NBC Nightly News

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NBC Nightly News
Also known as	Weekdays: NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2015–present)
Genre	News program
Created by	Reuven Frank
Directed by	Christian Alicea Susan King
Presented by	Weekdays: Lester Holt Saturdays Jose Diaz-Balart Sundays Hallie Jackson
Narrated by	Bill Hanrahan Howard Reig Michael Douglas Bill Wolff
Theme music composer	Fred Weinberg Productions (1977) Henry Mancini (1977–1982) Joseph Paul Sicurella, Tony Smythe & Bob Christianson (1982–1985) John Williams (1985–present)
Opening theme	"The Mission" (1985–present) (for past themes, see section)
Ending theme	Same as opening
Composer	John Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	50
Production
Executive producer	Meghan Rafferty
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	NBC News Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	August 3, 1970 (1970-08-03) – present
Related
Huntley-Brinkley Report ABC World News Tonight CBS Evening News
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NBC Nightly News (titled as NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt for its weeknight broadcasts since June 22, 2015) is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News, the news division of the NBC television network in the United States. First aired on August 3, 1970, the program is currently the second most watched network newscast in the United States, behind ABC's World News Tonight.^[1][2] NBC Nightly News is produced from Studio 1A at NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City. Selected Los Angeles–based editions broadcast from The Brokaw News Center in Universal City, California, or when broadcasting from Washington, D.C., either from the NBC News bureau based at WRC-TV in the Tenleytown neighborhood, or NBC's secondary studio overlooking Capitol Hill.

Since 2015, the broadcast has been anchored by Lester Holt on weeknights, José Díaz-Balart on Saturday^[3] and Hallie Jackson on Sunday. Previous anchors have included John Chancellor, David Brinkley, Tom Brokaw, Brian Williams and Kate Snow.

The program is broadcast live over most NBC stations from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time seven days a week; the "Western Edition" of the program occasionally features breaking news and/or updated information on news stories covered during the original telecast for Pacific Time Zone viewers, and some stations in that time zone carry it live at 3:30 p.m. PT to lead into their late afternoon local news blocks. Its current theme music, "The Mission" (which debuted in 1985) was composed by John Williams.