ABC News Elevates Chris Dinan to Executive Producer, ‘World News Tonight’
David Muir will have a new top producer behind the scenes of ABC News’ “World News Tonight.”
Chris Dinan, who has worked as the senior broadcast producer of the evening-news program, has been named executive producer of the series. He replaces Almin Karamehmedovic, who wasin August named president of ABC News. Dianan will report to Karamehmedovic.
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“Chris is an accomplished producer and gifted storyteller who has been a part of the ‘World News Tonight’ DNA for over 13 years, helping to shape the newscast and deliver the best reporting to serve our viewers,” said Karamehmedovic, in a statement. “His strong leadership and deep collaboration with David and the entire team across ABC News will continue to take the broadcast to new heights.”
Dinan joined ABC News in 2011, and was placed in his most recent role in 2014. “World News Tonight” is the most-watched of the three broadcast-network evening-news programs, and, on some occasions, is one of the most-watched programs on linear TV. The program vies for ratings with “NBC Nightly News,” anchored by Lester Holt and “CBS Evening News,” anchored by Norah O’Donnell. CBS plans to overhaul that program after the 2024 presidential election, and install a team of anchors, including John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois.
Dinan started his career at CBS News, where he worked as a senior and field producer for anchors Dan Rather and Katie Couric. He eventually rose to the position of senior broadcast producer at “CBS Evening News.”
Senior producers Enjoli Francis, Jennifer Metz and Brian Reiferson will take on additional live broadcast producing duties in the control room for “World News Tonight.”
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