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Tom Llamas Set as ‘NBC Nightly News’ Anchor After Lester Holt Exit
Tom Llamas will succeed Lester Holt as the anchor of 'NBC Nightly News,' while continuing to lead a one-hour live-streamed program in the evening
Just like Lester, I promise to be devoted to our viewers and dedicated to the truth.” Holt is expected to take a full-time role with NBC News’ “Dateline,” which he has anchored for years. While fewer people watch the broadcast networks’ evening newscasts than the group that assembled to see past anchors like Walter Cronkite or Tom Brokaw, the shows still attract a sizable crowd. In past decades, evening anchors could devote all their energies to their mainstay program, but the decision to have Llamas stay with live-streaming suggests that’s no longer possible.
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