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| creator = [[Reuven Frank]]
| creator = [[Reuven Frank]]
| director = Christian Alicea<br>Susan King
| director = Christian Alicea<br>Susan King
| presenter = '''Weekdays:'''<br>[[Lester Holt]]<br/> '''Saturdays '''<br/>[[Jose Diaz-Balart]] <br/> '''Sundays '''<br/>[[Peter Alexander (journalist)| Peter Alexander]]<br/>''(for former anchors, [[#Nightly News anchors|see section]])''
| presenter = '''Weekdays:'''<br>[[Lester Holt]]<br/> '''Saturdays '''<br/>[[Jose Diaz-Balart]] <br/> '''Sundays '''<br/>[[Hallie Jackson]]
| narrated = [[Bill Hanrahan]]<br>[[Howard Reig]]<br>[[Michael Douglas]]<br>[[Bill Wolff (announcer)|Bill Wolff]]
| narrated = [[Bill Hanrahan]]<br>[[Howard Reig]]<br>[[Michael Douglas]]<br>[[Bill Wolff (announcer)|Bill Wolff]]
| theme_music_composer = [[Fred Weinberg]] Productions (1977)<br>[[Henry Mancini]] (1977–1982)<br>Joseph Paul Sicurella,<br>Tony Smythe &<br>Bob Christianson (1982–1985)<br>[[John Williams]] (1985–present)
| theme_music_composer = [[Fred Weinberg]] Productions (1977)<br>[[Henry Mancini]] (1977–1982)<br>Joseph Paul Sicurella,<br>Tony Smythe &<br>Bob Christianson (1982–1985)<br>[[John Williams]] (1985–present)
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* ''[[Huntley-Brinkley Report]]''
* ''[[The Huntley–Brinkley Report]]''
* ''[[ABC World News Tonight]]''
* ''[[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 [[News broadcasting#Television|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 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[ABC World News Tonight|World News Tonight]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title = Olympics Help NBC's News Shows to Ratings Win |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/business/media/02tele.html |author = Bill Carter |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |date = April 1, 2010 |access-date = August 15, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title = Evening News Ratings |url = http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/evening_news_ratings/ |author = Chris Ariens |magazine = [[AdWeek|TVNewser]] |access-date = March 12, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100822125723/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/evening_news_ratings/ |archive-date = August 22, 2010 }}</ref> ''NBC Nightly News'' is produced from Studio 1A at [[NBC Studios (New York City)|NBC Studios]] at [[30 Rockefeller Plaza|30 Rockefeller Center]] in [[New York City]]. Select [[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]].
'''''NBC Nightly News''''' or just Nightly News (titled as '''''NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt''''' for its weeknight broadcasts since June 22, 2015) is the flagship daily evening [[News broadcasting#Television|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 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[ABC World News Tonight|World News Tonight]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title = Olympics Help NBC's News Shows to Ratings Win |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/business/media/02tele.html |author = Bill Carter |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |date = April 1, 2010 |access-date = August 15, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title = Evening News Ratings |url = http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/evening_news_ratings/ |author = Chris Ariens |magazine = [[AdWeek|TVNewser]] |access-date = March 12, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100822125723/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/evening_news_ratings/ |archive-date = August 22, 2010 }}</ref> ''NBC Nightly News'' is produced from Studio 1A at [[NBC Studios (New York City)|NBC Studios]] at [[30 Rockefeller Plaza|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, [[Jose Diaz-Balart|José Díaz-Balart]] on Saturday<ref>{{Cite press release |url = http://press.nbcnews.com/2016/07/13/jose-diaz-balart-named-anchor-of-saturday-nbc-nightly-news/ |title = José Díaz-Balart Named Anchor of Saturday ''NBC Nightly News'' |date = July 13, 2016 |publisher = NBC News |language = en-US |access-date = July 13, 2016 }}</ref> and [[Peter Alexander (journalist)| Peter Alexander]] on Sunday. Previous anchors have included [[John Chancellor]], [[David Brinkley]], [[Tom Brokaw]], and [[Brian Williams]].
Since 2015, the broadcast has been anchored by [[Lester Holt]] on weeknights, [[Jose Diaz-Balart|José Díaz-Balart]] on Saturday<ref>{{Cite press release |url = http://press.nbcnews.com/2016/07/13/jose-diaz-balart-named-anchor-of-saturday-nbc-nightly-news/ |title = José Díaz-Balart Named Anchor of Saturday ''NBC Nightly News'' |date = July 13, 2016 |publisher = NBC News |language = en-US |access-date = July 13, 2016 }}</ref> and [[Hallie Jackson]] since 2024 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&nbsp;p.m. to 7:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|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&nbsp;p.m. PT to lead into their late afternoon [[local news]] blocks. Its current theme music, "[[The Mission (theme music)|The Mission]]" (which debuted in 1985) was composed by [[John Williams]].
The program is broadcast live over most NBC stations from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|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 (theme music)|The Mission]]" (which debuted in 1985) was composed by [[John Williams]].


==History==
==History==
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[[File:NBC Nightly News Original Title Card (1970 - 1972).png|thumb|left|Original title card, used from 1970 to 1972.]]
[[File:NBC Nightly News Original Title Card (1970 - 1972).png|thumb|left|Original title card, used from 1970 to 1972.]]
[[File:Nightlynews1974.jpg|thumb|left|''NBC Nightly News'' title card, used from 1972 to 1975.]]
[[File:Nightlynews1974.jpg|thumb|left|''NBC Nightly News'' title card, used from 1972 to 1975.]]
''NBC Nightly News'' replaced ''[[The Huntley–Brinkley Report]]'' in August 1970 upon [[Chet Huntley]]'s retirement. At first, [[David Brinkley]], [[John Chancellor]], and [[Frank McGee (journalist)|Frank McGee]] 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 [[news anchor|anchor]] based in [[New York City]] and one in [[Washington, D.C.]], 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.
''NBC Nightly News'' replaced ''[[The Huntley–Brinkley Report]]'' on August 3, 1970 upon [[Chet Huntley]]'s retirement. At first, [[David Brinkley]], [[John Chancellor]], and [[Frank McGee (journalist)|Frank McGee]] 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 [[News presenter|anchor]] based in [[New York City]] and one in [[Washington, D.C.]], 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 [[Apollo 12]] and [[Apollo 13]].
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 [[Apollo 12]] and [[Apollo 13]].


[[File:Brinkleynbcnightlynews.jpg|thumb|left|Brinkley provided commentary several times per week in the 1970s.]]
[[File:Brinkleynbcnightlynews.jpg|thumb|left|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 [[audience]] share to the ''[[CBS Evening News]]'', NBC discontinued the rotation arrangement, and McGee eventually took over for [[Hugh Downs]] as host of ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]''. 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.
With network executives perceiving the instability of this arrangement as a factor in ''Nightly News'' losing [[audience]] share to the ''[[CBS Evening News]]'', NBC discontinued the rotation arrangement, and McGee eventually took over for [[Hugh Downs]] as host of ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]''. 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 [[ABC News]] in 1981, where he became host of that network's new [[Sunday morning talk shows|Sunday morning interview show]] ''[[This Week (ABC TV series)|This 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 [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] in 1981, where he became host of that network's new [[Sunday morning talk show|Sunday morning interview show]] ''[[This Week (American TV program)|This Week]]''.


Despite the various changes, Chancellor was never able to break the grip that [[Walter Cronkite]] 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.
Despite the various changes, Chancellor was never able to break the grip that [[Walter Cronkite]] 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)===
===Tom Brokaw (1982–2004)===
On April 5, 1982, [[Tom Brokaw]], who had been serving as anchor of ''Today'' since 1976, joined the program and took over co-anchor duties in New York City, while [[Roger Mudd]] 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, [[Peter Jennings]], became sole anchor of ''[[ABC World News Tonight|World News Tonight]]''. With Brokaw being the sole anchor, the ''Nightly News'' was now completely based in New York City. Among other news items, he covered the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster]], [[People Power Revolution|EDSA Revolution]], [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake|Loma Prieta earthquake]], the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]], and [[Hurricane Andrew]]. {{citation needed|date=February 2014}} As anchor, Brokaw conducted the first one-on-one American television interviews with Soviet leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and [[President of Russia|Russian President]] [[Vladimir Putin]]. He was the only network anchor in [[Berlin]] when the [[Berlin Wall]] fell. Brokaw's presence slowly attracted viewers, and during the 1990s, ''Nightly News'' battled for the viewership lead with ''World News Tonight''. He and [[Katie Couric]] hosted a prime-time [[newsmagazine]], ''[[Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric]]'', that aired from 1993 to 1994 before being folded into the multi-night ''Dateline NBC'' program. {{citation needed|date=February 2014}} By 1997, ''NBC Nightly News'' had solidified its first place standing in the [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]], a spot it would retain solely for ten years. The once-dominant ''CBS Evening News'', anchored by [[Dan Rather]], 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<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/business/media/scott-pelley-cbs-evening-news.html |title = Scott Pelley Said to Be Leaving Post as 'CBS Evening News' Anchor |work = The New York Times |date = May 30, 2017 |last1 = Koblin |first1 = John |last2 = Rutenberg |first2 = Jim }}</ref>) in the viewership wars.
On April 5, 1982, [[Tom Brokaw]], who had been serving as anchor of ''Today'' since 1976, joined the program and took over co-anchor duties in New York City, while [[Roger Mudd]] 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, [[Peter Jennings]], became sole anchor of ''[[ABC World News Tonight|World News Tonight]]''. With Brokaw being the sole anchor, the ''Nightly News'' was now completely based in New York City. Among other news items, he covered the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster]], [[People Power Revolution|EDSA Revolution]], [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake|Loma Prieta earthquake]], the [[Fall of the Berlin Wall|fall of the]] [[Berlin Wall]], and [[Hurricane Andrew]]. {{citation needed|date=February 2014}} As anchor, Brokaw conducted the first one-on-one American television interviews with Soviet leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and [[President of Russia|Russian President]] [[Vladimir Putin]]. He was the only network anchor in [[Berlin]] when the [[Berlin Wall]] fell. Brokaw's presence slowly attracted viewers, and during the 1990s, ''Nightly News'' battled for the viewership lead with ''World News Tonight''. He and [[Katie Couric]] hosted a prime-time [[News magazine|newsmagazine]], ''[[Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric]]'', that aired from 1993 to 1994 before being folded into the multi-night ''Dateline NBC'' program. {{citation needed|date=February 2014}} By 1997, ''NBC Nightly News'' had solidified its first place standing in the [[Nielsen Media Research|ratings]], a spot it would retain solely for ten years. The once-dominant ''CBS Evening News'', anchored by [[Dan Rather]], 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<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/business/media/scott-pelley-cbs-evening-news.html |title = Scott Pelley Said to Be Leaving Post as 'CBS Evening News' Anchor |work = The New York Times |date = May 30, 2017 |last1 = Koblin |first1 = John |last2 = Rutenberg |first2 = Jim }}</ref>) in the viewership wars.


[[File:Vladimir Putin with Tom Brokaw-1.jpg|thumb|right|Brokaw with [[Vladimir Putin]] before an interview on June 2, 2000.]]
[[File:Vladimir Putin with Tom Brokaw-1.jpg|thumb|right|Brokaw with [[Vladimir Putin]] before an interview on June 2, 2000.]]
On September 11, 2001, Brokaw joined [[Katie Couric]] and [[Matt Lauer]] around 9:30&nbsp;a.m., following the live attack on the South Tower of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]], and continued to anchor all day, until after midnight. Following the collapse of the second tower, Brokaw said:
On September 11, 2001, Brokaw joined [[Katie Couric]] and [[Matt Lauer]] around 9:30 a.m., following the live attack on the South Tower of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]], and continued to anchor all day, until after midnight. Following the collapse of the second tower, Brokaw said:


{{cquote|This is war. This is a declaration and an execution of an attack on the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20010912owentv4p4.asp |title = Tuned In: This was reality TV at its most horrific |work = Post-Gazette.com |date = September 12, 2001 |access-date = 2008-11-04 |first = Rob |last = Owen }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n16ArLMUwAE |title = NBC World Trade Center Part 12 |via = Youtube.com |date = November 21, 2007 |access-date = November 27, 2011 }}</ref>}}
{{cquote|This is war. This is a declaration and an execution of an attack on the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20010912owentv4p4.asp |title = Tuned In: This was reality TV at its most horrific |work = Post-Gazette.com |date = September 12, 2001 |access-date = 2008-11-04 |first = Rob |last = Owen }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n16ArLMUwAE |title = NBC World Trade Center Part 12 |via = Youtube.com |date = November 21, 2007 |access-date = November 27, 2011 }}</ref>}}


On May 28, 2002, Brokaw announced his retirement as anchor of ''Nightly News'', to take effect shortly after the [[United States Presidential election, 2004|Presidential election in 2004]]. 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 [[cherry picker]]s tallied the electoral vote count on the façade of [[30 Rockefeller Plaza]] (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.
On May 28, 2002, Brokaw announced his retirement as anchor of ''Nightly News'', to take effect shortly after the [[2004 United States presidential election|Presidential election in 2004]]. 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 [[Aerial work platform|cherry pickers]] tallied the electoral vote count on the façade of [[30 Rockefeller Plaza]] (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)===
===Brian Williams (2004–2015)===
[[Brian Williams]], 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.
[[Brian Williams]], 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 [[spot news|spot reporting]] during and after the [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|2005 hurricane season]]. 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 [[John Cameron Swayze]], Huntley, Brinkley, Chancellor, and Brokaw, as well as an orchestral version of the "G-E-C" [[NBC chimes|NBC Chimes]] 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 [[Philips]], marking the first time in its 36-year history that the newscast experimented with reduced advertising.
Williams rose to new levels of popularity for his live [[Breaking news|spot reporting]] during and after the [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|2005 hurricane season]]. 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 [[John Cameron Swayze]], Huntley, Brinkley, Chancellor, and Brokaw, as well as an orchestral version of the "G-E-C" [[NBC chimes|NBC Chimes]] serving as an intro bumper, before going into the opening headlines summary read by Williams; this montage was discontinued on September 17, 2007 except for weekends and nights with substitute anchors until October 2007. On December 4, 2006, ''Nightly News'' was presented with "limited commercial interruptions" through a sponsorship arrangement with [[Philips]], marking the first time in its 36-year history that the newscast experimented with reduced advertising.
[[File:NBC Nightly News Set.jpg|thumb|left|Former set of NBC Nightly News, pictured in 2008]]
[[File:NBC Nightly News Set.jpg|thumb|left|Former set of NBC Nightly News, pictured in 2008]]
[[File:NBC Nightly News Broadcast.jpg|thumb|left|''NBC Nightly News'' [[Television studio#Production control room|control room]].]]
[[File:NBC Nightly News Broadcast.jpg|thumb|left|''NBC Nightly News'' [[Television studio#Production control room|control room]].]]
[[File:Brian Williams 2011 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|left|Williams in 2011]]
[[File:Brian Williams 2011 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|left|Williams in 2011]]
During Williams' tenure as main anchor of the program, [[Lester Holt]] and [[Kate Snow]] often substituted while he was on vacation or on assignment; other substitute anchors included [[Savannah Guthrie]], [[Tamron Hall]], [[Harry Smith (US journalist)|Harry Smith]], [[Jenna Wolfe]], [[Erica Hill]], [[Hoda Kotb]], [[Natalie Morales (journalist)|Natalie Morales]] and [[Carl Quintanilla]], as well as now-former NBC anchors [[Ann Curry]], [[Campbell Brown (journalist)|Campbell Brown]], [[David Gregory (journalist)|David Gregory]], [[Amy Robach]], [[Peter Alexander (journalist)|Peter Alexander]], and [[John Seigenthaler (anchorman)|John Seigenthaler]].
During Williams' tenure as main anchor of the program, [[Lester Holt]] and [[Kate Snow]] often substituted while he was on vacation or on assignment; other substitute anchors included [[Katie Couric]], [[Matt Lauer]], [[Savannah Guthrie]], [[Tamron Hall]], [[Harry Smith (American journalist)|Harry Smith]], [[Jenna Wolfe]], [[Erica Hill]], [[Hoda Kotb]], [[Natalie Morales (journalist)|Natalie Morales]] and [[Carl Quintanilla]], as well as now-former NBC anchors [[Ann Curry]], [[Campbell Brown (journalist)|Campbell Brown]], [[David Gregory (journalist)|David Gregory]], [[Amy Robach]], [[Peter Alexander (journalist)|Peter Alexander]], and [[John Seigenthaler (anchorman)|John Seigenthaler]].


''NBC Nightly News'' began broadcasting in [[high-definition television|high definition]] on March 26, 2007, becoming the first of the three network evening news programs to make the transition (the ''[[CBS Evening News]]'' began broadcasting in HD on January 7, 2008; ''[[ABC World News Tonight]]'' began broadcasting in HD on August 25, 2008, during its coverage of the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]]). Most news video from on-remote locations continued to be shot in [[standard-definition television|standard definition]] at the time, while the network's news bureaus underwent a conversion to HD, which was completed in 2009.
''NBC Nightly News'' began broadcasting in [[high-definition television|high definition]] on March 26, 2007, becoming the first of the three network evening news programs to make the transition (the ''[[CBS Evening News]]'' began broadcasting in HD on January 7, 2008; ''[[ABC World News Tonight]]'' began broadcasting in HD on August 25, 2008, during its coverage of the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]]). Most news video from on-remote locations continued to be shot in [[standard-definition television|standard definition]] at the time, while the network's news bureaus underwent a conversion to HD, which was completed in 2009.


The ''Nightly News'' set in [[GE Building#NBC Studio productions|Studio 3C]], 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 ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football|Sunday Night Football]]'' broadcasts and its [[Football Night in America|pregame show]], 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 [[MSNBC]]'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, ''[[Rock Center with Brian Williams|Rock Center]]''.
The ''Nightly News'' set in [[30 Rockefeller Plaza|Studio 3C]], 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 ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football|Sunday Night Football]]'' broadcasts and its [[Football Night in America|pregame show]], 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 [[MSNBC]]'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, ''[[Rock Center with Brian Williams|Rock Center]]''.


====Embellishment scandal/suspension and replacement====
====Embellishment scandal/suspension and replacement====
On February 4, 2015, Williams apologized on the program for having [[Brian Williams#False claims about helicopter incident in Iraq war reporting|“conflated” on numerous occasions]] an account that he had been aboard a [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|Chinook helicopter]] shot down by enemy fire from a [[rocket-propelled grenade]] while covering the [[Invasion of Iraq]] 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, 2015, broadcast recounting the incident was posted on the program's [[Facebook]] page.<ref>{{cite news |title = Brian Williams admits that his story of coming under fire while in Iraq was false |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/brian-williams-admits-that-his-story-of-coming-under-fire-while-in-iraq-was-false/2015/02/04/d7fe32d0-acc0-11e4-9c91-e9d2f9fde644_story.html?tid=sm_fb |author = Paul Farhi |newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] |date = February 4, 2015 |access-date = February 5, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Soldiers blasted Brian Williams about Iraq War story, calling him a 'liar' and 'a fake' ahead of news anchor's confession |url = http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/brian-williams-blasted-soldiers-iraq-war-story-article-1.2104986 |author = Nina Golgowski |newspaper = [[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]] |date = February 5, 2015 |access-date = February 8, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Brian Williams Faces 'Fact-Checking' Inquiry at NBC |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/business/media/brian-williams-helicopter-incident-in-iraq.html?_r=0= |author = Emily Steel |work = The New York Times |date = February 6, 2015 |access-date = February 8, 2015 }}</ref> The revelation spurred negative press towards Williams, including some asking for him to be fired by NBC News, although [[Paul Rieckhoff]], founder of [[Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America]], stated that “persecuting [Williams] over this mistake will do little to help our veterans and service members”.<ref>{{cite news |title = Should Brian Williams be fired? |url = http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/tv/tv-guy/os-should-brian-williams-be-fired-20150206-post.html |author = Hal Boedeker |work = [[Orlando Sentinel]] |date = February 6, 2015 |access-date = February 8, 2015 }}</ref>
On February 4, 2015, Williams apologized on the program for having [[Brian Williams#False claims about helicopter incident in Iraq war reporting|“conflated” on numerous occasions]] an account that he had been aboard a [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|Chinook helicopter]] shot down by enemy fire from a [[rocket-propelled grenade]] while covering the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Invasion of Iraq]] 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, 2015, broadcast recounting the incident was posted on the program's [[Facebook]] page.<ref>{{cite news |title = Brian Williams admits that his story of coming under fire while in Iraq was false |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/brian-williams-admits-that-his-story-of-coming-under-fire-while-in-iraq-was-false/2015/02/04/d7fe32d0-acc0-11e4-9c91-e9d2f9fde644_story.html?tid=sm_fb |author = Paul Farhi |newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] |date = February 4, 2015 |access-date = February 5, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Soldiers blasted Brian Williams about Iraq War story, calling him a 'liar' and 'a fake' ahead of news anchor's confession |url = http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/brian-williams-blasted-soldiers-iraq-war-story-article-1.2104986 |author = Nina Golgowski |newspaper = [[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]] |date = February 5, 2015 |access-date = February 8, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Brian Williams Faces 'Fact-Checking' Inquiry at NBC |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/business/media/brian-williams-helicopter-incident-in-iraq.html?_r=0= |author = Emily Steel |work = The New York Times |date = February 6, 2015 |access-date = February 8, 2015 }}</ref> The revelation spurred negative press towards Williams, including some asking for him to be fired by NBC News, although [[Paul Rieckhoff]], founder of [[Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America]], stated that “persecuting [Williams] over this mistake will do little to help our veterans and service members”.<ref>{{cite news |title = Should Brian Williams be fired? |url = http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/tv/tv-guy/os-should-brian-williams-be-fired-20150206-post.html |author = Hal Boedeker |work = [[Orlando Sentinel]] |date = February 6, 2015 |access-date = February 8, 2015 }}</ref>


[[File:2012 Lester Holt by US Army (cropped) 2.jpg|thumb|left|Lester Holt (pictured in 2012), current anchor of ''NBC Nightly News'']]
[[File:2012 Lester Holt by US Army (cropped) 2.jpg|thumb|left|Lester Holt (pictured in 2012), current anchor of ''NBC Nightly News'']]
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===Lester Holt (2015–present)===
===Lester Holt (2015–present)===
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On June 18, 2015, [[NBC News]] and [[MSNBC]] chairman Andrew Lack announced that [[Lester Holt]] 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 ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]'' presenter [[Savannah Guthrie]] serving as interim anchor of the broadcast that week. After his suspension ended in August, [[Brian Williams]] was reassigned to MSNBC where he previously served as both an anchor and correspondent.<ref name="nbcnews.com">{{cite web |title = Lester Holt named anchor of NBC Nightly News' |url = https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lester-holt-named-anchor-nbc-nightly-news-n377831 |publisher = [[NBC News]] |date = June 18, 2015 }}</ref>
On June 18, 2015, [[NBC News]] and [[MSNBC]] chairman Andrew Lack announced that [[Lester Holt]] 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 ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' presenter [[Savannah Guthrie]] serving as interim anchor of the broadcast that week. After his suspension ended in August, [[Brian Williams]] was reassigned to MSNBC where he previously served as both an anchor and correspondent.<ref name="nbcnews.com">{{cite web |title = Lester Holt named anchor of NBC Nightly News' |url = https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lester-holt-named-anchor-nbc-nightly-news-n377831 |publisher = [[NBC News]] |date = June 18, 2015 }}</ref>


Holt previously served as interim anchor of the weeknight broadcasts from August 6, 2013, to September 2, 2013, when Williams went on medical leave from NBC News in order to undergo [[knee replacement]] surgery.<ref name="WilliamsKneeSurgery">{{cite news |title = Brian Williams takes off from 'NBC Nightly News' for knee surgery |url = http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-brian-williams-nbc-nightly-news-knee-surgery-20130801,0,763178.story |work = [[Los Angeles Times]] |date = August 1, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Brian Williams Plans 'Nightly News' Return After Labor Day |url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/brian-williams-plans-nightly-news-617676 |work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date = August 29, 2013 }}</ref> With his promotion to main anchor, Holt is the first African-American solo weeknight anchor of a major network newscast.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/18/media/lester-holt-nbc-promotion/ |title = Lester Holt gets anchor chair in historic moment for black journalists |author = Brian Stelter |date = June 18, 2015 |work = CNNMoney }}</ref> [[Max Robinson]] was co-anchor of ABC's ''World News Tonight'' from 1978 to 1983, and [[Gwen Ifill]] was a co-anchor of the ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' from 2013 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title = Lester Holt gets anchor chair in historic moment for black journalists |url = https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/18/media/lester-holt-nbc-promotion |author = [[Brian Stelter]] |website = [[CNN Money]] |date = June 18, 2015 }}</ref>
Holt previously served as interim anchor of the weeknight broadcasts from August 6, 2013 to September 2, 2013, when Williams went on medical leave from NBC News in order to undergo [[knee replacement]] surgery.<ref name="WilliamsKneeSurgery">{{cite news |title = Brian Williams takes off from 'NBC Nightly News' for knee surgery |url = http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-brian-williams-nbc-nightly-news-knee-surgery-20130801,0,763178.story |work = [[Los Angeles Times]] |date = August 1, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Brian Williams Plans 'Nightly News' Return After Labor Day |url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/brian-williams-plans-nightly-news-617676 |work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date = August 29, 2013 }}</ref> With his promotion to main anchor, Holt is the first African-American solo weeknight anchor of a major network newscast.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/18/media/lester-holt-nbc-promotion/ |title = Lester Holt gets anchor chair in historic moment for black journalists |author = Brian Stelter |date = June 18, 2015 |work = CNNMoney }}</ref> [[Max Robinson]] was co-anchor of ABC's ''World News Tonight'' from 1978 to 1983, and [[Gwen Ifill]] was a co-anchor of the ''[[PBS News Hour|PBS NewsHour]]'' from 2013 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title = Lester Holt gets anchor chair in historic moment for black journalists |url = https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/18/media/lester-holt-nbc-promotion |author = [[Brian Stelter]] |website = [[CNN Money]] |date = June 18, 2015 }}</ref>


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.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}
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.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}
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On September 13, 2021, ''NBC Nightly News'' permanently moved from Studio 3C to Studio 1A, also the home of ''Today''.<ref>{{cite web|title='Nightly' moves to Studio 1A, with its graphics still a work in progress|url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2021/09/13/nbc-nightly-news-studio-1a/|website=NewscastStudio|first=Michael P.|last=Hill|date=September 13, 2021}}</ref>
On September 13, 2021, ''NBC Nightly News'' permanently moved from Studio 3C to Studio 1A, also the home of ''Today''.<ref>{{cite web|title='Nightly' moves to Studio 1A, with its graphics still a work in progress|url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2021/09/13/nbc-nightly-news-studio-1a/|website=NewscastStudio|first=Michael P.|last=Hill|date=September 13, 2021}}</ref>


On June 19, 2023, ''NBC Nightly News'' underwent its first large-scale rebrand since the Brian Williams era as part of a wider rebranding of NBC as a whole; it was unveiled by NBC during an event honoring of 75 years of televised newscasts on NBC. The rebrand includes a new on-air graphics scheme intended to create fewer distractions from the content of stories, as well as a new a new stylized “N” emblem (reminiscent of the network's 1979–86 "Proud N" logo) that can be split apart to display headlines, and is better-suited for digital platforms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2023/06/20/nbc-nightly-news-broadcast-redesign/?og=1|title='Nightly' doubles down on 'N's, unique blend of 3D, flat design in new look|date=June 20, 2023|website=NewscastStudio}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=June 8, 2023 |title=NBC's 'Nightly News' Gets New Logo With Digital Viewers in Mind |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/nbcs-nightly-news-lester-holt-logo-digital-viewers-1235636903/ |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
On June 19, 2023, ''NBC Nightly News'' underwent its first large-scale rebrand since the Brian Williams era as part of a wider rebranding of NBC as a whole; it was unveiled by NBC during an event honoring of 75 years of televised newscasts on NBC. The rebrand includes a new on-air graphics scheme intended to create fewer distractions from the content of stories, as well as a new stylized “N” emblem (reminiscent of the network's 1979–86 "Proud N" logo) that can be split apart to display headlines, and is better-suited for digital platforms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2023/06/20/nbc-nightly-news-broadcast-redesign/?og=1|title='Nightly' doubles down on 'N's, unique blend of 3D, flat design in new look|date=June 20, 2023|website=NewscastStudio}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=June 8, 2023 |title=NBC's 'Nightly News' Gets New Logo With Digital Viewers in Mind |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/nbcs-nightly-news-lester-holt-logo-digital-viewers-1235636903/ |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>


[[File:NBC Nightly News 2020.svg|thumb|right|Logo used from November 27, 2020, to June 18, 2023]]
[[File:NBC Nightly News 2020.svg|thumb|right|Logo used from November 27, 2020 to June 18, 2023]]
[[File:NBC Nightly News 2023 (symbol).svg|150px|thumb|right|Current logo symbol of ''NBC Nightly News'', first introduced on June 19, 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2023/06/08/nbc-nightly-news-prepping-new-logo-graphics-update/ | title='NBC Nightly News' prepping new logo, graphics update | date=June 8, 2023 }}</ref>]]
[[File:NBC Nightly News 2023 (symbol).svg|150px|thumb|right|Current logo symbol of ''NBC Nightly News'', first introduced on June 19, 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2023/06/08/nbc-nightly-news-prepping-new-logo-graphics-update/ | title='NBC Nightly News' prepping new logo, graphics update | date=June 8, 2023 }}</ref>]]
[[File:NBCNN 2023 (full).svg|thumb|Vertical logo symbol of ''NBC Nightly News'', first introduced on June 19, 2023.]]
[[File:NBCNN 2023 (full).svg|thumb|Vertical logo symbol of ''NBC Nightly News'', first introduced on June 19, 2023.]]


==Weekend editions==
==Weekend editions==
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NBC first offered a Saturday evening newscast in 1961, with [[Sander Vanocur]] anchoring the ''NBC Saturday Night Report''. Four years later, NBC correspondents Ray Scherer and [[Robert MacNeil]] 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.<ref>Castleman and Podrazik, ''The TV Schedule Book'', McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984</ref> The Saturday edition of the ''Report'' ran for about a year and a half.
NBC first offered a Saturday evening newscast in 1961, with [[Sander Vanocur]] anchoring the ''NBC Saturday Night Report''. Four years later, NBC correspondents Ray Scherer and [[Robert MacNeil]] 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.<ref>Castleman and Podrazik, ''The TV Schedule Book'', McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984</ref> The Saturday edition of the ''Report'' ran for about a year and a half.


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==Kids edition==
==Kids edition==


In April 2020, NBC News began producing a version of ''NBC Nightly News'' targeted at children ages 6 to 16, featuring stories aimed at children. This edition is hosted by Lester Holt and new episodes premiere every Thursday on NBC News' YouTube channel.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/nbc-nightly-news-kids-edition-lester-holt-1234581391/|title= 'NBC Nightly News' Launches Kids' Edition (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|date=April 15, 2020|access-date=March 17, 2021}}</ref> Beginning on [[Halloween|October 31]], 2020, occasional editions of ''NBC Nightly News: Kids Edition'' have aired on Saturdays on NBC.<ref name="v-nnkeonnbcstart">{{cite news |last1=Steinberg |first1=Brian |title=Lester Holt Will Bring Kids' 'Nightly News' to NBC's Saturday-Morning TV (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/lester-holt-kids-edition-nbc-nightly-news-saturday-1234818506/ |access-date=September 28, 2022 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=October 29, 2020}}</ref>
In April 2020, NBC News began producing a version of ''NBC Nightly News'' targeted at children ages 6 to 16, featuring stories aimed at children. This edition is hosted by Lester Holt and new episodes premiere every Thursday on NBC News' YouTube channel.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/nbc-nightly-news-kids-edition-lester-holt-1234581391/|title= 'NBC Nightly News' Launches Kids' Edition (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|date=April 15, 2020|access-date=March 17, 2021}}</ref> Beginning on October 31, 2020, occasional editions of ''NBC Nightly News: Kids Edition'' have aired on Saturdays on NBC.<ref name="v-nnkeonnbcstart">{{cite news |last1=Steinberg |first1=Brian |title=Lester Holt Will Bring Kids' 'Nightly News' to NBC's Saturday-Morning TV (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/lester-holt-kids-edition-nbc-nightly-news-saturday-1234818506/ |access-date=September 28, 2022 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=October 29, 2020}}</ref>


==''Nightly News'' anchors==
==''Nightly News'' anchors==
===Weekdays===
===Weekdays===
The following are people who have been the principal [[news anchors]] for the NBC television network's flagship weekday evening-news program, titled since 1970 as ''NBC Nightly News'', as well as its predecessor programs.
The following are people who have been the principal [[News presenter|news anchors]] for the NBC television network's flagship weekday evening-news program, titled since 1970 as ''NBC Nightly News'', as well as its predecessor programs.
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* [[John Cameron Swayze]] – February 16, 1948 – October 26, 1956 (''[[Camel News Caravan]]'')
* [[John Cameron Swayze]] – February 16, 1948 – October 26, 1956 (''[[Camel News Caravan]]'')
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* [[John Hart (journalist)|John Hart]] (Saturdays, 1976–1977, Sundays, 1977–1982)
* [[John Hart (journalist)|John Hart]] (Saturdays, 1976–1977, Sundays, 1977–1982)
* [[Jessica Savitch]] (Saturdays, some Sundays, 1977–1983)
* [[Jessica Savitch]] (Saturdays, some Sundays, 1977–1983)
* [[Jane Pauley]] (Sundays, some Saturdays, 1980–1982)
* [[Jane Pauley]] (Sundays, some Saturdays, 1980–1983)
* [[Connie Chung]] (Saturdays, 1983–1989)
* [[Connie Chung]] (Saturdays, 1983–1989)
* [[Chris Wallace]] (Sundays, 1982–1984, 1986–1987)
* [[Chris Wallace]] (Sundays, 1982–1984, 1986–1987)
* [[John Palmer (TV journalist)|John Palmer]] (Sundays, 1984–1986, 1996)
* [[John Palmer (TV journalist)|John Palmer]] or [[Bob Jamieson]] (Sundays, 1984–1986, 1996)
* [[Maria Shriver]] (Saturdays, 1989, Sundays, 1990)
* [[Maria Shriver]] (Saturdays, 1989, Sundays, 1990)
* [[Brian Williams]] (Saturdays, some Sundays, 1993–1999)
* [[Brian Williams]] (Saturdays, some Sundays, 1993–1999)
* [[Ann Curry]], [[Deborah Roberts]], [[Elizabeth Vargas]] (Sundays, 1993–1995)
* [[Ann Curry]], [[Deborah Roberts]], [[Elizabeth Vargas]], [[Jackie Nespral]], [[Scott Simon]], [[Mike Schneider (news anchor)|Mike Schneider]] (Sundays, 1993–1995)
* [[Giselle Fernández]] (Sundays, 1995–1996)
* [[Giselle Fernández]] (Sundays, 1995–1996)
* [[Bob Kur]], [[Chris Hansen]], [[Chris Jansing]], [[Chuck Scarborough]], [[Jack Ford (journalist)|Jack Ford]], [[Jodi Applegate]], Len Cannon, [[Maurice DuBois]], [[Ann Curry]], Dawn Fratangelo, [[Kelly O'Donnell]], [[Faith Daniels]], [[Jane Pauley]], [[Katie Couric]], [[Matt Lauer]], Sara James, [[Fredricka Whitfield]], [[Soledad O'Brien]] (Sundays, 1996–1999)
* [[Bob Kur]], [[Chris Hansen]], [[Chris Jansing]], [[Chuck Scarborough]], [[David Bloom]], [[Jack Ford (journalist)|Jack Ford]], [[Jodi Applegate]], Len Cannon, [[Maurice DuBois]], [[Ann Curry]], Dawn Fratangelo, [[Hoda Kotb]], [[Kelly O'Donnell]], [[Faith Daniels]], [[Jane Pauley]], [[Katie Couric]], [[Matt Lauer]], Sara James, [[Fredricka Whitfield]], [[Soledad O'Brien]] (Sundays, 1996–1999)
* [[John Seigenthaler (anchorman)|John Seigenthaler]] (Sundays, 1996–1999, weekends, 1999–2007)
* [[John Seigenthaler (anchorman)|John Seigenthaler]] (Sundays, 1996–1999, weekends, 1999–2007)
* [[Lester Holt]] (weekends, 2007–2015)
* [[Lester Holt]] (weekends, 2007–2015)
* [[Kate Snow]] (Saturdays, fill-in anchor, June 20, 2020—February 25, 2024, Sundays, October 4, 2015—February 25, 2024)<ref>{{cite press release |url =
* [[Kate Snow]] (Saturdays, fill-in anchor, June 20, 2020—February 24, 2024, Sundays, October 4, 2015—February 25, 2024)<ref>{{cite press release |url =
http://press.nbcnews.com/2015/09/17/kate-snow-named-anchor-of-sunday-nbc-nightly-news/ |title = Inside NBC News - Public Relations |publisher = NBC News }}</ref>
http://press.nbcnews.com/2015/09/17/kate-snow-named-anchor-of-sunday-nbc-nightly-news/ |title = Inside NBC News - Public Relations |publisher = NBC News }}</ref>
* [[José Díaz-Balart]] (Saturdays, August 2016—present, Sundays, fill-in anchor, 2016—present)
* [[José Díaz-Balart]] (Saturdays, August 2016—present, Sundays, fill-in anchor, 2016—present)
* [[Hallie Jackson]] (Sundays, April 7, 2024—present)
* Various NBC News correspondents (Sundays, March 3, 2024—March 31, 2024)
** [[Peter Alexander (journalist)|Peter Alexander]] (March 3, 2024 and March 10, 2024)

** [[Gadi Schwartz]] (March 17, 2024 and March 31, 2024)
** Laura Jarrett (March 24, 2024)
* [[Hallie Jackson]] (Saturdays, fill-in anchor, April 6, 2024—present, Sundays, April 7, 2024—present)
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==Announcer==
==Announcer==
[[Bill Hanrahan]] handled the announcing duties for the newscast until his retirement in 1983, as he had done for the predecessor ''Huntley-Brinkley Report''. The next announcer for the program was long-time [[NBC]] staff announcer [[Howard Reig]]. He retired to [[Florida]] in 2005, but a recording he had made before his retirement was used on the program until December 14, 2007. When the show was broadcast on remote or a new substitute anchor was used, Reig recorded a new introduction in a [[Miami]] studio. Since Holt took over as anchor, the weekend editions have been voiced by [[Bill Wolff (television executive)|Bill Wolff]], who had also worked occasionally on special weekday editions when Reig was unavailable. On December 17, 2007, the weeknight broadcast introduced an opening by [[Academy Award]] winning actor/producer [[Michael Douglas]]<ref>{{cite news |title = Michael Douglas is NBC 'Nightly News' announcer |url = http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-12-18-michael-douglas_N.htm |newspaper = [[USA Today]] |date = December 18, 2007 |access-date = February 8, 2014 }}</ref> until it was discontinued on June 18, 2015, and was replaced by Wolff.
[[Bill Hanrahan]] handled the announcing duties for the newscast until his retirement in 1983, as he had done for the predecessor ''Huntley-Brinkley Report''. The next announcer for the program was long-time [[NBC]] staff announcer [[Howard Reig]]. He retired to [[Florida]] in 2005, but a recording he had made before his retirement was used on the program until December 14, 2007. When the show was broadcast on remote or a new substitute anchor was used, Reig recorded a new introduction in a [[Miami]] studio. Since Holt took over as anchor, the weekend editions have been voiced by [[Bill Wolff (television executive)|Bill Wolff]], who had also worked occasionally on special weekday editions when Reig was unavailable. On December 17, 2007, the weeknight broadcast introduced an opening by [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] winning actor/producer [[Michael Douglas]]<ref>{{cite news |title = Michael Douglas is NBC 'Nightly News' announcer |url = http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-12-18-michael-douglas_N.htm |newspaper = [[USA Today]] |date = December 18, 2007 |access-date = February 8, 2014 }}</ref> until it was discontinued on June 18, 2015, and was replaced by Wolff.


==Theme music/Intros==
==Theme music/Intros==
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{{more citations needed section|date=October 2014}}
* "Huntley-Brinkley Report/NBC Nightly News Ticker" (August 3, 1970 – November 10, 1972; the theme had been used since 1962, when the program was still ''[[The Huntley-Brinkley Report]]'')
* "Huntley-Brinkley Report/NBC Nightly News Ticker" (August 3, 1970 – November 10, 1972; the theme had been used since 1962, when the program was still ''[[The Huntley–Brinkley Report]]'')
* "NBC News Ticker" (November 13, 1972 – April 22, 1977)
* "NBC News Ticker" (November 13, 1972 – April 22, 1977)
* "NBC TV-Radio Newspulse" by Fred Weinberg Productions (April 25, 1977 – September 5, 1977)
* "NBC TV-Radio Newspulse" by Fred Weinberg Productions (April 25, 1977 – September 5, 1977)
* "NBC Nightly News" by [[Henry Mancini]] (September 6, 1977 – June 29, 1979)
* "NBC Nightly News" by [[Henry Mancini]] (September 6, 1977 – June 29, 1979)
* "NBC News" by Joseph Paul Sicurella, Tony Smythe, and Bob Christianson (1979–1985)
* "NBC News" by Joseph Paul Sicurella, Tony Smythe, and Bob Christianson (1979–1985)
** Original version (July 2, 1979 - April 2, 1982)
** Original version (July 2, 1979 – April 2, 1982)
** Electronic version (April 5, 1982 – September 6, 1985)
** Electronic version (April 5, 1982 – September 6, 1985)
* "[[The Mission (theme music)|The Mission]]" by [[John Williams]] (September 9, 1985 – Present)
* "[[The Mission (theme music)|The Mission]]" by [[John Williams]] (September 9, 1985 – present)

''NBC Nightly News'' and all NBC News programs had an animation of the [[Statue of Liberty]] for their opening sequences from September 1985 to April 1988.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/04/25/the-tv-column/ff9e4b08-0873-4cd6-87f3-3e69dd37be2e/|title=The TV column|last=Carmody|first=John|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 25, 1988|accessdate=June 9, 2024|url-access=limited}}</ref>


From late 2007 through 2012, the intro commenced with a timeline showing the different NBC News anchors and logos whilst the show's theme song plays followed by showing the NBC News' filming station in New York (It does not appear when telecasts are filmed in other areas like Washington).
From late 2007 through 2012, the intro commenced with a timeline showing the different NBC News anchors and logos whilst the show's theme song plays followed by showing the NBC News' filming station in New York (It does not appear when telecasts are filmed in other areas like Washington).
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In September 2001, a letter containing anthrax was addressed to then ''NBC Nightly News'' anchor Tom Brokaw as part of the [[2001 anthrax attacks]]. Brokaw was not harmed, but two NBC News employees were infected.
In September 2001, a letter containing anthrax was addressed to then ''NBC Nightly News'' anchor Tom Brokaw as part of the [[2001 anthrax attacks]]. Brokaw was not harmed, but two NBC News employees were infected.


On April 18, 2007, NBC News received a package containing a "[[multimedia manifesto]]" from [[Seung-Hui Cho]], the gunman responsible for the [[Virginia Tech shooting]] that occurred two days earlier, the deadliest [[school shooting]] in American history. Upon the package's discovery, NBC News handed the package over to federal authorities. The specific details of the package contained a [[DVD]] disc of Cho reading from a typed manifesto (also in the package), as well as more than 40 pictures of Cho brandishing weapons, including the two handguns believed to have been used in the massacre. Some of the package's contents were shown, albeit copied from the originals and edited for [[profanity]], on the April 18, 2007, edition of ''NBC Nightly News'', with anchor Brian Williams and NBC chief justice correspondent [[Pete Williams (television correspondent)|Pete Williams]] (no relation to Brian) examining the package's contents in the opening moments of the broadcast.
On April 18, 2007, NBC News received a package containing a "multimedia manifesto" from [[Seung-Hui Cho]], the gunman responsible for the [[Virginia Tech shooting]] that occurred two days earlier, the deadliest [[school shooting]] in American history. Upon the package's discovery, NBC News handed the package over to federal authorities. The specific details of the package contained a [[DVD]] disc of Cho reading from a typed manifesto (also in the package), as well as more than 40 pictures of Cho brandishing weapons, including the two handguns believed to have been used in the massacre. Some of the package's contents were shown, albeit copied from the originals and edited for [[profanity]], on the April 18, 2007, edition of ''NBC Nightly News'', with anchor Brian Williams and NBC chief justice correspondent [[Pete Williams (journalist)|Pete Williams]] (no relation to Brian) examining the package's contents in the opening moments of the broadcast.


On November 29, 2011, a [[fire alarm]] went off in the studio a few seconds into the ''Nightly News'' Eastern Time Zone broadcast.<ref>{{cite news |title = Brian Williams Fire Alarm Accident: Sirens Sound During 'NBC Nightly News' Broadcast (VIDEO) |url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/30/brian-williams-fire-alarm_n_1119612.html |author = Dean Praetorius |work = [[The Huffington Post]] |date = November 30, 2011 }}</ref> Despite the false alarm, Brian Williams continued to anchor throughout the entire broadcast. Once the alarm had been turned off, Williams redid the broadcast for the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones, and other select stations.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = Fire Alarm Interrupts 'NBC Nightly News' |url = http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fire-alarm-interrupts-nightly-news-on-the-east-coast_b100156 |magazine = [[AdWeek|TVNewser]] |publisher = [[Mediabistro.com]] |date = November 29, 2011 |access-date = January 24, 2013 }}</ref> NBC News apologized for the incident on the program's [[Twitter]] account:
On November 29, 2011, a [[Fire alarm system|fire alarm]] went off in the studio a few seconds into the ''Nightly News'' Eastern Time Zone broadcast.<ref>{{cite news |title = Brian Williams Fire Alarm Accident: Sirens Sound During 'NBC Nightly News' Broadcast (VIDEO) |url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/30/brian-williams-fire-alarm_n_1119612.html |author = Dean Praetorius |work = [[The Huffington Post]] |date = November 30, 2011 }}</ref> Despite the false alarm, Brian Williams continued to anchor throughout the entire broadcast. Once the alarm had been turned off, Williams redid the broadcast for the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones, and other selected stations.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = Fire Alarm Interrupts 'NBC Nightly News' |url = http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fire-alarm-interrupts-nightly-news-on-the-east-coast_b100156 |magazine = [[AdWeek|TVNewser]] |publisher = [[Mediabistro.com]] |date = November 29, 2011 |access-date = January 24, 2013 }}</ref> NBC News apologized for the incident on the program's [[Twitter]] account:
{{Cquote|What timing... Fire alarm here at 30 Rock goes off at the exact same time we go on air. All is fine in the building & the show goes on. #NN <ref>{{cite web |url = https://twitter.com/nbcnightlynews/status/141661930111778817 |title = What timing... Fire alarm here at 30 Rock goes off at the exact same time we go on air. All is fine in the building & the show goes on. #NN|work = twitter.com }}</ref>|100px|}}
{{Cquote|What timing... Fire alarm here at 30 Rock goes off at the exact same time we go on air. All is fine in the building & the show goes on. #NN <ref>{{cite web |url = https://twitter.com/nbcnightlynews/status/141661930111778817 |title = What timing... Fire alarm here at 30 Rock goes off at the exact same time we go on air. All is fine in the building & the show goes on. #NN|work = twitter.com }}</ref>|100px|}}

== Radio broadcast ==
[[KFQD]] simulcasts ''NBC Nightly News'' from Anchorage affiliate [[KTUU-TV|KTUU]].


==International broadcast==
==International broadcast==
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====Canada====
====Canada====
{{See also|List of United States television stations available in Canada}}
{{See also|List of United States television stations available in Canada}}
NBC's Seattle, Spokane, Detroit, Buffalo, Minneapolis, Boston, Plattsburgh and Bangor affiliates are separately available through most Canadian cable companies. Because of their markets proximity to the Canadian border, NBC affiliates [[WDIV-TV|WDIV]], [[WGRZ]], and [[WPBN-TV|WPBN]] (through [[WGTU|WGTQ]]'s HD2 channel) air live broadcasts of ''NBC Nightly News'' without cable.
NBC's Seattle, Spokane, Detroit, Buffalo, Minneapolis, Boston, Plattsburgh and Bangor affiliates are separately available through most Canadian cable companies. Because of their markets' proximity to the Canadian border, NBC affiliates [[WDIV-TV|WDIV]], [[WGRZ]], and [[WPBN-TV|WPBN]] (through [[WGTU|WGTQ]]'s HD2 channel) air live broadcasts of ''NBC Nightly News'' without cable.


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====Europe/MENA====
====Europe/MENA====
''NBC Nightly News'' is broadcast live on [[CNBC Europe]] at 12:30 AM CET (11:30 PM [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] and 10:30 PM during DST respectively), although the Sunday edition of the programme is not shown due to the channel broadcasting live business programming on Sundays at that time of day. It also airs on the 24-hour news network [[OSN News]] in [[MENA]] Region, with the weekday editions airing immediately after their original telecast in the U.S. and the weekend edition being simulcast live.<ref>{{cite web |title = OSN – News |url = http://www.osn.com/onlineguide/schedules/News_en_gb.aspx |publisher = Osn.com |access-date = January 24, 2013 }}</ref>
''NBC Nightly News'' is broadcast live on [[CNBC Europe]] at 12:30 AM CET (11:30 PM [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] and 10:30 PM during DST respectively), although the Sunday edition of the programme is not shown due to the channel broadcasting live business programming on Sundays at that time of day. It also airs on the 24-hour news network [[OSN News]] in [[Middle East and North Africa|MENA]] Region, with the weekday editions airing immediately after their original telecast in the U.S. and the weekend edition being simulcast live.<ref>{{cite web |title = OSN – News |url = http://www.osn.com/onlineguide/schedules/News_en_gb.aspx |publisher = Osn.com |access-date = January 24, 2013 }}</ref>


In Great Britain in 2022 and 2023, NBC News Now was available on Sky and [[Virgin Media]] as a linear channel, resulting in ''NBC Nightly News'''s broadcasts on the channel being seen in the UK, both as a live broadcast and as a replay.
In Great Britain in 2022 and 2023, NBC News Now was available on Sky and [[Virgin Media]] as a linear channel, resulting in ''NBC Nightly News'''s broadcasts on the channel being seen in the UK, both as a live broadcast and as a replay.
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====Philippines====
====Philippines====
In the [[Philippines]], ''NBC Nightly News'' was aired Mondays through Fridays at 8:30 AM (after ''[[Solar Daybreak|Daybreak]]''), Saturdays at 9:00 AM and Sundays at 10:00 AM local time; it is also rebroadcast at 5:30 PM each weeknight, 1:30 PM on Saturdays, 4:30 AM on Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10:00 PM on Sundays and daily at 1:30 AM [[Time in the Philippines|local time]] on [[9TV]] (formerly as [[Talk TV (Philippines)|Talk TV]] and [[Solar News Channel]]). The newscast was discontinued in February 2015 as a part of transitory preparations as 9TV eventually re-branded to [[CNN Philippines]] on March 16, 2015.
In the [[Philippines]], ''NBC Nightly News'' was aired Mondays through Fridays at 8:30 AM (after ''[[Daybreak (Philippine TV program)|Daybreak]]''), Saturdays at 9:00 AM and Sundays at 10:00 AM local time; it is also rebroadcast at 5:30 PM each weeknight, 1:30 PM on Saturdays, 4:30 AM on Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10:00 PM on Sundays and daily at 1:30 AM [[Philippine Standard Time|local time]] on [[9TV]] (formerly as [[Talk TV (Philippine TV network)|Talk TV]] and [[Solar News Channel]]). The newscast was discontinued in February 2015 as a part of transitory preparations as 9TV eventually re-branded to [[CNN Philippines]] on March 16, 2015.


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==Video-on-demand==
==Video-on-demand==
''NBC Nightly News'' is also available worldwide as an audio [[podcast]],<ref>{{cite web |title = iTunes Store |url = https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtistSeeAll?cc=us&dkId=4&ids=119945391&section=0 |publisher = [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |access-date = October 4, 2013 }}</ref> and can be [[streaming media|streamed]] [[video on demand|on demand]] from the NBC News website<ref>{{cite web |title = NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams |url = http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3032619/ns/NBCNightlyNews/#52758647 |author = Mark Wilson |publisher = NBC News |access-date = October 4, 2013 }}</ref> the night of its original broadcast after 9:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time. Beginning with the March 27, 2018, broadcast, ''Nightly News'' broadcasts have also started appearing on NBC News's YouTube channel. On January 25, 2015, NBC began indicating that the video podcast of the program would be discontinued<ref>{{cite web |title = NBC Nightly News (video) |url = http://podcastfeeds.nbcnews.com/audio/podcast/MSNBC-NN-NETCAST-M4V.xml |publisher = NBC |access-date = January 25, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150211123527/http://podcastfeeds.nbcnews.com/audio/podcast/MSNBC-NN-NETCAST-M4V.xml |archive-date = February 11, 2015 |url-status = dead }}</ref> and refers users to the news division's website or [[mobile app]]s to view editions of ''Nightly News'' on mobile devices, although such apps are not compatible with devices that feature podcast support such as early generation [[Apple TV]] or [[Roku]] devices (current-gen devices offer access to an NBC News app with newscast replays). The video podcast was discontinued on February 14, 2015.
''NBC Nightly News'' is also available worldwide as an audio [[podcast]],<ref>{{cite web |title = iTunes Store |url = https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtistSeeAll?cc=us&dkId=4&ids=119945391&section=0 |publisher = [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |access-date = October 4, 2013 }}</ref> and can be [[streaming media|streamed]] [[video on demand|on demand]] from the NBC News website<ref>{{cite web |title = NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams |url = http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3032619/ns/NBCNightlyNews/#52758647 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130129205432/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3032619/ns/NBCNightlyNews/#52758647 |url-status = dead |archive-date = January 29, 2013 |author = Mark Wilson |publisher = NBC News |access-date = October 4, 2013 }}</ref> the night of its original broadcast after 9:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time. Beginning with the March 27, 2018, broadcast, ''Nightly News'' broadcasts have also started appearing on NBC News's YouTube channel. On January 25, 2015, NBC began indicating that the video podcast of the program would be discontinued<ref>{{cite web |title = NBC Nightly News (video) |url = http://podcastfeeds.nbcnews.com/audio/podcast/MSNBC-NN-NETCAST-M4V.xml |publisher = NBC |access-date = January 25, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150211123527/http://podcastfeeds.nbcnews.com/audio/podcast/MSNBC-NN-NETCAST-M4V.xml |archive-date = February 11, 2015 |url-status = dead }}</ref> and refers users to the news division's website or [[mobile app]]s to view editions of ''Nightly News'' on mobile devices, although such apps are not compatible with devices that feature podcast support such as early generation [[Apple TV]] or [[Roku]] devices (current-gen devices offer access to an NBC News app with newscast replays). The video podcast was discontinued on February 14, 2015.


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Latest revision as of 13:04, 13 December 2024

NBC Nightly News
Also known as
  • Weekdays:
  • NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2015–present)
GenreNews program
Created byReuven Frank
Directed byChristian Alicea
Susan King
Presented byWeekdays:
Lester Holt
Saturdays
Jose Diaz-Balart
Sundays
Hallie Jackson
Narrated byBill Hanrahan
Howard Reig
Michael Douglas
Bill Wolff
Theme music composerFred 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 themeSame as opening
ComposerJohn Williams
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons50
Production
Executive producerMeghan Rafferty
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companyNBC News Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseAugust 3, 1970 (1970-08-03) –
present
Related

NBC Nightly News or just 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 since 2024 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.

History

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John Chancellor and David Brinkley (1970–1982)

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Original title card, used from 1970 to 1972.
NBC Nightly News title card, used from 1972 to 1975.

NBC Nightly News replaced The Huntley–Brinkley Report on August 3, 1970 upon Chet Huntley's retirement. At first, David Brinkley, John Chancellor, and Frank McGee 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 anchor based in New York City and one in Washington, D.C., 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 Apollo 12 and Apollo 13.

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 audience share to the CBS Evening News, NBC discontinued the rotation arrangement, and McGee eventually took over for Hugh Downs as host of Today. 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 ABC News in 1981, where he became host of that network's new Sunday morning interview show This Week.

Despite the various changes, Chancellor was never able to break the grip that Walter Cronkite 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)

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On April 5, 1982, Tom Brokaw, who had been serving as anchor of Today since 1976, joined the program and took over co-anchor duties in New York City, while Roger Mudd 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, Peter Jennings, became sole anchor of World News Tonight. With Brokaw being the sole anchor, the Nightly News was now completely based in New York City. Among other news items, he covered the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, EDSA Revolution, Loma Prieta earthquake, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Hurricane Andrew. [citation needed] As anchor, Brokaw conducted the first one-on-one American television interviews with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was the only network anchor in Berlin when the Berlin Wall fell. Brokaw's presence slowly attracted viewers, and during the 1990s, Nightly News battled for the viewership lead with World News Tonight. He and Katie Couric hosted a prime-time newsmagazine, Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric, that aired from 1993 to 1994 before being folded into the multi-night Dateline NBC program. [citation needed] By 1997, NBC Nightly News had solidified its first place standing in the ratings, a spot it would retain solely for ten years. The once-dominant CBS Evening News, anchored by Dan Rather, 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[4]) in the viewership wars.

Brokaw with Vladimir Putin before an interview on June 2, 2000.

On September 11, 2001, Brokaw joined Katie Couric and Matt Lauer around 9:30 a.m., following the live attack on the South Tower of the World Trade Center, 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.[5][6]

On May 28, 2002, Brokaw announced his retirement as anchor of Nightly News, to take effect shortly after the Presidential election in 2004. 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 cherry pickers tallied the electoral vote count on the façade of 30 Rockefeller Plaza (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)

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Brian Williams, 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 spot reporting during and after the 2005 hurricane season. 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 John Cameron Swayze, Huntley, Brinkley, Chancellor, and Brokaw, as well as an orchestral version of the "G-E-C" NBC Chimes serving as an intro bumper, before going into the opening headlines summary read by Williams; this montage was discontinued on September 17, 2007 except for weekends and nights with substitute anchors until October 2007. On December 4, 2006, Nightly News was presented with "limited commercial interruptions" through a sponsorship arrangement with Philips, marking the first time in its 36-year history that the newscast experimented with reduced advertising.

Former set of NBC Nightly News, pictured in 2008
NBC Nightly News control room.
Williams in 2011

During Williams' tenure as main anchor of the program, Lester Holt and Kate Snow often substituted while he was on vacation or on assignment; other substitute anchors included Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Tamron Hall, Harry Smith, Jenna Wolfe, Erica Hill, Hoda Kotb, Natalie Morales and Carl Quintanilla, as well as now-former NBC anchors Ann Curry, Campbell Brown, David Gregory, Amy Robach, Peter Alexander, and John Seigenthaler.

NBC Nightly News began broadcasting in high definition on March 26, 2007, becoming the first of the three network evening news programs to make the transition (the CBS Evening News began broadcasting in HD on January 7, 2008; ABC World News Tonight began broadcasting in HD on August 25, 2008, during its coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention). Most news video from on-remote locations continued to be shot in standard definition at the time, while the network's news bureaus underwent a conversion to HD, which was completed in 2009.

The Nightly News set in Studio 3C, 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 Sunday Night Football broadcasts and its pregame show, 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 MSNBC'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, Rock Center.

Embellishment scandal/suspension and replacement

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On February 4, 2015, Williams apologized on the program for having “conflated” on numerous occasions an account that he had been aboard a Chinook helicopter shot down by enemy fire from a rocket-propelled grenade while covering the Invasion of Iraq 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, 2015, broadcast recounting the incident was posted on the program's Facebook page.[7][8][9] The revelation spurred negative press towards Williams, including some asking for him to be fired by NBC News, although Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, stated that “persecuting [Williams] over this mistake will do little to help our veterans and service members”.[10]

Lester Holt (pictured in 2012), current anchor of NBC Nightly News

Amid that controversy and questions over Williams' claims that made regarding his experiences while reporting from New Orleans on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, including that he contracted dysentery 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.[11][12][13]

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 Late Show with David Letterman 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."[14][15] NBC announced that weekend anchor Lester Holt would anchor the program in the interim.[16]

Lester Holt (2015–present)

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On June 18, 2015, NBC News and MSNBC chairman Andrew Lack announced that Lester Holt 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 Today presenter Savannah Guthrie serving as interim anchor of the broadcast that week. After his suspension ended in August, Brian Williams was reassigned to MSNBC where he previously served as both an anchor and correspondent.[17]

Holt previously served as interim anchor of the weeknight broadcasts from August 6, 2013 to September 2, 2013, when Williams went on medical leave from NBC News in order to undergo knee replacement surgery.[18][19] With his promotion to main anchor, Holt is the first African-American solo weeknight anchor of a major network newscast.[20] Max Robinson was co-anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1978 to 1983, and Gwen Ifill was a co-anchor of the PBS NewsHour from 2013 to 2016.[21]

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.[citation needed]

On July 14, 2017, NBC Nightly News permanently moved back from Studio 3B to Studio 3C.

In 2018, NBC Nightly News launched an ongoing series of specials, NBC Nightly Films.

On August 11, 2021, it was announced that executive producer Jennifer Suozzo would be departing the program and Meghan Rafferty would be interim executive producer on August 16, 2021.[22]

On September 13, 2021, NBC Nightly News permanently moved from Studio 3C to Studio 1A, also the home of Today.[23]

On June 19, 2023, NBC Nightly News underwent its first large-scale rebrand since the Brian Williams era as part of a wider rebranding of NBC as a whole; it was unveiled by NBC during an event honoring of 75 years of televised newscasts on NBC. The rebrand includes a new on-air graphics scheme intended to create fewer distractions from the content of stories, as well as a new stylized “N” emblem (reminiscent of the network's 1979–86 "Proud N" logo) that can be split apart to display headlines, and is better-suited for digital platforms.[24][25]

Logo used from November 27, 2020 to June 18, 2023
Current logo symbol of NBC Nightly News, first introduced on June 19, 2023.[26]
Vertical logo symbol of NBC Nightly News, first introduced on June 19, 2023.

Weekend editions

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NBC Nightly News
Country of originUnited States
Original release
NetworkNBC
Release1961 (1961) –
present

NBC first offered a Saturday evening newscast in 1961, with Sander Vanocur anchoring the NBC Saturday Night Report. Four years later, NBC correspondents Ray Scherer and Robert MacNeil 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.[27] 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 were respectively titled 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, separate anchors were named for the weekend editions.

The weekend editions may occasionally be abbreviated or preempted due to NBC Sports telecasts that overrun into the program's time slot. During the NFL season, the Sunday editions air live in every time zone at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, immediately prior to Football Night in America and Sunday Night Football.

Kids edition

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In April 2020, NBC News began producing a version of NBC Nightly News targeted at children ages 6 to 16, featuring stories aimed at children. This edition is hosted by Lester Holt and new episodes premiere every Thursday on NBC News' YouTube channel.[28] Beginning on October 31, 2020, occasional editions of NBC Nightly News: Kids Edition have aired on Saturdays on NBC.[29]

Nightly News anchors

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Weekdays

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The following are people who have been the principal news anchors for the NBC television network's flagship weekday evening-news program, titled since 1970 as NBC Nightly News, as well as its predecessor programs.

Weekends

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Weekend anchors have included the following:

Announcer

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Bill Hanrahan handled the announcing duties for the newscast until his retirement in 1983, as he had done for the predecessor Huntley-Brinkley Report. The next announcer for the program was long-time NBC staff announcer Howard Reig. He retired to Florida in 2005, but a recording he had made before his retirement was used on the program until December 14, 2007. When the show was broadcast on remote or a new substitute anchor was used, Reig recorded a new introduction in a Miami studio. Since Holt took over as anchor, the weekend editions have been voiced by Bill Wolff, who had also worked occasionally on special weekday editions when Reig was unavailable. On December 17, 2007, the weeknight broadcast introduced an opening by Academy Award winning actor/producer Michael Douglas[31] until it was discontinued on June 18, 2015, and was replaced by Wolff.

Theme music/Intros

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  • "Huntley-Brinkley Report/NBC Nightly News Ticker" (August 3, 1970 – November 10, 1972; the theme had been used since 1962, when the program was still The Huntley–Brinkley Report)
  • "NBC News Ticker" (November 13, 1972 – April 22, 1977)
  • "NBC TV-Radio Newspulse" by Fred Weinberg Productions (April 25, 1977 – September 5, 1977)
  • "NBC Nightly News" by Henry Mancini (September 6, 1977 – June 29, 1979)
  • "NBC News" by Joseph Paul Sicurella, Tony Smythe, and Bob Christianson (1979–1985)
    • Original version (July 2, 1979 – April 2, 1982)
    • Electronic version (April 5, 1982 – September 6, 1985)
  • "The Mission" by John Williams (September 9, 1985 – present)

NBC Nightly News and all NBC News programs had an animation of the Statue of Liberty for their opening sequences from September 1985 to April 1988.[32]

From late 2007 through 2012, the intro commenced with a timeline showing the different NBC News anchors and logos whilst the show's theme song plays followed by showing the NBC News' filming station in New York (It does not appear when telecasts are filmed in other areas like Washington).

From 2012 through 2016, the intro was different pictures of the earth which formed into the NBC News' filming station in New York.

Notable incidents

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In September 2001, a letter containing anthrax was addressed to then NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw as part of the 2001 anthrax attacks. Brokaw was not harmed, but two NBC News employees were infected.

On April 18, 2007, NBC News received a package containing a "multimedia manifesto" from Seung-Hui Cho, the gunman responsible for the Virginia Tech shooting that occurred two days earlier, the deadliest school shooting in American history. Upon the package's discovery, NBC News handed the package over to federal authorities. The specific details of the package contained a DVD disc of Cho reading from a typed manifesto (also in the package), as well as more than 40 pictures of Cho brandishing weapons, including the two handguns believed to have been used in the massacre. Some of the package's contents were shown, albeit copied from the originals and edited for profanity, on the April 18, 2007, edition of NBC Nightly News, with anchor Brian Williams and NBC chief justice correspondent Pete Williams (no relation to Brian) examining the package's contents in the opening moments of the broadcast.

On November 29, 2011, a fire alarm went off in the studio a few seconds into the Nightly News Eastern Time Zone broadcast.[33] Despite the false alarm, Brian Williams continued to anchor throughout the entire broadcast. Once the alarm had been turned off, Williams redid the broadcast for the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones, and other selected stations.[34] NBC News apologized for the incident on the program's Twitter account:

What timing... Fire alarm here at 30 Rock goes off at the exact same time we go on air. All is fine in the building & the show goes on. #NN [35]

Radio broadcast

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KFQD simulcasts NBC Nightly News from Anchorage affiliate KTUU.

International broadcast

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Ongoing

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Canada

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See also: List of United States television stations available in Canada

NBC's Seattle, Spokane, Detroit, Buffalo, Minneapolis, Boston, Plattsburgh and Bangor affiliates are separately available through most Canadian cable companies. Because of their markets' proximity to the Canadian border, NBC affiliates WDIV, WGRZ, and WPBN (through WGTQ's HD2 channel) air live broadcasts of NBC Nightly News without cable.

Caribbean

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The Antillean, Cayman, and some of the Leeward islands air live episodes of NBC Nightly News through Miami-based NBC affiliate WTVJ, which is carried by cable provider FLOW TV as part of their lineup.

Europe/MENA

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NBC Nightly News is broadcast live on CNBC Europe at 12:30 AM CET (11:30 PM GMT and 10:30 PM during DST respectively), although the Sunday edition of the programme is not shown due to the channel broadcasting live business programming on Sundays at that time of day. It also airs on the 24-hour news network OSN News in MENA Region, with the weekday editions airing immediately after their original telecast in the U.S. and the weekend edition being simulcast live.[36]

In Great Britain in 2022 and 2023, NBC News Now was available on Sky and Virgin Media as a linear channel, resulting in NBC Nightly News's broadcasts on the channel being seen in the UK, both as a live broadcast and as a replay.

Hong Kong

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In Hong Kong, the program is broadcast live (or delayed) on TVB Pearl daily at 7:30 AM Hong Kong Time (corresponding to 18:30, or 6:30 PM, in the Eastern Time Zone of the U.S.).

Philippines

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In the Philippines, NBC Nightly News returned on Philippine cable and satellite TV starting January 1, 2021, broadcast live daily at 7:30 AM (or 6:30 AM during daylight saving time in the US) on TAP Edge. Starting October 26, 2021, broadcasts of the program were moved to sister channel TAP TV (However, the program will be pre-empted on the other days to give way for the live coverage of ISU Figure Skating Championships events).

US Armed Forces

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NBC Nightly News is broadcast on AFN|news, a channel that is available to several American military bases and ships around the world through the American Forces Network.

Discontinued

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Philippines

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In the Philippines, NBC Nightly News was aired Mondays through Fridays at 8:30 AM (after Daybreak), Saturdays at 9:00 AM and Sundays at 10:00 AM local time; it is also rebroadcast at 5:30 PM each weeknight, 1:30 PM on Saturdays, 4:30 AM on Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10:00 PM on Sundays and daily at 1:30 AM local time on 9TV (formerly as Talk TV and Solar News Channel). The newscast was discontinued in February 2015 as a part of transitory preparations as 9TV eventually re-branded to CNN Philippines on March 16, 2015.

Bermuda

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The East Coast feed of the program was broadcast in Bermuda on local NBC affiliate VSB-TV in the British Overseas Territory; the station ceased broadcasting on August 31, 2014. Access to the programme in the Bahamas remains through cable feeds of WNBC/New York or WTVJ/Miami.

Video-on-demand

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NBC Nightly News is also available worldwide as an audio podcast,[37] and can be streamed on demand from the NBC News website[38] the night of its original broadcast after 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Beginning with the March 27, 2018, broadcast, Nightly News broadcasts have also started appearing on NBC News's YouTube channel. On January 25, 2015, NBC began indicating that the video podcast of the program would be discontinued[39] and refers users to the news division's website or mobile apps to view editions of Nightly News on mobile devices, although such apps are not compatible with devices that feature podcast support such as early generation Apple TV or Roku devices (current-gen devices offer access to an NBC News app with newscast replays). The video podcast was discontinued on February 14, 2015.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Both anchored six days a week during early 1969.
  2. ^ Chancellor, McGee, and Brinkley rotated seven days a week.

References

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