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David Muir
Syracuse, New York, USA
David Jason Muir (/ˈmjʊər/ MURE; born November 8, 1973) is an American journalist and anchor for ABC World News Tonight and co-anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20, part of the n…
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David Jason Muir (/ˈmjʊər/ MURE; born November 8, 1973) is an American journalist and anchor for ABC World News Tonight and co-anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20, part of the news department of the ABC broadcast-television network, based in New York City. Muir previously served as the weekend anchor and primary substitute anchor on ABC's World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer before succeeding her on September 1, 2014. Since joining ABC News in 2003, Muir has reported from hotspots all over the world, with dispatches from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine, Tahrir Square, Mogadishu, Gaza, Guantanamo, Fukushima, Beirut, Amman, and the Syrian border, among other places. At ABC News, Muir has won multiple Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards for his national and international journalism. He was the 2024 recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. In both 2023 and 2024 Muir won the Emmy for Outstanding Live News Program and the Edward R. Murrow Award for Network TV Newscast. Muir has become one of the most visible journalists in America. World News Tonight with David Muir has been the most watched newscast in the United States since 2015. Muir's climate reporting has also been recognized with the George Polk Award, and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Muir, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
9/11 Tribute in Light: Live from Lower Manhattan
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2026
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
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2026
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
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2026
Disney Celebrates America
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2026
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
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2026
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
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2025
Francis: The People's Pope
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2025
American Catastrophe: LA Burning -- Special Edition of 20/20
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2024
Jimmy Carter: A Full Life
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2024
The Year: 2024
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2024
From Russia with Lev
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2024
Trump | Assassination Attempt: Minute by Minute
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2023
You’ve Got Jail
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2023
The Kill List
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2023
Kill Or Be Killed
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2023
Horror in Idaho: The Student Murders
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2023
Our Barbara
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2022
The Year: 2022
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2022
Queen Elizabeth II: A Royal Life - A Special Edition of 20/20
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2022
Queen Elizabeth II: Passing of the Crown – A Special Edition of 20/20
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2021
The Year: 2021
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2021
The Babies of 9/11: Twenty Years Later
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2021
9/11: The Day that Changed America
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2021
The Dating Game Killer
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2020
John Lennon: His Life, Legacy, Last Days
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2019
One Day at Disney
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2019
The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
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2017
Truth and Lies: The Murder of Laci Peterson
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2017
Life
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2006
Rachael Ray
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2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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1997
The View
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1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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1985
North and South
TV show 1st Abolitionist
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1978
20/20
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