David Muir was mysteriously absent from the anchor chair on ABC's World News Tonight on August 21 after the show reached a ...

David Muir to take over anchor chair in September. — -- Diane Sawyer is leaving the "World News" anchor desk and stepping into a new role where she will create innovative specials and tackle ...

David Muir, the anchor of America's most-watched newscast "World News Tonight with David Muir" on ABC, has been named in the 2025 TIME100 Most Influential People.

He would become the permanent anchor of World News in 2006. “Choosing your next book is an investment of 10 or 12 hours or even longer. No small deal,” the former anchor added.

The network said "World News Tonight" also would become the first network evening newscast to be broadcast live each night in three time zones, including for the West Coast.

From the 1950's to the 1990's, the three major television networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) were, for the most part, the only source for national and international news. In the fall of 1953, John Charles ...