Debut of ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

This clip was recorded from WSB Atlanta at 7PM Eastern (in this market ABC World News is tape delayed 30 minutes) on Monday, December 21, 2009 in High Definition. This is Diane Sawyer's debut as host of ABC's World News program after Charlie Gibson departed the program on Friday December 18, 2009.
Included are the program's intro, commercial playoff, return from commercial and the program's close.

[@peremeesz]

I come from a country (Finland) where TV news is not anchor centred. I cannot imagine a person like Diane Sawyer presenting the news here. She is so theatrical and, to my taste, over-emphasizing. But I must give her credit for her great skill and -well - quality that, almost paradoxically, does not ruin the content. I don't know what it is - a Je ne sais quoi, as the French put it.

[@DVSyoutube]

This theme was from Peter Jennings era of the program, "ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings".

[@EdwynNSanchez]

You are correct!

[@jessicstorm3495]

Thanks so much beautiful rendition

[@1thetvzone]

Great graphics, and all on WSB-TV!

[@chard16507]

Going to miss Charlie, but I am glad she took over

[@armandoenriquez1104]

Before the year 2021!

[@eldermcnamara3631]

0:00 - 0:38 for those wondering about what the headline Que is , It was composed by VideoHelper and was used from 2009-2012 , it was also at first the “Presidental and political theme” used when elections were happening… ABC decided to use it as a headline que for Diane for her starting years as anchor

[@NCTVVids]

"presidents you ordered"
Ah yes, I can't wait for my 2 Obamas and 3 Bushes to arrive as my holiday gift.

[@JordanBahrPian-UkePlayer]

Mike Rowe with the intro voiceover

[@adammark1983]

I saw it on the BBC!

[@anchorman87]

how? looks great!

[@tarejso5632]

I hope to see Diane more often ,for me she is the best journalist in the world.

[@500youtubesubscribers5]

+NODEFAULT Why is the ABC HD logo always in the corner of the screen on World News broadcasts.

[@JordanBahrPian-UkePlayer]

Plus it was around the time of one wave of the DTV transition.

[@bigbubba29]

@MrBoy219 Diane is an awesome journalist.

[@christianvelez5608]

Diane’s successor at 0:30

[@radudeATL]

@undeadpresident
At least you remembered the 'c'
...Y

[@superbob19451]

i love the hairdo i have the same color and style and im a man

[@anchorman87]

they look nothing like each other...
the opener couldn't be any different...

[@shawmou3493]

Turkey! Neck! Again!

[@zaclocy]

Bad combination of NBC News & CBS News

[@rtcp2020]

From 2024, I don’t think these graphics are bad.