‘World News’ Drops The ‘Tonight’

By Brian 

On July 19, ABC News “will officially change the name of World News Tonight to World News With Charles Gibson,” B&C reports. “The weekend editions of the newscast will be called World News Saturday and World News Sunday.”

This is a notable move by ABC News as the entire industry expands the definition of an evening newscast. The announcement came at the TCA press tour in Pasadena this morning. Gibson is expected to make an appearance at ABC’s session via satellite from the Middle East…

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