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.

Filmography

• 2024Trump | Assassination Attempt: Minute by Minute — Producer
• The Fatal Flaw: A Special Edition of 20/20
• 2021The Year: 2021
• 2017Life — 20/20 Anchor
• North and South — 1st Abolitionist
• Seven Natural Wonders of America with David Muir

Appearances as themselves (34)

• 20269/11 Tribute in Light: Live from Lower Manhattan — Self - Host
• Disney Celebrates America — Self - Host
• 2026Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness — Self (archival footage)
• 2026Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20 — Self - Host
• 2026Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted — Self (archive footage)
• 2026Instadocs: The Prediction Games — Self (archive footage)
• 2025American Catastrophe: LA Burning -- Special Edition of 20/20 — Self - Co-Host
• 2025Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20 — Self - Co-Host
• 2025Francis: The People's Pope — Self
• 2025The American Pope: Leo XIV - Special Edition of 20/20 — Self
• 2024From Russia with Lev — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Jimmy Carter: A Full Life — Self
• 2024The Year: 2024 — Self
• 2023Horror in Idaho: The Student Murders — Self - Host
• 2023Kill Or Be Killed — Self - Host
• 2023Our Barbara — Self
• 2023The Kill List — Self - Host
• 2023You’ve Got Jail — Self - Host
• 2022Queen Elizabeth II: A Royal Life - A Special Edition of 20/20 — Self - Host
• 2022Queen Elizabeth II: Passing of the Crown – A Special Edition of 20/20 — Self - Co-Host
• 2022The Year: 2022 — Self
• 20219/11: The Day that Changed America — Self - Host
• 2021The Babies of 9/11: Twenty Years Later — Self - Host
• 2021The Dating Game Killer — Self - Co-Host
• 2020John Lennon: His Life, Legacy, Last Days — Self - Host
• One Day at Disney — Self
• 2019The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20 — Self - Co-Host
• 2017Truth and Lies: The Murder of Laci Peterson — Self - Co-Host
• Rachael Ray — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The View — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest Co-Host
• 20/20 — Self - Anchor, Self - Co-Host, Self - Host
• World News Tonight with David Muir — Self - Weekend Anchor, Self - Anchor