. Weekdays:. NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2015–present)GenreCreated byPresented byWeekdays:(2015–present)Saturdays:(2016–present)Sundays:(2015–present)(for former anchors, )Narrated byTheme music composerProductions (1977)(1977–1982)Joseph Paul Sicurella,Tony Smythe &Bob Christianson (1982–1985)(1985–present)Opening theme' (1985–present)(for past themes, )Ending themeSame as openingComposer(s)Country of originUnited StatesOriginal language(s)EnglishNo. Of seasons49ProductionCamera setupRunning time30 minutesProduction company(s)ReleaseOriginal networkPicture format (1970-2007) (2007-present)Original releaseAugust 3, 1970 ( 1970-08-03) –presentChronologyPreceded byRelated showsExternal linksNBC Nightly News (titled as NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt for its weeknight broadcasts since June 22, 2015) is the flagship daily evening program for, the news division of the television network in the United States. First aired on August 3, 1970, the program is currently the most watched network newscast in the United States, with an average of 9.3 million viewers, just a few thousand more than its nearest rival, 's.
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NBC Nightly News is produced from Studio 3C at at in. Select -based editions broadcast from The Brokaw News Center in, or when broadcasting from, either from the NBC News bureau based at in the neighborhood, or NBC's secondary studio overlooking.Since 2015, the broadcast has been anchored by on weeknights, on Saturday and on Sunday.
Previous anchors have included, and.The program is broadcast live over most NBC stations from 6:30 p.m. Seven days a week; a special 'Western Edition' of the program occasionally features updated information on news stories covered during the original telecast for viewers. Its current theme music, ' (which debuted in 1985) was composed.
NBC Nightly News title card, used from 1972 to 1975.NBC Nightly News replaced in August 1970 upon 's retirement. At first, and rotated duties as anchors. At least one, usually two, and very rarely all three anchored the program on a given night. Except for the few nights when one of the men solo anchored, each evening's program included one based in and one in, as had been the case on the Huntley-Brinkley Report. Brinkley's appearances were always from Washington and McGee's were always from New York. Chancellor moved between those two cities depending on his partner for the evening.In addition to Brinkley as a holdover from the Huntley-Brinkley Report, McGee had earned praise for his anchoring or co-anchoring of space flights, and Chancellor had also earned praise as McGee's co-anchor for the space missions of. Brinkley provided commentary several times per week in the 1970s.With network executives perceiving the instability of this arrangement as a factor in Nightly News losing share to the, NBC discontinued the rotation arrangement, and McGee eventually took over for as host of.
Chancellor became the sole anchor of the program on August 9, 1971, with Brinkley providing a three-minute commentary segment, 'David Brinkley's Journal,' from Washington several times a week.On June 7, 1976, NBC brought Brinkley back to the anchor desk and tried the dual-anchor approach once again. Initially, Chancellor and Brinkley both reported from New York City, however Brinkley would later return to Washington. Chancellor again became sole anchor of Nightly News on October 10, 1979, with Brinkley once again providing commentaries until he left NBC for in 1981, where he became host of that network's new.Despite the various changes, Chancellor was never able to break the grip that and the CBS Evening News had on the American news viewer, although Nightly News was sometimes a strong second place in the evening news ratings for most of the 1970s. After stepping down from the anchor desk on April 2, 1982, Chancellor remained on the program as an editorial commentator until his retirement in 1993.Tom Brokaw (1982–2004) On April 5, 1982, who had been serving as anchor of Today since 1976, joined the program and took over co-anchor duties in New York City, while became anchor in Washington. Mudd was dropped from the broadcast and Brokaw became the solo anchor of Nightly News on September 5, 1983, the same day that his ABC competitor, became sole anchor of. With Brokaw being the sole anchor, the Nightly News was now completely based in New York City.
Among other news items, he covered the, the fall of the,. As anchor, Brokaw conducted the first one-on-one American television interviews with Soviet leader. He was the only network anchor in when the fell.
Brokaw's presence slowly attracted viewers, and during the 1990s, Nightly News battled for the viewership lead with World News Tonight. He and hosted a prime-time, that aired from 1993 to 1994 before being folded into the multi-night Dateline NBC program.
By 1997, NBC Nightly News had solidified its first place standing in the, a spot it would retain solely for ten years. The once-dominant CBS Evening News, anchored by, had lost a substantial portion of the audience it held during the Walter Cronkite era and slid to third place (where it still remains as of 2017 ) in the viewership wars. Brokaw with before an interview on June 2, 2000.On, Brokaw joined and around 9:30 a.m., following the live attack on the South Tower of the, and continued to anchor all day, until after midnight. Following the collapse of the second tower, Brokaw said:“This is war.
This is a declaration and an execution of an attack on the United States.”On May 28, 2002, Brokaw announced his retirement as anchor of Nightly News, to take effect shortly after the. During this last time helming the network's Presidential election coverage, NBC graphic designers created images of a giant electoral map on the ice rink at Rockefeller Plaza, and tallied the electoral vote count on the facade of (this tradition has continued with each election since then). Brokaw's final broadcast took place on December 1, 2004, ending 22 years on the Nightly News desk and a 21-year run as the network's chief newsman – a record tenure in NBC's history.Brian Williams (2004–2015) , a frequent substitute for Brokaw for NBC Nightly News, succeeded him as the program's permanent anchor on December 2, 2004. The program held onto the #1 ratings spot among the network evening newscasts from Williams' first day, averaging about 10 million viewers each week until February 2007, when it slipped behind its closest competitor World News with Charles Gibson. However, NBC Nightly News regained the lead a few months later; it has now been America's most-watched evening newscast for over a decade.Williams rose to new levels of popularity for his live during and after the. With the transition to Williams, the show recognized its past in its opening seconds, with small photos of past anchors and sets and the voices of, Huntley, Brinkley, Chancellor, and Brokaw, as well as an orchestral version of the 'G-E-C' serving as an intro bumper, before going into the opening headlines summary read by Williams; this montage was discontinued on September 17, 2007. On December 4, 2006, Nightly News was presented with 'limited commercial interruptions' through a sponsorship arrangement with, marking the first time in its 36-year history that the newscast experimented with reduced advertising.
NBC Nightly News.During Williams' tenure as main anchor of the program, and often substituted while he was on vacation or on assignment; other substitute anchors included, and, as well as now-former NBC anchors, and.NBC Nightly News began broadcasting in on March 26, 2007, becoming the first of the three network evening news programs to make the transition (the began broadcasting in HD on January 7, 2008, began broadcasting in HD on August 25, 2008, during its coverage of the ). Most news video from on-remote locations continued to be shot in at the time, while the network's news bureaus underwent a conversion to HD, which was completed in 2009.The Nightly News set in, which had been in use since January 27, 1992, was retired on May 4, 2007. The broadcast temporarily relocated to Studio 8G on the same set as of May 8, 2007 used for the studio segments seen during the network's broadcasts and its, and where NBC's 2006 Congressional election coverage originated. After months of construction, Studio 3C was re-opened on October 22, 2007, with the introduction of a new set for Nightly News, sister cable network 's new set in Studio 3A was also inaugurated at that time.
On October 24, 2011, the broadcast moved to Studio 3B, which also served as the homebase of Williams' short-lived newsmagazine for NBC,.Embellishment scandal/suspension and replacement On February 4, 2015, Williams apologized on the program for having an account that he had been aboard a shot down by enemy fire from a while covering the in 2003, when he was in fact aboard a helicopter that followed behind it. This came after he received criticism by U.S.
Soldiers for embellishing the story when a segment from the January 30 broadcast recounting the incident was posted on the program's page. The revelation spurred negative press towards Williams, including some asking for him to be fired by NBC News, although, founder of, stated that “persecuting Williams over this mistake will do little to help our veterans and service members”. Lester Holt, current anchor of NBC Nightly NewsAmid that controversy and that made regarding his experiences while reporting from on the aftermath of in August 2005, including that he contracted from accidentally ingesting flood water, the news division decided to launch an internal investigation into the matter that would be conducted through its investigative unit. On February 7, 2015, Williams stated in a memo to NBC News staff that he would take himself 'off the daily broadcast for the next several days,' with Lester Holt substituting for him on the weeknight broadcasts.On February 10, 2015, Williams was suspended without pay for six months due to the scandal which arose after he came under fire for fabricating a story about his reporting on the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina. Williams claimed to have been reporting in Iraq in 2002 when the helicopter he was traveling on was hit by an RPG and he was forced to land. He had told the story several times, including his appearances on the and on Nightly News itself only a few nights before several war veterans who had been with Williams in 2002 claimed that Williams had not been present at the time of the crash, but showed up about an hour later to report on it.
Williams issued an apology, saying he had 'misremembered' the story in his head and it had been a genuine accident, but many critics accused Williams of fabricating the story and called for his resignation. Williams later announced that he would be taking some time off because he had become 'too much a part of the news.' NBC announced that weekend anchor would anchor the program in the interim.
Lester Holt (2015–present) On June 18, 2015, and chairman Andrew Lack announced that would become the main anchor of NBC Nightly News on a permanent basis effective on June 22, 2015 (Holt was on a scheduled vacation on the day of the announcement, with presenter serving as interim anchor of the broadcast that week). After his suspension ended in August, was reassigned to MSNBC where he previously served as both an anchor and correspondent.Holt previously served as interim anchor of the weeknight broadcasts from August 6 to September 2, 2013 when Williams went on medical leave from NBC News in order to undergo surgery. With his promotion to main anchor, Holt is the first African-American solo weeknight anchor of a major network newscast. Was co-anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1978 to 1983, and was a co-anchor of the from 2013 to 2016.On June 27, 2016, NBC Nightly News switched to a full 16:9 letterbox presentation, with the existing graphics package being re-positioned for the 16:9 format.
On October 10, 2016, the newscast debuted an entirely new on-air look with graphics originally optimized for the full 16:9 presentation, including a new program logo replacing variations of the previous one that had been used since November 8, 1999. On July 14, 2017, NBC Nightly News permanently moved the program back from Studio 3B to Studio 3C.Weekend editions NBC first offered a Saturday evening newscast in 1961, with anchoring the NBC Saturday Night Report. Four years later, NBC correspondents Ray Scherer and were partnered at the anchor desk on The Scherer-MacNeil Report on Saturdays, continuing until 1967. At that time, the network replaced it with a second weekend airing of The Frank McGee Report, which had been airing on Sundays for several years by that point. The Saturday edition of the Report ran for about a year and a half.On January 4, 1969, the Huntley-Brinkley Report was expanded to Saturday evenings, with the main anchors working solo on alternating weeks. When lower-than-expected ratings occurred, the network pulled the pair off Saturdays and assigned others such as McGee and Vanocur to anchor the broadcast. On August 2, 1970, two days after the weekday Huntley-Brinkley broadcast ended, the network expanded its evening newscast to Sundays, which also replaced the Sunday broadcast of The Frank McGee Report.
For the first year after the Sunday broadcast began, Chancellor, Brinkley and McGee rotated on the program as they did on weeknights; there were no separate weekend anchors. The Saturday and Sunday broadcasts use the respective titles NBC Saturday Night News and NBC Sunday Night News until sometime in the 1970s, when they adopted the NBC Nightly News name.When Chancellor became sole anchor of the weeknight editions in August 1971, a separate anchor was named for the weekend editions.The weekend editions may occasionally be abbreviated or preempted due to telecasts (such as, and ) that overrun into the program's time slot. During NFL Season, the Sunday editions air live in every time zone at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, immediately prior to and.Nightly News anchors Weekdays The following are people who have been the principal for the NBC television network's flagship weekday evening-news program, titled since 1970 as NBC Nightly News, as well as its predecessor programs. This section needs additional citations for. NBC News. Bill Carter (April 1, 2010).
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Like 'em or not, the mainstream nightly broadcasts still draw around 30 million viewers a night. So they're still relevant in American life. As for balance, talent and the ability to effectively use 22 minutes per show.I'd say on merit they fare well.
Though like any form of information/entertainment they could always do better. Still, I'd take Brian Williams over the rest any day. Correspondents by and large (men and women like Tim Russert, Andrea Mitchell et al. And anchors like Brian, Lester Holt, Matt Lauer et al may not have all the answers but they at the very least they do reach out to millions of Americans and try to provide context, perspective and hopefully a snapshot of our nation. Best of all, they're going to get better because viewers are becoming more sophisticated and with so many choices along the viewing landscape broadcast networks had better improve or they'll face extinction.