domestic channels are commercial-free. In Australia, WNT airs every morning at 10:30am AET on Sky News Australia. Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour Cable and Satellite news channel available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television In New Zealand, WNT is shown at 17:10 and 23:35 every evening on TVNZ 7. TVNZ 7 is a commercial-free New Zealand 24-hour news and information channel on Freeview digital television platform In Hong Kong, it is broadcast live on TVB Pearl daily at 7:30-8:00am Hong Kong time. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders TVB Pearl ( is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World In Japan it airs on NHK. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. or Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japan 's Public broadcaster. Belize's Great Belize Television carries all editions of World News Tonight at 7:30 p. m. CST (Mon. -Fri. ), 7:00 p. m. (Saturdays) and 7:30 p. m. (Sundays). There is no broadcast In The Philippines yet.
See also
References
- ^ mediabistro.com/When would Diane take over WNT
- ^ mediabistro.com: TVNewser
- ^ latimes.com/entertainment
- ^ abcnews.com.go.com/WNT/story
- ^ zap2it.com
- ^ theedge.bostonherald.com
- ^ sfgate.com
- ^ mediabistro.com/Charles Gibson: Your Trusted Source
- ^ abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id-2211037
- ^ theledger.com
- ^ The World Newser
Sources
External links
- ABC World News With Charles Gibson official website
- ABC Evening News/World News Tonight/World News at the Internet Movie Database
- Network News Music: ABC
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