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ABC News president Almin Karamehmedovic on Monday revealed a series of promotions in its New York and Washington, D.C. newsrooms.

Jennifer Metz has been named executive producer of special events and news specials planning, and will continue her role as senior producer at World News Tonight. She will lead all prearranged special reports and report to Seni Tienabeso, vice president of ABC News Live, and work closely with Karamehmedovic and World News Tonight executive producer Chris Dinan.

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Molly Shaker, who is executive producer of special events, will oversee breaking news special events.

“By dividing responsibilities under Seni’s leadership, Jenn and Molly will ensure we’re always at the top of our game when it comes to both breaking and pre-planned live coverage,” Karamehmedovic wrote in a memo to staffers today.

John Santucci will be senior executive producer and managing editor,...

Averi Harper has been named political director for ABC News, with plans to relocate from New York to Washington, D.C.

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Harper will succeed Rick Klein, who was named Washington bureau chief last year.

In her role, Harper will help lead political coverage and manage the political unit, as well as work with polling partners. Decision Desk operations and ABC-owned stations. She also will continue to provide analysis on and off the air. Harper has been deputy political director since 2021 and joined the network as a campaign reporter and producer in 2019.

The network also named Audrey Taylor to vice president of talent strategy and development, having recently served as director of bureau planning and strategy in Washington, D.C. In her new role, she will lead the talent department, working with human resources, talent acquisition and business affairs. She has been with the network for 35 years, including as...

Tonight (Sunday January 12 2025), ABC broadcasts an episode of the series This Week With George Stephanopoulos!

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Fema Administrator Deanne Criswell

Sen. Adam Schiff

Majority Whip Tom Emmer

Rep. Mike Waltz

And Donna Brazile, Reince Priebus, Rick Klein & Rachael Bade join the Roundtable

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Tonight (Sunday December 1 2024), ABC broadcasts an episode of the series This Week With George Stephanopoulos!

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Sunday on ABC News’ ‘This Week’ w/ Jonathan Karl

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan

South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds

North Carolina Gov.-elect Josh Stein

And Rick Klein, Donna Brazile, Sarah Isgur & Vivian Salama join the roundtable

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David Chalian, CNN’s longtime political director, has been promoted to senior VP and Washington, DC bureau chief.

The appointment follows the departure of Sam Feist last summer. He has joined C-span as CEO.

Chalian will remain as political director, which includes a frequent on-air presence, and oversee the D.C. bureau as well as Washington political news coverage. That includes live events such as political debates and town halls. Chalian led editorial direction for the Donald Trump-Joe Biden debate in June.

Chalian joined the network in 2013 and was named political director the next year. He previously served as vice president for video programming at Politico, and was Washington bureau chief for Yahoo News. He also was political editor and on-air analyst for PBS NewsHour, and political director for ABC News.

Other news organizations have made recent changes to their D.C. leadership ranks. Bill Sammon, a former top executive at Fox News,...

See how your favorite channel will be following the race for the White House and other key races around the country on Tuesday evening.

The waiting 2024 U.S. presidential election is nearly over. Election night is Tuesday, Nov. 5, and each of the major broadcast and cable news networks that traditionally cover election news are gearing up for a cycle like no other. Virtually no one expects to be able to call the race for the White House on Tuesday night, and there are down-ballot decisions from all around the country to keep track of as well. Find out what kind of coverage you’ll be able to see on your favorite news channel here and make sure you stay informed on this highly consequential election!

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Tonight (Sunday November 3 2024), ABC broadcasts an episode of the series This Week With George Stephanopoulos!

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Sunday: ABC’s ‘This Week’ Election Special w/ George Stephanopoulos

✅ New ABC/Ipsos poll w/ Rick Klein

✅ Southwest Battlegrounds w/ Martha Raddatz

✅ Election Security w/ Pierre Thomas

✅ Jonathan Karl, Mary Bruce, Rachel Scott, Donna Brazile, Chris Christie & Reince Priebus

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One of the closest, most surprising and momentous presidential elections in recent memory has broadcast and cable networks preparing for the unexpected for its finale: election night.

Traditionally one of the highest-rated news nights of the cycle, this year the challenges for news divisions are in determining the wisest use of resources with all seven swing states within the margin of error, no easy task given the cost pressures on linear TV in general. Added to that are concerns over security, safety and misinformation, with recent incidents serving as a reminder of potential more alarming situations on November 5.

“Definitely, I have never seen anything like it. There’s no question about that,” said Mary Hager, CBS News’ executive editor of politics, who has been doing election nights at CBS News since 1992.

“There’s so much information, misinformation,” she said. “There’s so many people involved. Never, certainly that I can remember,...

ABC News’ political director Rick Klein has been named vice president and Washington D.C. bureau chief for the network.

Klein has been a member of the ABC’s team in Washington D.C. since 2007 and will now oversee bureau operations and manage all news teams based there on breaking news, daily coverage and special events. He will also oversee all political coverage, including the network’s Sunday morning public affairs program, This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

ABC News is scheduled to host the next presidential debate on Sept. 10, with World News Tonight anchor David Muir and ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis. President Biden sat down with ABC News for his first interview after the June 27 debate hosted on CNN.

“As a seasoned and highly respected journalist, Rick is uniquely qualified to lead our Washington bureau at such a pivotal moment in our nation’s history. His years...

Rick Klein has been named vice president and Washington, D.C. bureau chief for ABC News.

Klein will succeed Jonathan Greenberger, who departed in April for a new role at Politico.

Klein will oversee bureau operations and manage news teams in D.C., including for breaking news and special events. He will oversee all political coverage, including This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

Klein joined ABC News in 2007, and most recently has been political director.

In a statement, Debra OConnell, president of news group and networks for Disney Entertainment, said, “As a seasoned and highly respected journalist, Rick is uniquely qualified to lead our Washington bureau at such a pivotal moment in our nation’s history. His years of guiding our coverage of the biggest political news events, including five presidential elections, and providing critical analysis across ABC News’ programs and platforms are invaluable to our exceptional team and viewers.”

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Rick Klein, a veteran of wrangling politicians and newsmakers, has been named ABC News’ next Washington Bureau chief, a move that shows the Disney news operation working to fill some notable holes among its senior staff.

“As a seasoned and highly respected journalist, Rick is uniquely qualified to lead our Washington bureau at such a pivotal moment in our nation’s history,” said Debra OConnell, the Disney executive who oversees both ABC News and ABC’s local stations, in a prepared statement. “His years of guiding our coverage of the biggest political news events, including five presidential elections, and providing critical analysis across ABC News’ programs and platforms are invaluable to our exceptional team and viewers.”

Klein will report to OConnell until a new president of ABC News is named.

The Washington Bureau chief role at ABC News has been empty since the April exit of Jonathan Greenberger, a close...

The 2024 U.S. presidential election promises to be one of the most consequential in the history of the country. Incumbent President Joe Biden will take on former President Donald Trump, and the pair have scheduled a single debate to lay their positions before the country. Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the debate on CNN on Thursday, June 27 at 9 p.m. Et, and will be simulcast on a number of different networks. Viewers can stream the entire debate live with a subscription to Sling TV.

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A small contingent of journalists gathered near the Canadian border earlier this morning to watch as Dixville Notch, Nh, continued its tradition of casting the first ballots on an election day.

Nikki Haley cleaned Donald Trump’s clock in this hamlet — 6 votes to none.

As the day goes on, network correspondents are fanning out across the state at precincts to talk to actual voters, after months in which the first-in-the-nation primary was judged and assessed by polls. Commentary and analysis is focusing on whether

Haley and her top surrogate, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, blitzed the airwaves on Monday, while Trump held a final rally in Laconia, Nh, where he predicted that Haley would be out of the race after tonight. He was interrupted by climate protesters, who have been a frequent presence at events in recent days.

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ABC News has tapped Brooke Brower to serve as executive producer of This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

Brower has been managing editor for CNN Politics and, before that, spent more than a decade at MSNBC. The This Week slot has not had a permanent EP since the sudden death in December of Dax Tejera. Brower will report to ABC News President Kim Godwin.

Kendall Heath, who served as interim executive producer of This Week, will serve as executive producer of politics and will report to executive editor and senior VP Stacia Deshishku, working very closely with political director Rick Klein, Godwin wrote in a memo to staffers.

Brower joined CNN in 2016 and, before that time, served as executive producer of MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown and Mtp Daily. He launched the latter as an extension of the Meet the Press brand. Brower started his career covering politics as a member...

ABC News has found a new leader for its Sunday public affairs show This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

The network has hired Brooke Brower to serve as executive producer of the program, reporting to ABC News president Kim Godwin, who announced the hire in a memo Wednesday morning.

In addition, Godwin announced that Kendall Heath has been promoted to executive producer of politics. Heath had been serving as the interim EP of This Week since December following the sudden death of its top producer Dax Tejera at age 37.

Brower was most recently with CNN, where he was the managing editor for CNN Politics. Before joining CNN in 2016 he spent more than a decade at MSNBC, serving as the EP of its Meet the Press spinoff Mtp Daily, and The Daily Rundown.

An ABC News veteran, Heath began her career with the network at Good Morning America, eventually rising to senior...

Brooke Brower, a veteran of CNN and MSNBC, will take the reins of ABC News’ “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” as its new executive producer, filling in a gap left by the tragic demise of the show’s previous leader.

Brower, who had been managing editor of CNN Politics, will report to Kim Godwin, president of ABC News. Kendall Heath, who had been working as the show’s interim executive producer, was named executive producer of politics, reporting into Stacia Deshishku, ABC News’ executive editor, and will work with political director Rick Klein during the election season.

“As the 2024 election season gets underway, I look forward to Brooke and Kendall working closely with the talented teams at ‘This Week’ and all our great reporters and producers in the Washington bureau, led by Jonathan Greenberger, and the political unit under the leadership of Rick Klein and Averi Harper, to bring straightforward...

Deep breaths, everyone. We’re in the home stretch of the exhausting 2020 presidential election. As hard as it is to believe, it really is probably almost over. Fingers crossed. And if ABC News is your preferred delivery method for the election results and analysis, then you’ll be happy to know you won’t need to drop a dime to enjoy the network’s coverage.

George Stephanopoulos will be lead anchor on Tuesday night, along with David Muir and Linsey Davis. The ABC News dedicated primetime coverage bloc will start at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt and will go into the middle of the night.

And Stephanopoulos, Muir and Davis will be joined by a rather large pile of contributors, including Jonathan Karl, Mary Bruce, Pierre Thomas, Martha Raddatz, Cecilia Vega, Tom Llamas, Terry Moran, Rachel Scott, Trevor Ault, FiveThirtyEight Editor-in-Chief Nate Silver, Matthew Dowd, Dan Abrams, ABC News...

NBC News’ “Meet the Press” and CBS News’ “Face The Nation” regularly compete for Sunday-morning audiences and scoops from politicos. But this past weekend they looked nothing like one another.

On NBC, President Donald Trump dominated the hour by sitting down for a taped interview with host Chuck Todd. Over at CBS, “Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan featured a talk with Senator Bernie Sanders, one of the leading Democratic candidates for president.

“The news cycle has to be split to a greater degree than it was before,” notes Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Covering politics in this moment, he says, means trying to help voters get to know more than 20 Democratic candidates, many of whom aren’t well known by the greater public, and then trying to keep an eye on the President. “It’s all just totally unprecedented,” he adds.

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TheWrap’s guide to television coverage of President Barack Obama’s speech, including who’s anchoring the broadcasts and providing analysis

President Barack Obama will give his seventh annual State of the Union address on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. Et, with expected topics including national security, immigration, health care and the environment. Sen. Jon Ernst (R-ia) is expected to provide the Republican response.

After the president’s address, while the Republicans are giving their response and the networks are starting to break down their analyses, Obama will be preparing for something altogether different. His administration has invited three YouTube...