ABC World News Tonight
American television news program
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| October 26 2023 | World News Tonight began posting full broadcasts to ABC News' YouTube channel. |
| June 6 2021 | Whit Johnson and Linsey Davis begin anchoring the Saturday and Sunday editions of the newscast respectively. |
| March 2021 | ABC World News Tonight's clips were no longer part of the English language educational program KÅryaku! ABC News Eigo in Japan. |
| February 2021 | Whit Johnson and Linsey Davis were announced as weekend news anchors, with Johnson anchoring Saturday and Davis anchoring Sunday. |
| January 2021 | Tom Llamas left ABC News to join NBC News. |
| September 8 2020 | World News Tonight debuted a new title card, reintroduced the Bob Israel-composed opening theme (replacing Hans Zimmer's theme), and revealed an updated set and new graphics package. |
| August 10 2020 | World News Tonight marked 11 consecutive weeks as 'America's Most-Watched Show'. |
| July 2019 | ABC World News Tonight was moved from Sky News Australia to SBS and SBS Viceland in Australia. |
| January 2017 | Tom Llamas became the sole weekend anchor after Cecilia Vega was named senior White House correspondent. |
| November 2016 | World News Tonight became the most-watched network primetime newscast for the first time in 18 years, a milestone last achieved during the 1998-99 season under Peter Jennings. |
| July 2016 | World News Tonight broadcast from Dallas following the shooting of five policemen. |
| March 30 2015 | ABC World News Tonight was again replaced by Asia Business Report and Sport Today on BBC News in the United Kingdom. |
| March 30 2015 | World News Tonight became the most-watched network evening newscast for the week, marking the first time in seven years the program finished at No. 1, beating NBC Nightly News in all categories. |
| February 2015 | Cecilia Vega was named anchor of the Saturday broadcast and Tom Llamas was named anchor of the Sunday edition. |
| September 1 2014 | David Muir became the weekday anchor and managing editor of World News Tonight, while retaining his duties as co-anchor of 20/20. George Stephanopoulos assumed the news division's Chief Anchor position at the same time. |
| August 27 2014 | David Muir began as anchor of the weeknight editions of ABC World News, with Diane Sawyer ending her tenure early to spend time with family. |
| July 28 2014 | The program debuted a slightly updated set with a new, larger monitor behind the anchor desk. |
| June 25 2014 | ABC News announced that Diane Sawyer would step down as weekday anchor, to be succeeded by David Muir effective September 2. |
| October 1 2012 | World News debuted a new logo, opening theme composed by Hans Zimmer, updated set, and new graphics package. The program also introduced the 'Instant Index' segment and the 'Made in America' feature reported by David Muir. |
| August 20 2012 | ABC World News Tonight returned to BBC News channel in the United Kingdom after its previous replacement. |
| 2011 | David Muir moves to weekend anchoring and Cecilia Vega begins hosting the Saturday edition; Dan Harris continues with the Sunday edition |
| June 14 2011 | ABC World News Tonight was replaced by Asia Business Report and Sport Today on BBC News in the United Kingdom. |
| August 23 2010 | A new set for the ABC World News program was introduced. |
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