World News Now
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World News Now is an American
overnight news program broadcast on American Broadcasting Company
's television network. Its tone is often lighthearted, irreverent and humorous. Created by the original Executive Producer, David Bohrman, a number of well-known news personalities have anchored
WNN early in their careers, including original anchors Aaron Brown
and Lisa McRee
, Thalia Assuras
, Kevin Newman, Alison Stewart
, Liz Cho, and Anderson Cooper
.
WNN is divided into an A, B, C, and D-block. Top ABC News headlines are in the "front of the book" with reports from ABC NewsOne correspondents or repeated reports from World News. There is a national weather forecast and an often humorous "kicker" story that ends the A-block. The "back of the book" (blocks B-D) are usually stories from Nightline
, BBC
reports, or other segments produced in the studio (otherwise known as pre-tapes or petaques... depending on the day of the week).
On September 22, 2009, the program became the first network overnight newscast to broadcast in high definition
.
' Up to the Minute
and NBC
's Nightside
were created to compete for viewer demand driven originally by CNN
's 24-hour coverage of the Gulf War
, and to supply local affiliates with overnight programming. The original working title was "World News Overnight"; "World News Now" was adopted prior to the first broadcast.
In the tradition of NBC News Overnight
, it has featured serious as well as offbeat news interspersed with odd features such as the "World News Polka" played by Barry Mitchell on the accordion
, video footage of dancing camel
s, and laughter coming from off camera. Weather
predictions are made for obscure and exotic places around the world, some of which have ties to the show for various reasons.
It also often replays clips from Nightline, World News with Diane Sawyer, and other ABC News
programming. It has been an apparent training ground for new news anchors (see list below) who go on to higher profile network or local affiliate positions. The show is also unique for its interactive segments, some of which pioneered the email communication that is commonly used on newscasts today. The ABC News WNN Message board has been known to offer viewers questions and comments from the anchors themselves, during the course of the show.
, using the CU-SeeMe
interface. Victor Dorff, a producer of WNN at the time, arranged to have the show simulcast on the Internet daily for a six-month trial period. CU-SeeMe was also used in a taped interview segment in which anchor Kevin Newman and Global Schoolhouse director and founder Yvonne Marie Andres discussed the future of computers in communication.
World News Now was used as the prototype for Fred, ABC's plan to run a cable news channel. The plan was floated in 1995 and was later dropped due to issues with cable carriage, including competition with the recently started MSNBC
and Fox News Channel
. World News Now also competes for overnight viewers with CBS'
Up to the Minute
and NBC's All Night entertainment block.
In the fall of 1998, ABC News
experienced a labor dispute, seeing support employees locked out for several months. While World News This Morning continued to be produced in New York City
with substitute production staff, World News Now moved to the London
news bureau
. Mark Mullen
returned to WNN during the last month of the lockout.
On June 8, 2006, ABC White House Correspondent Martha Raddatz
learned of the death of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
near Baqubah
, Iraq
. Upon confirmation of the tip, ABC launched a special report at 2:38 AM EDT, anchored by WNN team Ron Corning
and Taina Hernandez
. The show, normally repeated on tape after the initial broadcast, instead went live for all time zones and into follow-up program World News This Morning. The on-air and behind-the-scenes staff stayed on until Good Morning America began and took over coverage at 7:00 AM ET.
In January 2007, WNN celebrated its fifteenth anniversary with the brief resurrection of the National Temperature Index (see below) and a new version of the "World News Polka."
On Thursday, August 2, 2007, WNN abandoned its normal format and went with nearly-continuous coverage of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse in Minneapolis. WNN coverage was anchored by Hernández and Stephanie Sy and continued into America This Morning.
Taina Hernandez left the show on December 18, 2007, to spend more time with her children, while Ryan Owens announced on February 29, 2008, that he was leaving the show to become a full time correspondent for ABC News. During the week of January 7, 2008, WNN celebrated 16 years on the air with segments looking back on the early days of the broadcast and its anchors. Jeremy Hubbard was named co-anchor of WNN on March 17, 2008; Vinita Nair was named Hubbard's co-anchor on September 17, 2008.
On the September 22, 2009, broadcast of World News Now, the program became the first network overnight newscast to broadcast in high definition.
On the July 9, 2010, broadcast, Jeremy Hubbard
left WNN to become a full-time correspondent for ABC News with Rob Nelson
coming in to join Vinita Nair
at the anchor desk.
In Hubbard's honor, the "World News Now" staff took a look back at his time with the program and as is tradition at "World News Now," Hubbard had his likeness raised into the ABC News rafters. There was also a polka, sung to Hubbard's dog Jake, and Jeremy received a cutout of his likeness as a going away present and welcomed his replacement, Rob Nelson.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/revolving_door/jeremy_hubbard_says_goodbye_to_abc_world_news_now_167181.asp
On February 17, 2011, Vinita announced that Friday, February 18 would be her last night on air at World News Now. The February 18 edition of World News Now paid tribute to Nair in each of its three segments, including appearances from current and former colleagues including Jeremy Hubbard. Her legacy was to treat the crew to a hot breakfast on her last day. Also, a brief send-off by Nelson to Nair was given at the conclusion of America This Morning. Former KDVR
Denver anchor Peggy Bunker has been named interim successor.
On July 21, 2011, Peggy Bunker announced that Friday, July 22 would be her last night on air at World News Now. The July 22 edition of World News Now acknowledged her departure in the first and last of its three, half-hour segments. Also, a brief send-off by Nelson to Bunker was given at the conclusion of America This Morning. ABC News reportedly will rotate co-anchors alongside Nelson until a permanent successor is named.
Starting on July 25, 2011, Tanya Rivero replaced Bunker temporarily and will alternate the anchor position with Diana Alvear and Linsey Davis, as ABC is looking for a permanent replacement. However from September 19, 2011, Alvear and Davis were taken out of the rotation and Rivero would be sole anchor.
On October 14, 2011 Tanya Rivero moved to ABC daytime, and Rivero, the last member of the July WNN anchor rotation would be replaced by Yunji De Nies as a substitute anchor the following program.
On October 17, 2011 while presenting WNN and substituting for Rob Nelson, Dan Kloeffer publicly came out as gay on the heels of a report featured on "The Skinny" involving actor Zachary Quinto
, who had revealed he was gay in a magazine interview and who wrote in a weekend blog post on his website that he was inspired to come out after learning of the death of Jamey Rodemeyer, the gay teen who committed suicide the month before after years of being bullied. Kloeffer would later write a blog post on ABC News's website, saying "I’ve never shared that I’m gay on-air, even though I’ve been out to my family, friends and co-workers for years," [..] "There have been too many tragic endings and too many cases of bullying because of intolerance. As a kid I wanted someone to look up to, someone that could relate to the feelings I was having. Most of all, I wanted to know that it would get better"
On October 27, 2011 Paula Faris was named co-anchor of World New Now. Faris also is expected to contribute occasional reports to ABC’s Good Morning America. She is expected to start in early January.
s or syndicated fare) with affiliates looping the show until America This Morning airs. Although most ABC stations clear the program, a small number of affiliates do not air World News Now:
's attempted suicide and she and Owens have giggled through segments on terrorism and the Iraq war. These laughing fits have earned her the nickname "The Laughing Taina."
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
overnight news program broadcast on American Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's television network. Its tone is often lighthearted, irreverent and humorous. Created by the original Executive Producer, David Bohrman, a number of well-known news personalities have anchored
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
WNN early in their careers, including original anchors Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown is an American broadcast journalist most recognized for his coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks, his first day on air at CNN...
and Lisa McRee
Lisa McRee
Lisa McRee is an American television journalist and former news anchor, born in Fort Worth, Texas.She was a news anchor for WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas, from 1989 to 1991 before becoming one of the original anchors, along with Aaron Brown, of ABC News' World News Now when the show launched in 1992...
, Thalia Assuras
Thalia Assuras
- External links :* , an October 1998 article from a UWO website...
, Kevin Newman, Alison Stewart
Alison Stewart
Alison Stewart is an American radio and television journalist. She was one of the hosts of the Bryant Park Project, a morning drive news program from NPR...
, Liz Cho, and Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories...
.
WNN is divided into an A, B, C, and D-block. Top ABC News headlines are in the "front of the book" with reports from ABC NewsOne correspondents or repeated reports from World News. There is a national weather forecast and an often humorous "kicker" story that ends the A-block. The "back of the book" (blocks B-D) are usually stories from Nightline
Nightline
Nightline, or ABC News Nightline is a late-night news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. It airs weeknights, usually for 31 minutes. Created by Roone Arledge, the program featured Ted Koppel as its main...
, BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
reports, or other segments produced in the studio (otherwise known as pre-tapes or petaques... depending on the day of the week).
On September 22, 2009, the program became the first network overnight newscast to broadcast in high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
.
1991–1993
In late 1991 and early 1992, WNN and rival newscasts like CBSCBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
' Up to the Minute
Up to the Minute
Up to the Minute is a CBS overnight broadcast which offers hard news, features, interviews, weather, sports, business and commentary. Up to the Minute draws from the full resources of CBS News, including the CBS Evening News, Newspath, affiliate stations, the CBS Radio Network and Reuters Television...
and NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Nightside
NBC Nightside
NBC Nightside was an overnight news program which aired from 1991 to 1998 on NBC. The show was produced in three half-hour long segments. It usually aired live nightly from 1:00-2:30 a.m. Eastern Time, followed by rebroadcasts until 4:30 or 5 a.m...
were created to compete for viewer demand driven originally by CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
's 24-hour coverage of the Gulf War
Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
, and to supply local affiliates with overnight programming. The original working title was "World News Overnight"; "World News Now" was adopted prior to the first broadcast.
In the tradition of NBC News Overnight
NBC News Overnight
NBC News Overnight was a television news program on the NBC television network airing weekday mornings from 1:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. from July 5, 1982 to December 3, 1983 for 367 telecasts...
, it has featured serious as well as offbeat news interspersed with odd features such as the "World News Polka" played by Barry Mitchell on the accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
, video footage of dancing camel
Camel
A camel is an even-toed ungulate within the genus Camelus, bearing distinctive fatty deposits known as humps on its back. There are two species of camels: the dromedary or Arabian camel has a single hump, and the bactrian has two humps. Dromedaries are native to the dry desert areas of West Asia,...
s, and laughter coming from off camera. Weather
Weather
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. Most weather phenomena occur in the troposphere, just below the stratosphere. Weather refers, generally, to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate...
predictions are made for obscure and exotic places around the world, some of which have ties to the show for various reasons.
It also often replays clips from Nightline, World News with Diane Sawyer, and other ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
programming. It has been an apparent training ground for new news anchors (see list below) who go on to higher profile network or local affiliate positions. The show is also unique for its interactive segments, some of which pioneered the email communication that is commonly used on newscasts today. The ABC News WNN Message board has been known to offer viewers questions and comments from the anchors themselves, during the course of the show.
1994–1998
On Thanksgiving morning in 1995, World News Now was the first television program to be broadcast live on the InternetInternet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, using the CU-SeeMe
CU-SeeMe
CU-SeeMe is an Internet videoconferencing client. CU-SeeMe can make point to point video calls without a server or make multi-point calls through server software first called a "reflector" and later called a "conference server" or Multipoint Control Unit...
interface. Victor Dorff, a producer of WNN at the time, arranged to have the show simulcast on the Internet daily for a six-month trial period. CU-SeeMe was also used in a taped interview segment in which anchor Kevin Newman and Global Schoolhouse director and founder Yvonne Marie Andres discussed the future of computers in communication.
World News Now was used as the prototype for Fred, ABC's plan to run a cable news channel. The plan was floated in 1995 and was later dropped due to issues with cable carriage, including competition with the recently started MSNBC
MSNBC
MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
and Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
. World News Now also competes for overnight viewers with CBS'
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
Up to the Minute
Up to the Minute
Up to the Minute is a CBS overnight broadcast which offers hard news, features, interviews, weather, sports, business and commentary. Up to the Minute draws from the full resources of CBS News, including the CBS Evening News, Newspath, affiliate stations, the CBS Radio Network and Reuters Television...
and NBC's All Night entertainment block.
In the fall of 1998, ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
experienced a labor dispute, seeing support employees locked out for several months. While World News This Morning continued to be produced in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
with substitute production staff, World News Now moved to the London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
news bureau
News bureau
A News bureau is an office for gathering or distributing news. Similar terms are used for specialized bureaus, often to indicate geographic location or scope of coverage: a ‘Tokyo bureau’ refers to a given news operation's office in Tokyo; foreign bureau is a generic term for a news office set up...
. Mark Mullen
Mark Mullen
Mark Edward Mullen is an Emmy Award-winning TV journalist and the anchorman for NBC affiliate KNSD-TV in San Diego. He joined the station in June, 2010 from ABC News, where he served as a Los Angeles-based correspondent...
returned to WNN during the last month of the lockout.
1999–2008
World News Now was one of the first shows to webcast; between 1999 and 2001, free live streaming was on the ABC News website. In 2005, the free behind-the-scenes webcast returned.On June 8, 2006, ABC White House Correspondent Martha Raddatz
Martha Raddatz
Martha Raddatz is an American reporter with ABC News . She currently serves as the network's Chief Foreign Correspondent. She reports for ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer, Nightline, and other network broadcasts. In addition to her work for ABC News, Raddatz has written for The New Republic and...
learned of the death of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ; October 30, 1966 – June 7, 2006), born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh was a Jordanian militant Islamist who ran a paramilitary training camp in Afghanistan...
near Baqubah
Baqubah
Baqubah is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate.The city is located some to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it had an estimated population of some 467,900 people....
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. Upon confirmation of the tip, ABC launched a special report at 2:38 AM EDT, anchored by WNN team Ron Corning
Ron Corning
Ron Corning is an American television host at the ABC affiliate WFAA in Dallas, Texas. He co-anchors the station's morning newscast, Daybreak, and is solo anchor of Midday, the station's one-hour noon newscast....
and Taina Hernandez
Taina Hernandez
Tai Hernandez is a reporter for WNYW and a former correspondent for ABC News.A native of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, Hernandez joined ABC News in 2001 as a correspondent for NewsOne, ABC's affiliate news service...
. The show, normally repeated on tape after the initial broadcast, instead went live for all time zones and into follow-up program World News This Morning. The on-air and behind-the-scenes staff stayed on until Good Morning America began and took over coverage at 7:00 AM ET.
In January 2007, WNN celebrated its fifteenth anniversary with the brief resurrection of the National Temperature Index (see below) and a new version of the "World News Polka."
On Thursday, August 2, 2007, WNN abandoned its normal format and went with nearly-continuous coverage of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse in Minneapolis. WNN coverage was anchored by Hernández and Stephanie Sy and continued into America This Morning.
Taina Hernandez left the show on December 18, 2007, to spend more time with her children, while Ryan Owens announced on February 29, 2008, that he was leaving the show to become a full time correspondent for ABC News. During the week of January 7, 2008, WNN celebrated 16 years on the air with segments looking back on the early days of the broadcast and its anchors. Jeremy Hubbard was named co-anchor of WNN on March 17, 2008; Vinita Nair was named Hubbard's co-anchor on September 17, 2008.
2009–2010
On the July 9, 2010, broadcast, Jeremy Hubbard
Jeremy Hubbard
Jeremy David Hubbard in Glenwood Springs,Colorado is an American news anchor for KDVR-TV and KWGN-TV in Denver. He was a New York-based correspondent for ABC News, and reported for all ABC News broadcasts and platforms, including Good Morning America, World News with Diane Sawyer, and...
left WNN to become a full-time correspondent for ABC News with Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson (reporter)
Rob Nelson is currently co-anchor of the overnight news programs World News Now and America This Morning on ABC, joining Vinita Nair on July 12, 2010, then co-anchoring with Peggy Bunker February 21, 2011 to July 22, 2011...
coming in to join Vinita Nair
Vinita Nair
Vinita Nair is an American television journalist who was co-anchor of World News Now and America This Morning on ABC, from September 17, 2008 until February 18, 2011. She was partnered with Jeremy Hubbard and later Rob Nelson on both shows...
at the anchor desk.
In Hubbard's honor, the "World News Now" staff took a look back at his time with the program and as is tradition at "World News Now," Hubbard had his likeness raised into the ABC News rafters. There was also a polka, sung to Hubbard's dog Jake, and Jeremy received a cutout of his likeness as a going away present and welcomed his replacement, Rob Nelson.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/revolving_door/jeremy_hubbard_says_goodbye_to_abc_world_news_now_167181.asp
2011-present
On the January 24, 2011 broadcast, World News Now debuted new graphics and animations for all their segments and began using a new set, a side view of the current set of ABC World News.On February 17, 2011, Vinita announced that Friday, February 18 would be her last night on air at World News Now. The February 18 edition of World News Now paid tribute to Nair in each of its three segments, including appearances from current and former colleagues including Jeremy Hubbard. Her legacy was to treat the crew to a hot breakfast on her last day. Also, a brief send-off by Nelson to Nair was given at the conclusion of America This Morning. Former KDVR
KDVR
KDVR, , is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the Denver, Colorado designated market area. The station is owned by Local TV LLC, the media arm of private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners, under a local marketing agreement with Tribune-owned CW affiliate KWGN . Its transmitter is...
Denver anchor Peggy Bunker has been named interim successor.
On July 21, 2011, Peggy Bunker announced that Friday, July 22 would be her last night on air at World News Now. The July 22 edition of World News Now acknowledged her departure in the first and last of its three, half-hour segments. Also, a brief send-off by Nelson to Bunker was given at the conclusion of America This Morning. ABC News reportedly will rotate co-anchors alongside Nelson until a permanent successor is named.
Starting on July 25, 2011, Tanya Rivero replaced Bunker temporarily and will alternate the anchor position with Diana Alvear and Linsey Davis, as ABC is looking for a permanent replacement. However from September 19, 2011, Alvear and Davis were taken out of the rotation and Rivero would be sole anchor.
On October 14, 2011 Tanya Rivero moved to ABC daytime, and Rivero, the last member of the July WNN anchor rotation would be replaced by Yunji De Nies as a substitute anchor the following program.
On October 17, 2011 while presenting WNN and substituting for Rob Nelson, Dan Kloeffer publicly came out as gay on the heels of a report featured on "The Skinny" involving actor Zachary Quinto
Zachary Quinto
Zachary John Quinto is an American actor and producer. Quinto grew up in Pennsylvania and was active in high school musical theater. In the early 2000s he guest starred in television series and appeared in a recurring role in the serial drama 24 from 2003 to 2004...
, who had revealed he was gay in a magazine interview and who wrote in a weekend blog post on his website that he was inspired to come out after learning of the death of Jamey Rodemeyer, the gay teen who committed suicide the month before after years of being bullied. Kloeffer would later write a blog post on ABC News's website, saying "I’ve never shared that I’m gay on-air, even though I’ve been out to my family, friends and co-workers for years," [..] "There have been too many tragic endings and too many cases of bullying because of intolerance. As a kid I wanted someone to look up to, someone that could relate to the feelings I was having. Most of all, I wanted to know that it would get better"
On October 27, 2011 Paula Faris was named co-anchor of World New Now. Faris also is expected to contribute occasional reports to ABC’s Good Morning America. She is expected to start in early January.
Regular segments
- Top Stories
- Weather
- Kicker story
- What to Watch (stories to follow throughout the day)
- SKINNY (an entertainment news, celebrity and pop-culture segment).
- Morning Papers (off-beat stories, viral videos, funny pictures)
B, C & D-block
After the A-block, the rest of the half-hour is produced using the following segments:- Nightline – The first story of the primary topic of Nightline is showcased from the previous night (or Friday if it's a Monday morning).
- This WeekThis WeekThis Week is the name of a number of television and radio programmes:* This Week , a Sunday morning political talk show broadcast on ABC in the United States...
(Monday mornings only) – The "Roundtable" segment, a debate of punditsPundit (politics)A pundit is someone who offers to mass media his or her opinion or commentary on a particular subject area on which they are knowledgeable. The term has been increasingly applied to popular media personalities...
from both sides of politics, is featured. - "ABC News Vault" – A look back at how ABC News covered a story of historical importance which usually corresponds to the date of the broadcast.
- "American Landscape" – Team coverage of a major national or international story is rebroadcast from the perspective of a local ABC station or affiliate that covers it. The segment is often edited for time, which is noticeable with sudden jumps of the station's time bug (if that station uses one during their newscasts) and jumps between and during story packages.
- "GizWiz" – Dick DeBartoloDick DeBartoloDick DeBartolo is an American writer. He has most notably written for Mad. He is occasionally referred to as "Mads Maddest Writer," this being a twist on Don Martin's former status as "Mads Maddest Artist." DeBartolo served as the magazine's "Creative Consultant" from 1984 to 2009.Mad has long...
talks about and demonstrates the newest gadgets and technology. - "Viewers' Voice" - A segment where the anchors read viewer opinions about a specific topic from the Facebook website or e-mail inbox.
- "Insomniac Theater" - Every Monday the anchors give their review (out of 5) about a recent movie release. This segment is adlibbed and usually contains a SOT from the movie EPK.
- "Insomniac Kitchen" - WNN anchors visit a local NY restaurant to get ideas for late-night snacks you can make at home.
Special segments
- Friday mornings close with some version of the "World News Polka," usually performed by the composer, comedian Barry Mitchell. The show credits are also scrolled at the same time.
- When an anchor of numerous broadcasts finally leaves, a ceremony of sorts is held on their last broadcast. As the first few anchors moved on, cardboard cutouts were placed in the rafters of the studio for the "Anchor Hall of Fame." Today, this is done with a graphics sequence of a head-shot of the anchor moved into a graphic of the original set's rafters and monitors.
Segments no longer used
- Randomly, throughout the broadcast, a "new e-mail" sound effect will be heard. This is then followed by the ABC News announcer Bill Rice reading aloud an e-mail from a viewer. The anchors then respond (sometimes humorously) to the message.
- The National Temperature Index (NTI) – WNN featured the National Temperature Index (NTI), which is the sum of the day's forecast high temperatures for Boston, MA; Casper, WY; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Fargo, ND; Las Vegas, NV; Miami, FL; New Orleans, LA; Raleigh, North CarolinaRaleigh, North CarolinaRaleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...
; and Seattle, WA. The NTI appeared during nightly weather segments until January 6, 2003. It was reintroduced on January 5, 2007, but was again dropped in mid-February, 2007. The NTI was originally discontinued when staff meteorologist Gerard McNiff revealed the method used for its calculation to San Francisco Bay Area meteorologist Jan Null, who published the formula in the San Jose Mercury NewsSan Jose Mercury NewsThe San Jose Mercury News is a daily newspaper in San Jose, California. On its web site, however, it calls itself Silicon Valley Mercury News. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group...
. - Leah at the Movies – People MagazinePeople (magazine)In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
's Leah Rozen would give her top picks for new releases of the week. - Their News Now – World News Now would check in with a different news producer at a local ABC affiliate around the country each night to see what stories they were working on in their local market. This was usually rotated between four or five local markets, which included Seattle and Denver, and was discontinued sometime in 2005 when "American Landscape" was expanded to a nightly segment.
- World News Now "InsomniACTS" – Local jazz bands typically from around the New York City area would be invited into the studio to play a number on-the-air.
- World News Knows – A quick useless knowledge fact flashed on the screen some nights after a return from a commercial.
- WNN also featured a full sportscast, which became a scene of comedic fodder for many anchors on the show since many of them did not have a great deal of experience calling sports highlights. This was later replaced by a scoreboard graphic displaying sports scores coming out of a commercial break, leaving time for more general segments.
- Asia Business Now – A daily segment involving Asia business with an anchor from Japan's NHK network. This was referenced in the early editions of the "World News Polka" as "business news from Tokyo."
- Financial News from the BBC - again with Declan Curry or other BBC anchors, presenting an update on the European financial markets from the London Stock ExchangeLondon Stock ExchangeThe London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...
. The BBC presenters typically stood in front of a video wall looking out on a London intersection, and sometimes a small counter at the bottom of the screen would note the number of double-decker busDouble-decker busA double-decker bus is a bus that has two storeys or 'decks'. Global usage of this type of bus is more common in outer touring than in its intra-urban transportion role. Double-decker buses are also commonly found in certain parts of Europe, Asia, and former British colonies and protectorates...
es that passed by in the background. - World News Then - World News Now would present segments from ABC news program archives that related to or contrasted with a current event. As a bonus, they would also often show a commercial or two that aired during the original broadcast.
Scheduling
The show is produced and airs in three half-hour segments from 1:30 a.m. ET to 3 a.m. ET Monday through Friday mornings. America This Morning airs live to the network at 4 a.m. ET (which is anchored and produced by the same team) and is tape delayed for many ABC stations. Most ABC stations preempt portions of WNN due to local programming (usually infomercialInfomercial
Infomercials are direct response television commercials which generally include a phone number or website. There are long-form infomercials, which are typically between 15 and 30 minutes in length, and short-form infomercials, which are typically 30 seconds to 120 seconds in length. Infomercials...
s or syndicated fare) with affiliates looping the show until America This Morning airs. Although most ABC stations clear the program, a small number of affiliates do not air World News Now:
- Hearst Television's KOCO-TVKOCO-TVKOCO-TV, virtual channel 5 , is the ABC affiliate in the Oklahoma City television market. The station is owned by Hearst Television, Inc., but uses "Ohio/Oklahoma Hearst Television, Inc." as their end tag during their newscasts, the same licensing purpose corporation as sister Cincinnati, Ohio...
in Oklahoma CityOklahoma cityOklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma City may also refer to:*Oklahoma City metropolitan area*Downtown Oklahoma City*Uptown Oklahoma City*Oklahoma City bombing*Oklahoma City National Memorial...
does clear the program but only carries the Tuesday-Friday editions, while the Monday edition of WNN is preempted due to syndicated programming and infomercials. The preemption of the Monday editions of World News Now began in November 2010, following the expansion of KOCO-TV's weekday morning newscast to 4:30 a.m., which pushed the timeslot of America This Morning ahead by a half-hour; prior to November 2010, the station aired a 25-minute block of the Monday edition joined in progress in-between an infomercial and America This Morning. - Another Hearst-owned ABC affiliate, WCVB-TVWCVB-TVWCVB-TV, channel 5, is a television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, owned by Hearst Television and affiliated with the ABC Television Network. WCVB-TV's studios and transmitter are co-located in Needham, Massachusetts. WCVB is also one of six Boston television stations seen in Canada by...
in BostonBostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, airs WNN; since the fall of 2010 for unknown reasons, however, Canadian subscribers of the Bell TV satellite and Bell Fibe TVBell Fibe TVBell Fibe TV is an IP-based television service offered by Bell Canada in Ontario and Quebec. It is bundled with Bell Fibe Internet, and uses the Microsoft Mediaroom platform....
fiber optic television services are unable to view WNN over WCVB, which the providers preempt with infomercials instead. - Three ABC stations owned by Citadel CommunicationsCitadel CommunicationsCitadel Communications Ltd. is a Bronxville, NY-based private broadcasting company that operates 5 full-power television stations and 1 low-power station...
do not air World News Now, as KCAU-TVKCAU-TVKCAU-TV is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, broadcasting digitally on VHF channel 9 as an affiliate of the American Broadcasting Company.-History:...
in Sioux City, IowaSioux City, IowaSioux City is a city in Plymouth and Woodbury counties in the western part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 82,684 in the 2010 census, a decline from 85,013 in the 2000 census, which makes it currently the fourth largest city in the state....
, KLKNKLKNKLKN, channel 8, is the ABC-affiliated television station in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. It is owned by Citadel Communications...
in Lincoln, NebraskaLincoln, NebraskaThe City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379....
and WOI-DT in Des Moines, IowaDes Moines, IowaDes Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...
all sign off the air during the overnight hours, the stations are among the few television stations remaining in the United States not operating on a 24-hour schedule. WLNE-TVWLNE-TVWLNE-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Rhode Island and the South Coast of Massachusetts. It is licensed to New Bedford, Massachusetts, but is headquartered in and operates from studios at 10 Orms Street in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It is one of two major Rhode Island...
in Providence, Rhode IslandProvidence, Rhode IslandProvidence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
, which was acquired by Citadel in April 2011, is the only Citadel-owned ABC affiliate that carries both a 24-hour schedule and clears World News Now. - In addition, WDAY-TVWDAY-TVWDAY-TV, digital channel 21 , is the ABC affiliate television station for Fargo, North Dakota. The station serves the southern half of the Fargo-Grand Forks television market, with WDAZ-TV in Grand Forks serving the northern half. The two stations are counted as a single unit for Nielsen ratings...
in Fargo, North DakotaFargo, North DakotaFargo is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. In 2010, its population was 105,549, and it had an estimated metropolitan population of 208,777...
and its satellite WDAZ-TVWDAZ-TVWDAZ-TV, channel 8, is an ABC affiliate located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The station serves the northern half of the Fargo-Grand Forks television market. The station also has significant viewership in southern Manitoba, Canada including Winnipeg and Steinbach as it is carried on cable. WDAZ is...
in Grand Forks, North DakotaGrand Forks, North DakotaGrand Forks is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 52,838, while that of the city and surrounding metropolitan area was 98,461...
, WOAY-TVWOAY-TVWOAY-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Southern West Virginia and Southwestern Virginia locally-owned by the Thomas Broadcasting Company. Licensed to Oak Hill, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 50 from a transmitter at its studios on Legends Highway/WV...
in Bluefield, West VirginiaBluefield, West VirginiaBluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 10,447 at the 2010 census. It is also the core city of the Bluefield WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,342.-Geography & Climate:...
and WSVI-TV in the U.S. Virgin Islands also do not clear World News Now for broadcast as they sign-off overnight. - WAWV-TV in Terre Haute, IndianaTerre Haute, IndianaTerre Haute is a city and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. The city is the county seat of Vigo County and...
, owned by Mission Broadcasting, did not clear World News Now when the station rejoined ABC in September 2011, following a 16-year absence of an over-the-air ABC affiliate in the market (it was an ABC affiliate at the time World News Now debuted, but was a FoxFox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
affiliate from 1995 to 2011); WAWV instead carries syndicated programming in place of WNN, as it does with the network's Saturday morning children's program block Litton's Weekend Adventure. - WVII-TVWVII-TVWVII-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Central and Eastern Maine licensed to Bangor. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter on Black Cap Mountain along the Penobscot and Hancock County line. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable...
in Bangor, MaineBangor, MaineBangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
preempts the program in favor of programming from the shopping network Jewelry TelevisionJewelry TelevisionJewelry Television is an American television network, similar to the Home Shopping Network. It was formerly called "America's Collectibles Network" . The privately-held company was founded in 1993 and broadcasts high definition programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to over 80 million unique...
.
Criticism
Taina Hernandez has been criticized in the national press for laughing during various segments, some of them serious. She laughed through the story of Owen WilsonOwen Wilson
Owen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor and writer, known for his roles in the films The Haunting, The Royal Tenenbaums, Zoolander, Meet the Parents, Wedding Crashers, You, Me and Dupree, Bottle Rocket, the Cars series, The Darjeeling Limited, Marley & Me, Midnight in Paris, Shanghai Noon,...
's attempted suicide and she and Owens have giggled through segments on terrorism and the Iraq war. These laughing fits have earned her the nickname "The Laughing Taina."
WNN anchor timeline
| From | To | Anchors |
|---|---|---|
| 01/1992 | 05/1993 | Aaron Brown Aaron Brown Aaron Brown is an American broadcast journalist most recognized for his coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks, his first day on air at CNN... and Lisa McRee Lisa McRee Lisa McRee is an American television journalist and former news anchor, born in Fort Worth, Texas.She was a news anchor for WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas, from 1989 to 1991 before becoming one of the original anchors, along with Aaron Brown, of ABC News' World News Now when the show launched in 1992... |
| 05/1993 | 08/1993 | Aaron Brown Aaron Brown Aaron Brown is an American broadcast journalist most recognized for his coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks, his first day on air at CNN... and Thalia Assuras Thalia Assuras - External links :* , an October 1998 article from a UWO website... |
| 08/1993 | 11/1994 | Thalia Assuras Thalia Assuras - External links :* , an October 1998 article from a UWO website... and Boyd Matson Boyd Matson Boyd Matson is the former anchor of National Geographic Explorer and a former co-anchor of NBC's Weekend Today program. He was also an NBC News correspondent in the 1980s, working mostly on news features and earlier as a sports reporter on KNBC in Los Angeles. He now hosts the show Wild Chronicles... |
| 11/1994 | 04/1996 | Thalia Assuras Thalia Assuras - External links :* , an October 1998 article from a UWO website... and Kevin Newman Kevin Newman (Canadian journalist) Kevin Newman is a Canadian journalist and news anchor. From 2001 to 2010, he was the anchor and executive editor of Global National, and hosted Global's weekly newsmagazine series Global Currents. In August 2011 he became the co-host of CTV's Question Period..- Life and career :Newman was born in... |
| 04/1996 | 01/1997 | Thalia Assuras Thalia Assuras - External links :* , an October 1998 article from a UWO website... and Mark Mullen Mark Mullen Mark Edward Mullen is an Emmy Award-winning TV journalist and the anchorman for NBC affiliate KNSD-TV in San Diego. He joined the station in June, 2010 from ABC News, where he served as a Los Angeles-based correspondent... |
| 01/1997 | 12/1998 | Mark Mullen Mark Mullen Mark Edward Mullen is an Emmy Award-winning TV journalist and the anchorman for NBC affiliate KNSD-TV in San Diego. He joined the station in June, 2010 from ABC News, where he served as a Los Angeles-based correspondent... and Asha Blake Asha Blake Asha Blake is an Emmy award-winning journalist who anchored KTLA-TV News @ 1PM with Frank Buckley in Los Angeles. She previously was the anchor of the 9:00 p.m. news on Denver's CW affiliate, KWGN-TV before leaving KWGN in 2007 to return to Los Angeles... |
| 01/1999 | 02/2000 | Juju Chang JuJu Chang Hyunju "Juju" Chang is a Korean-American Emmy Award-winning television journalist for ABC News, and currently serves as a special correspondent and fill-in anchor for Nightline... and Anderson Cooper Anderson Cooper Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories... |
| 02/2000 | 08/2000 | Anderson Cooper Anderson Cooper Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories... and Alison Stewart |
| 08/2000 | 02/2002 | Alison Stewart and Derek McGinty |
| 02/2002 | 06/2003 | Derek McGinty and Liz Cho |
| 07/2003 | 12/2003 | Andrea Stassou Andrea Stassou Andrea Stassou is an American television journalist. She most recently served as anchor of the CBS News overnight broadcast Up to the Minute while regular anchor Meg Oliver was on maternity leave from April to July 2008.... and David Muir David Muir David Muir is an American journalist and anchor for ABC News, the news division of the ABC broadcast-television network based in New York City, New York.-Early life and education:... |
| 12/2003 | 08/2004 | David Muir David Muir David Muir is an American journalist and anchor for ABC News, the news division of the ABC broadcast-television network based in New York City, New York.-Early life and education:... and Tamala Edwards Tamala Edwards Tamala Monique Edwards is an American television news anchor and reporter.She began her journalism career as a correspondent for Time magazine in 1993, eventually working in the Washington, D.C. bureau... |
| 08/2004 | 01/2005 | Tamala Edwards Tamala Edwards Tamala Monique Edwards is an American television news anchor and reporter.She began her journalism career as a correspondent for Time magazine in 1993, eventually working in the Washington, D.C. bureau... and Ron Corning Ron Corning Ron Corning is an American television host at the ABC affiliate WFAA in Dallas, Texas. He co-anchors the station's morning newscast, Daybreak, and is solo anchor of Midday, the station's one-hour noon newscast.... |
| 01/2005 | 12/2005 | Ron Corning Ron Corning Ron Corning is an American television host at the ABC affiliate WFAA in Dallas, Texas. He co-anchors the station's morning newscast, Daybreak, and is solo anchor of Midday, the station's one-hour noon newscast.... and Heather Cabot |
| 12/2005 | 08/2006 | Ron Corning Ron Corning Ron Corning is an American television host at the ABC affiliate WFAA in Dallas, Texas. He co-anchors the station's morning newscast, Daybreak, and is solo anchor of Midday, the station's one-hour noon newscast.... and Taina Hernandez Taina Hernandez Tai Hernandez is a reporter for WNYW and a former correspondent for ABC News.A native of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, Hernandez joined ABC News in 2001 as a correspondent for NewsOne, ABC's affiliate news service... |
| 08/2006 | 02/2007 | Taina Hernandez Taina Hernandez Tai Hernandez is a reporter for WNYW and a former correspondent for ABC News.A native of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, Hernandez joined ABC News in 2001 as a correspondent for NewsOne, ABC's affiliate news service... and Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan Hariharan "Hari" Sreenivasan is an Indian-born journalist who has worked primarily for American broadcast media.Sreenivasan was born in Mumbai, India around 1974. After immigrating to the United States at age seven, he attended high school in Seattle, Washington, where he became a radio disc jockey... |
| 02/2007 | 12/2007 | Taina Hernandez Taina Hernandez Tai Hernandez is a reporter for WNYW and a former correspondent for ABC News.A native of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, Hernandez joined ABC News in 2001 as a correspondent for NewsOne, ABC's affiliate news service... and Ryan Owens |
| 12/2007 | 02/2008 | Ryan Owens and alternating subs Gigi Stone Gigi Stone Gigi Stone is an American television correspondent and anchor, currently working for Bloomberg TV.- Early life :Stone grew up in Manhattan, where she went to the Nightingale-Bamford School and learned to speak Portuguese, French and Spanish. She received a Master's degree from Columbia... , Christianne Klein Christianne Klein Christianne Klein is an Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist, acclaimed author, television personality and former anchor and correspondent for ABC News . While at ABC, she operated in both New York, NY and Washington DC. In New York she anchored breaking news coverage for the network and... and Tanya Rivero Tanya Rivero Tanya Rivero is the host of Good Morning America Health. She has filed reports for Good Morning America and anchored World News Now and America This Morning.... |
| 02/2008 | 03/2008 | Tanya Rivero Tanya Rivero Tanya Rivero is the host of Good Morning America Health. She has filed reports for Good Morning America and anchored World News Now and America This Morning.... and alternating subs Gigi Stone Gigi Stone Gigi Stone is an American television correspondent and anchor, currently working for Bloomberg TV.- Early life :Stone grew up in Manhattan, where she went to the Nightingale-Bamford School and learned to speak Portuguese, French and Spanish. She received a Master's degree from Columbia... and Christianne Klein Christianne Klein Christianne Klein is an Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist, acclaimed author, television personality and former anchor and correspondent for ABC News . While at ABC, she operated in both New York, NY and Washington DC. In New York she anchored breaking news coverage for the network and... |
| 03/2008 | 05/2008 | Jeremy Hubbard Jeremy Hubbard Jeremy David Hubbard in Glenwood Springs,Colorado is an American news anchor for KDVR-TV and KWGN-TV in Denver. He was a New York-based correspondent for ABC News, and reported for all ABC News broadcasts and platforms, including Good Morning America, World News with Diane Sawyer, and... and alternating subs Gigi Stone Gigi Stone Gigi Stone is an American television correspondent and anchor, currently working for Bloomberg TV.- Early life :Stone grew up in Manhattan, where she went to the Nightingale-Bamford School and learned to speak Portuguese, French and Spanish. She received a Master's degree from Columbia... , Christianne Klein Christianne Klein Christianne Klein is an Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist, acclaimed author, television personality and former anchor and correspondent for ABC News . While at ABC, she operated in both New York, NY and Washington DC. In New York she anchored breaking news coverage for the network and... , and Tanya Rivero Tanya Rivero Tanya Rivero is the host of Good Morning America Health. She has filed reports for Good Morning America and anchored World News Now and America This Morning.... |
| 05/2008 | 07/2010 | Jeremy Hubbard Jeremy Hubbard Jeremy David Hubbard in Glenwood Springs,Colorado is an American news anchor for KDVR-TV and KWGN-TV in Denver. He was a New York-based correspondent for ABC News, and reported for all ABC News broadcasts and platforms, including Good Morning America, World News with Diane Sawyer, and... and Vinita Nair Vinita Nair Vinita Nair is an American television journalist who was co-anchor of World News Now and America This Morning on ABC, from September 17, 2008 until February 18, 2011. She was partnered with Jeremy Hubbard and later Rob Nelson on both shows... |
| 07/2010 | 02/2011 | Vinita Nair Vinita Nair Vinita Nair is an American television journalist who was co-anchor of World News Now and America This Morning on ABC, from September 17, 2008 until February 18, 2011. She was partnered with Jeremy Hubbard and later Rob Nelson on both shows... and Rob Nelson Rob Nelson (reporter) Rob Nelson is currently co-anchor of the overnight news programs World News Now and America This Morning on ABC, joining Vinita Nair on July 12, 2010, then co-anchoring with Peggy Bunker February 21, 2011 to July 22, 2011... |
| 02/2011 | 07/2011 | Rob Nelson Rob Nelson (reporter) Rob Nelson is currently co-anchor of the overnight news programs World News Now and America This Morning on ABC, joining Vinita Nair on July 12, 2010, then co-anchoring with Peggy Bunker February 21, 2011 to July 22, 2011... and Peggy Bunker |
| 07/2011 | 10/2011 | Rob Nelson Rob Nelson (reporter) Rob Nelson is currently co-anchor of the overnight news programs World News Now and America This Morning on ABC, joining Vinita Nair on July 12, 2010, then co-anchoring with Peggy Bunker February 21, 2011 to July 22, 2011... and alternating subs Tanya Rivero Tanya Rivero Tanya Rivero is the host of Good Morning America Health. She has filed reports for Good Morning America and anchored World News Now and America This Morning.... , Diana Alvear, and Linsey Davis |
| 10/2011 | 01/2012 | Rob Nelson Rob Nelson (reporter) Rob Nelson is currently co-anchor of the overnight news programs World News Now and America This Morning on ABC, joining Vinita Nair on July 12, 2010, then co-anchoring with Peggy Bunker February 21, 2011 to July 22, 2011... and alternating subs Yunji De Nies, Cecilia Vega, Sunny Hostin Sunny Hostin Asunción “Sunny” Hostin was born on October 20, 1968 and is a former Federal prosecutor, as well as a legal expert and TV personality, who is often called upon for her clear analysis on various provocative issues and high-profile criminal cases in the news.... |
| 01/2012 | present | Rob Nelson Rob Nelson (reporter) Rob Nelson is currently co-anchor of the overnight news programs World News Now and America This Morning on ABC, joining Vinita Nair on July 12, 2010, then co-anchoring with Peggy Bunker February 21, 2011 to July 22, 2011... and Paula Faris |
External links
- After midnight: The wee small hours of the morning are the latest battleground for television news, American Journalism Review, Dec. 1993
- Tuned In: 'World News Now' has a wink or two for night owls, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 2, 1999
- National Temperature Index
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkMZwLJR9rE Stage Manager Peter Grimm Retirement Tribute, April 30, 2010