How Lester Holt Went From Nearly Unemployed to NBC Nightly News Anchor

And what he talked about with Brian Williams

Fifteen years ago, Lester Holt was demoted and being "pushed toward the door" at WBBM, the CBS TV station in Chicago, where he was the main news anchor. Today, he has one of the rarest jobs in TV: anchor of a network evening newscast.

"When I sit back and reflect on that journey just weeks from unemployment and to where I am right now, it's gratifying, and it's kind of life-affirming that you can't plan your life sometimes," Holt told Adweek in a wide-ranging interview Monday afternoon.

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