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ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

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Summary

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,392 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Roone Arledge[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: news program[5]
  • Genre: news broadcasting[6], news program[7]
  • Cast member: Diane Sawyer[8], David Muir[9], Cecilia Vega[10], Tom Llamas[11], Peter Jennings[12], H. R. Baukhage[13]
  • Production company: American Broadcasting Company[14], ABC News[15]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[16]
  • Presenter: David Muir[17], Charles Gibson[18], Whit Johnson[19], Linsey Davis[20]
  • Commons category: World News Tonight[21]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[22]
  • Original broadcaster: American Broadcasting Company[23]
  • Country of origin: United States[24]
  • Publication date: September 1, 2014[25], January 13, 1948[26], July 1975[27]
  • Start time: July 10, 1978[28], July 19, 2006[29], January 13, 1948[30], August 30, 2014[31]
  • End time: July 19, 2006[32], July 18, 2006[33], December 18, 2009[34], August 27, 2014[35], July 7, 1978[36]
  • Distributed by: Hulu[37]
  • Official website: http://abcnews.com/wn[38]
  • Location of creation: New York City[39]
  • Number of participants: 5[40], 5 people[41]
  • Title: ABC World News Tonight[42], World News Tonight[43], ABC Evening News[44], ABC World News Tonight Weekend[45]
  • Duration: 30 minutes[46]
  • Name: ABC World News Tonight with David Muir[47], World News Tonight with Charles Gibson[48]
  • Hashtag: ABCWorldNews[49]
  • Camera setup: multiple-camera setup[50]
  • Social media followers: 1,490,379[51], 1,426,941[52], 1,547,751[53], 1,638,814[54]

Why It Matters

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Related Entities

Barbara Walters Diane Sawyer Hans Zimmer New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5h ago · ~2026-55046-63 · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'id', 'ig', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'n
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Logo image: World News Tonight 2021 a.webp"
  2. 24d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv maze series id → 9659
    Logo image → ABCWNT2021.svg, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Alternative Logo 2020, World News Tonight 2021 a.webp +2
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  3. 17w ago · ~2026-35491-12 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+1490379'}, {'amount': '+1426941'}, {'amount': '+1547751'} +1
    Creator → Roone Arledge
    Distribution format → video on demand
    Country → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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