David Muir
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · 9/11 Tribute in Light: Live from Lower Manhattan as Self - Host
- 2026 · Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20 as Self - Host
- 2026 · Instadocs: The Prediction Games as Self (archive footage)
- 2026 · Disney Celebrates America as Self - Host
- 2026 · Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness as Self (archival footage)
- 2026 · Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted as Self (archive footage)
- 2025 · The American Pope: Leo XIV - Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
- 2025 · Francis: The People's Pope as Self
- 2025 · American Catastrophe: LA Burning -- Special Edition of 20/20 as Self - Co-Host
- 2024 · Jimmy Carter: A Full Life as Self
- 2024 · The Year: 2024 as Self
- 2024 · From Russia with Lev as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · You’ve Got Jail as Self - Host
- 2023 · The Kill List as Self - Host
- 2023 · Kill Or Be Killed as Self - Host
- 2023 · Horror in Idaho: The Student Murders as Self - Host
- 2023 · Our Barbara as Self
- 2022 · The Year: 2022 as Self
- 2022 · Queen Elizabeth II: A Royal Life - A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self - Host
- 2022 · Queen Elizabeth II: Passing of the Crown – A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self - Co-Host
- 2022 · The Fatal Flaw: A Special Edition of 20/20 as
- 2021 · The Year: 2021 as
- 2021 · 9/11: The Day that Changed America as Self - Host
- 2021 · The Babies of 9/11: Twenty Years Later as Self - Host
- 2021 · The Dating Game Killer as Self - Co-Host
- 2020 · John Lennon: His Life, Legacy, Last Days as Self - Host
- 2019 · One Day at Disney as Self
- 2019 · The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20 as Self - Co-Host
- 2017 · Truth and Lies: The Murder of Laci Peterson as Self - Co-Host
- 2017 · Life as 20/20 Anchor
- 2006 · Rachael Ray as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest Co-Host
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1985 · North and South as 1st Abolitionist
- 1978 · 20/20 as Self - Anchor
- 1978 · 20/20 as Self - Co-Host
- 1978 · 20/20 as Self - Host
- 1948 · World News Tonight with David Muir as
- 1948 · World News Tonight with David Muir as Self - Anchor
- 1948 · World News Tonight with David Muir as Self - Weekend Anchor
- Future · Seven Natural Wonders of America with David Muir as