ABC World News Tonight

ABC World News Tonight
Current version of logo, used since August 9, 2021
Also known as	News and Views (1948–1951) After The Deadlines (1951–1952) All-Star News (1952–1953) John Daly and the News (1953–1960) ABC Evening Report (1960–1962) Ron Cochran with the News (1962–1965) Peter Jennings with the News (1965–1967) ABC Evening News (1968–1978) World News Tonight (1978–1983) World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (1983–2005) World News Tonight with Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas (2006) World News Tonight with Charles Gibson (2006) World News with Charles Gibson (2006–2009) ABC World News with Diane Sawyer (2009–2014) ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (2014–present)
Genre	News program
Created by	Roone Arledge
Directed by	Rob Vint Ron Halper David Distinti Paul Verciglio
Presented by	Weekdays: David Muir Saturdays: Whit Johnson Sundays: Linsey Davis (See former anchors)
Narrated by	JJ Surma
Theme music composer	Bob Israel (1978–1990) Score Productions (1990–1996) Edd Kalehoff (1996–2012; 2020–present) Hans Zimmer (2012–2020)
Composer	Edd Kalehoff (2020–present)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Almin Karamehmedovic (2014–present)[1]
Production locations	ABC News Headquarters New York City
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	15 minutes (1953–1967) 30 minutes (1967–present)
Production company	ABC News Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	January 13, 1948 (January 13, 1948) – present
Related
CBS Evening News NBC Nightly News
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ABC World News Tonight (titled ABC World News Tonight with David Muir for its weeknight broadcasts since September 2014) is the flagship daily evening television news program of ABC News, the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network in the United States. It is currently the most watched network newscast in the United States, with an average of 2 million more than its nearest rival, NBC Nightly News. Since 2014, the program's weekday broadcasts have been anchored by David Muir.^[2] As of February 6–7, 2021, Whit Johnson and Linsey Davis anchor the Saturday and Sunday editions of the newscast respectively.

The program has been anchored at various times by a number of other presenters since its debut in 1948. It also has used various titles, including ABC Evening News from 1968 to 1978, World News Tonight from 1978 to 2006, World News from 2006 to 2009, and ABC World News from 2009 to 2014. Since 2014, the program has been called ABC World News Tonight. The weeknight edition of ABC World News Tonight airs live at 6:30 p.m. in the Eastern and 5:30 p.m. in the Central Time Zones. However ABC affiliates KGNS, KNOE-2, WEEK-2, and WNCF air ABC World News Tonight half-an-hour later on delay.^[3][4][5][6] WSB also airs it on a delay, the only ABC station in the Eastern Time Zone to do so.^[7]