July 19, 2006 -- ABC's evening newscast, "World News Tonight," has changed its name to "World News with Charles Gibson," ABC News President David Westin announced.

The new version of ABC's "World News Tonight" officially premieres tonight with co-anchor Bob Woodruff reporting from Tehran, launching a new format that will likely have him and co-anchor ...

Starting today, ABC drops “World News Tonight,” a name adopted in 1978 with the debut of anchors Frank Reynolds, Peter Jennings and Frank Robinson, and becomes simply “World News With ...

ABC World News has been anchored at various times by a number of other people since its debut in 1953. It also has used various titles, including ABC Evening News from 1970 to 1978 and World News ...

Charles Gibson has served as anchor of 'World News' since May 2006. He announced Sept. 2, 2009, that he will retire from full-time employment at ABC News, in an email to his staff. ABC named Diane ...

In the two years since David Muir took over as anchor of “ABC World News Tonight,” he’s done town hall specials with President Obama and Pope Francis (the latter requiring hours of lessons ...