The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / Tom Llamas To Succeed Lester Holt As NBC Nightly News Anchor

**Posted by RadioActive** March 5, 2025 4:06 pm

It's was almost a fait accompli and now it's official - NBC has named senior correspondent (and former ABC newsman) Tom Llamas as the new anchor for NBC Nightly News when Lester Holt steps down this summer.

It would not have been my choice - I find Llamas a bit stiff and every time he asks a reporter in the field a question, it sounds completely scripted and stilted (which it is, but it shouldn't sound like it.) But he was the most likely candidate and his choice is not a surprise.

A debut date has yet to be confirmed.

Tom Llamas Gets The NBC News Anchor Chair After Holt

**Posted by RadioActive** May 11, 2025 7:22 am

With Lester Holt leaving at the end of this month, Tom Llamas not only has big shoes to fill but an entire broadcasting genre to try and hold on to.

Network evening news has somehow managed to keep at least some of its audience, despite the onslaught from streaming and the Internet. The change at one network presages what could be yet another shift in a programming genre that's been with us since the 1950s.

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**Posted by paterson1** May 11, 2025 8:16 am

Why does David Muir on ABC always have his arms and elbows sticking out when he is reading the news? It doesn't look comfortable or natural.