ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Jan. 19, 2024
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David Jason Muir is an American journalist and the anchor of ABC World News Tonight and co-anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20, part of the news department of the ABC broadcast-television network, based in New York City.
David Muir was born to a Roman Catholic family in Syracuse, New York, grew up in Onondaga Hill, and can speak Spanish. Muir has one older sibling and two younger step-siblings, as well as six nieces and three nephews. He graduated from Onondaga Central Junior-Senior High School in May 1991 and attended local Ithaca College, graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism in May 1995. During high school, he interned at WTVH-TV in Syracuse.[
From 1994 to 2000, Muir worked as an anchor and a reporter at WTVH-TV in Syracuse, New York.
From 2000 to 2003, Muir was an anchor and a reporter for WCVB television in Boston.
In August 2003, Muir joined ABC News as anchor of the overnight news program World News Now. He also became anchor of ABC News’ early morning newscast World News This Morning (America This Morning). Starting in June 2007, Muir was the anchor of World News Saturday. In 2006, and occasionally thereafter, he co-anchored the newsmagazine Primetime. In February 2012, Muir became anchor for the weekend newscasts, and the broadcast was named World News with David Muir.
In March 2013, Muir was promoted to co-anchor ABC’s 20/20 with Elizabeth Vargas.
In November 2012, Muir served as one of ABC’s lead correspondents for the 2012 U.S. Presidential election. Muir’s interviews with Republican candidate Mitt Romney generated national headlines on the issues of economics and immigration policy in the United States. Muir’s Emmy-nominated Made In America series on the American economy is a continuing feature on his broadcast. Muir has brought the series to other television programs, including ABC’s The View, where he has served as guest co-host.
On June 27, 2014, ABC News announced that Muir would succeed Diane Sawyer as the anchor and managing editor of ABC World News. Muir made his debut broadcast on September 1, 2014. In April 2015, “World News Tonight with David Muir” became the country’s most-watched evening newscast, outpacing NBC Nightly News for the first time since September 7, 2009.
In 2021, Muir gained control as lead anchor of breaking news and special event coverage for ABC News, a role previously held by GMA anchor George Stephanopoulos from 2014 to 2020.
David Muir is 50 years old (birth date November 8, 1973).
David Muir was born in Syracuse, New York, United States.
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