{"id":154017,"date":"2025-03-05T21:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T21:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/tom-llamas-announced-as-successor-to-lester-holt-on-nbc-nightly-news\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T21:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T21:35:07","slug":"tom-llamas-announced-as-successor-to-lester-holt-on-nbc-nightly-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/tom-llamas-announced-as-successor-to-lester-holt-on-nbc-nightly-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Llamas Announced as Successor to Lester Holt on &#8216;NBC Nightly News&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, we reported on the news that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/lester-holt-steps-down-as-anchor-of-nbc-nightly-news-who-will-replace-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lester Holt has decided to step down<\/a> as anchor of <em>NBC Nightly News.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the time, it was unclear who would be chosen to replace the beloved journalist, who has helmed the broadcast since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we can confirm that as expected, NBC has decided to keep things in-house by promoting a member of its award-winning news division.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1248230067-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"American journalist Tom Llamas participates in the featured session: Leguizamo Does America: Next Stop  Austin during SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 14, 2023. \" class=\"wp-image-520746 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1248230067-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1248230067-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1248230067-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1248230067-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1248230067-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1248230067-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1248230067-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1248230067-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">American journalist Tom Llamas participates in the featured session: Leguizamo Does America: Next Stop  Austin during SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 14, 2023. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-new-day-for-the-nightly-news\">A new day for the nightly news<\/h2>\n<p>The network has announced that Tom Llamas will take over in the anchor\u2019s chair when Holt signs off for good this summer.<\/p>\n<p>News of the decision comes courtesy of an announcement from NBC News executive vice president of programming Janelle Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom has the winning combination of journalistic excellence, passionate storytelling and unyielding integrity \u2014 all characteristics that have long been trademarks of \u2018NBC Nightly News,\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/media\/tom-llamas-anchor-nbc-nightly-news-rcna194961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rodriguez said<\/a> in a statement issued Wednesday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, he\u2019s been instrumental in growing NBC News NOW into the leading streaming news network, helping to introduce NBC News to a new generation of viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"WNBC 4 New York 5 P.M. anchors Shiba Russell (L) and Tom Llamas attend Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Party at Rock Center Cafe on November 30, 2011 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-520747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-639x960.jpg 639w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-719x1080.jpg 719w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-799x1200.jpg 799w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-scaled.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"WNBC 4 New York 5 P.M. anchors Shiba Russell (L) and Tom Llamas attend Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Party at Rock Center Cafe on November 30, 2011 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-520747 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-639x960.jpg 639w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-719x1080.jpg 719w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-799x1200.jpg 799w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-scaled.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-134331576-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WNBC 4 New York 5 P.M. anchors Shiba Russell (L) and Tom Llamas attend Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Party at Rock Center Cafe on November 30, 2011 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Gary Gershoff\/Getty Images for NBC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-trusted-name\">A trusted name<\/h2>\n<p>For the past several years, Llamas has been a senior national correspondent and anchor of <em>Top Story with Tom Llamas<\/em>, an evening newscast that streams on NBC News NOW.<\/p>\n<p>In his own statement, the experienced journalist called today\u2019s promotion a \u201cprofound honor and one that carries tremendous responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to working with the world-class journalists at \u2018Nightly News\u2019 and \u2018Top Story\u2019 to bring viewers the most important stories every night,\u201d Llamas added.<\/p>\n<p>He finished his statement with a well-deserved tribute to his successor, saying:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Lester Holt attends Town &amp; Country's Philanthropy Summit at Hearst Tower on October 29, 2024 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-520748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-1359x2048.jpg 1359w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-637x960.jpg 637w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-717x1080.jpg 717w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-797x1200.jpg 797w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-scaled.jpg 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Lester Holt attends Town &amp; Country's Philanthropy Summit at Hearst Tower on October 29, 2024 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-520748 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-1359x2048.jpg 1359w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-637x960.jpg 637w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-717x1080.jpg 717w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-797x1200.jpg 797w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-scaled.jpg 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2181758982-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lester Holt attends Town &amp; Country\u2019s Philanthropy Summit at Hearst Tower on October 29, 2024 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Craig Barritt\/Getty Images for Town &amp;amp; Country)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLester Holt is a great man and one of the most trusted broadcasters of our time. Just like Lester, I promise to be devoted to our viewers and dedicated to the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-next-for-lester-holt\">What\u2019s next for Lester Holt?<\/h2>\n<p>Fans were shocked by Holt\u2019s decision to step down after nearly a decade at the anchor\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<p>But fear not, as it seems that Lester will not be cutting ties with NBC News entirely.<\/p>\n<p>The 65-year-old will continue to anchor the popular primetime news magazine <em>Dateline<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As the first Black male solo anchor of a major network news broadcast, Lester\u2019s run on the <em>Nightly News<\/em> was nothing short of historic.<\/p>\n<p>His replacement will have some big shoes to fill, but if anyone is up to the task, it\u2019s a trusted veteran like Llamas.<\/p>\n<p>We offer him our sincere congratulations on this major honor.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/03\/tom-llamas-announced-as-successor-to-lester-holt-on-nbc-nightly-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Earlier this week, we reported on the news that Lester Holt has decided to step down as anchor of NBC Nightly News. At the time, it was unclear who would be chosen to replace the beloved journalist, who has helmed the broadcast since 2015. Today, we can confirm that as expected, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":154018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-154017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}