ABC News History
ABC News functions as the news division of the American television network ABC. The primary program is the daily evening newscast, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir. Other notable programs include the morning news-talk show Good Morning America, Nightline, Primetime, 20/20, and the Sunday morning political affairs program This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
Beyond its television programs, ABC News extends its presence through radio and digital platforms. This includes ABC News Radio and ABC News Live, along with a range of podcasts hosted by personalities from ABC News.
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ABC News Programming
Current ABC News programs
- ABC World News Tonight (1978–present)
- 20/20 (1978–present)
- America This Morning (1982–present)
- Good Morning America (1975–present)
- Good Morning America Weekend (1993–present)
- GMA3: What You Need To Know (2018–present)
- Nightline (1980–present)
- This Week (1981–present)
- World News Now (1992–present)
Former ABC News programs
- Newscast programs
- After the Deadlines (1951–1952)
- Issues and Answers (1969–1981)
- ABC News Weekend Report (1970s–1991)
- AM America (1975)
- Business World (1987–1990)
- Good Afternoon America (2012)
- The Health Show (1987–89)
- Turning Point (1994–1999)
Newsmagazines
- Open Hearing (1957–1958)
- Our World (1986–1987)
- 20/20 Downtown (1999–2001)
- Closeup
- Day One (1993–1995)
- Our World (1986–1987)
- Primetime (1989–2012)[13]
- Primetime Thursday (2000–2002)
- Turning Point (1994–1999)
- I-Caught (2007)
Public Affairs
- College News Conference (1952–1960)
- Answers for Americans (1953–1954)
- Issues and Answers (1960–1981)
Digital programs
- The Debrief (2018–2019)
- The Briefing Room (2018–2019)
- 10% Happier (video broadcast of 10% Happier podcast) (2015–2017)
- Real Biz with Rebecca Jarvis (2014–2017)
Other programs
- Discovery (1962–1963)
- Make a Wish (1971–1976)
- Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–1981)
- Biography (1987–2005)
- Peter Jennings Reporting (1990–2005)
- Intimate Portrait (1994–2005) (co-production with Gay Rosenthal Productions)
- The Century: America’s Time (1999)
- ABC 2000 Today (1999–2000)
- Medical Mysteries (2006–2008)
- NASCAR in Primetime (2007)
- What Would You Do? (formerly Primetime: What Would You Do?) (2008–2020)
- Popcorn with Peter Traves (2009–present)
- The Generic Detective (2020)
- The Con (2020–present) (co-production with The Intellectual Property Corporation)
- Wild Crimes (2021)
- City of Angels | City of Death (2021) (co-production with Highway 41 Productions)
- Let the World See (2022)
- Have You Seen This Man? (2022)
- Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders (2022)
- Mormon No More (2022)
- The Murders Before the Marathon (2022) (co-production with Anonymous Content and Story Syndicate)
- Where Is Private Dulaney? (2022–present) (co-production with Show of Force and Versus Pictures)
- Death in the Dorms (2023)
- Web of Death (2023)
ABC News Other Services
ABC News Radio
ABC News Radio operates as the radio service under ABC Audio, a division of ABC News. Previously identified as ABC Radio News, this service distributes newscasts on the hour to its affiliates through Skyview Networks. It stands as the most extensive commercial radio news organization in the United States.
ABCNews.com
ABCNews.com was launched on May 15, 1997, through ABC News Internet Ventures, a collaboration between Starwave and ABC established in April 1997. Starwave had been the operator of ESPNet SportsZone (later rebranded as ESPN.com) since 1995, holding licenses for the ESPN brand and video clips from ABC’s corporate sibling, ESPN Inc.
Disney sought greater control over its Internet assets, leading to the formation of ABCNews.com as a joint venture where ABC News retained editorial control. Disney had acquired a minority stake in Starwave before ABCNews.com’s launch and later acquired the company outright. Initially, the website had a dedicated staff of approximately 30.
Alongside articles, it featured short video clips and audio from the outset, utilizing RealAudio and RealVideo technology. Some content was also accessible via America Online. In 2011, ABC News and Yahoo News announced a strategic partnership to share ABC’s online reporting on Yahoo’s website, and this collaboration expanded in 2015 to include the Disney/ABC Television Group. However, in 2018, ABC News, and specifically Good Morning America, concluded their hosting partnership with Yahoo, choosing to maintain separate web presences.
ABC News Live
ABC News Live serves as a continuous 24/7 streaming video news channel, delivering breaking news, live events, newscasts, and more in-depth reports and documentaries. Launched by ABC News in 2018, the channel is accessible through various platforms, including Roku, Hulu, YouTube TV, Sling TV, Pluto TV, Xumo, FuboTV, and the news division’s additional streaming services.
The operations of this service are overseen by Justin Dial, Vice President of Streaming Content, along with Seniboye Tienabeso, Executive Director of ABC News Live, Chandra Zeikel, Executive Producer, David T Hatcher, Executive Producer, and Eric Ortega, Executive Producer.
This unit is producing:
- ABC News Live First, a daily 4-hour live morning show anchored by Diane Macedo from 9:00 am–1:00 pm (Eastern Time)
- ABC News Live, a daily 3-hour and 2-hour afternoon show (Eastern Time) anchored by Kyra Phillips from 1:00–4:00 pm and anchored by Kayna Whitworth from 5:00–7:00 pm
- ABC News Live Prime, a nightly 90-minute news program anchored by Linsey Davis starting at 7:00 pm (Eastern Time) (February 2020-)
- GMA3: What You Need To Know, a weekday, hour-long daytime news program on ABC. It premiered in March 2020 as Pandemic: What You Need To Know, as a temporary replacement for its talk show Strahan, Sara, and Keke to cover the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic in the United States. It has since been replaced indefinitely. The program is currently anchored by Eva Pilgrim, and DeMarco Morgan and joined by ABC News chief medical correspondent Jennifer Ashton.