NBC Nightly News: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

NBC Nightly News is the most-watched evening newscast in America, providing the very latest on the day's top stories and going beyond the headlines to add context and analysis to the most pressing issues of our time, both at home and abroad. We go to the heart of breaking news stories, introduce you to everyday people caught up in extraordinary events, offer in-depth reporting on health and medicine, cover international news as it unfolds and we profile those who inspire us to do better in our popular Making A Difference reports. The award-winning broadcast carries a legacy that spans more than six decades, beginning in 1948 - when NBC started broadcasting television's first-ever regularly scheduled network evening newscast.

Series details

• Title: NBC Nightly News
• Format: News
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1948-02-16
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 9539
• IMDb ID: tt0231035
• TVDB ID: 139911

Cast and credited roles

• Lester Holt — Anchor
• Tom Llamas — Anchor
• Hallie Jackson — Anchor
• José Díaz-Balart — Anchor
• Kate Snow — Anchor
• Tom Brokaw — Anchor
• Brian Williams — Anchor

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1948: premiered 1948-02-16; final listed air date 1948-02-16.
• Season 1970: premiered 1970-08-03; final listed air date 1970-08-10.
• Season 1971: premiered 1971-01-01; final listed air date 1971-01-01.
• Season 1984: premiered 1984-01-02; final listed air date 1984-12-31.
• Season 1985: premiered 1985-01-01; final listed air date 1985-02-15.
• Season 1986: premiered 1986-01-01; final listed air date 1986-02-12.
• Season 2013: premiered 2013-07-20; final listed air date 2013-12-31.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-01-01; final listed air date 2014-12-31.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-01-01; final listed air date 2015-12-31.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-01-01; final listed air date 2016-12-31; episode order: 366.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-01-01; final listed air date 2017-12-31; episode order: 366.
• Season 2018: premiered 2018-01-01; final listed air date 2018-12-31.
• Season 2019: premiered 2019-01-01; final listed air date 2019-12-31.
• Season 2020: premiered 2020-01-01; final listed air date 2020-12-31.
• Season 2021: premiered 2021-01-01; final listed air date 2021-12-31.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-01-01; final listed air date 2022-12-31.
• Season 2023: premiered 2023-01-01; final listed air date 2023-12-31; episode order: 348.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-01-01; final listed air date 2024-12-31; episode order: 350.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-01-01; final listed air date 2025-12-31; episode order: 352.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-01-01; final listed air date 2026-10-02.

Source and licence

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