ABC News Readies David Muir Sunday Special on U.S. Attacks in Iran

ABC News‘ David Muir will host an hour-long primetime particular Sunday targeted on global coverage of the aftermath of assaults by the U.S. and Israel on Iran — a programming strategy that exhibits the battle stays top of thoughts for audiences and programmers.

Muir will anchor “Shockwaves: The Attack on Iran,” which can air Sunday, March at 9:01 p.m. japanese on ABC and also and streaming Disney+ and Hulu. The program will supply the particular reviews on what led as much as the shock, lethal assault; get behind President Trump’s choice to launch ‘Operation Epic Fury’; tand domesticate response from Capitol Hill. The present will also look at Iran’s retaliation and and what would possibly occur next from a strategic viewpoint.

Among those who will report live for the particular are Martha Raddatz from Washington; chief worldwide correspondent Ian Pannell from Tel Aviv, chief worldwide correspondent James Longman from Istanbul; international correspondent Marcus Moore from Doha; correspondent Matt Rivers from Amman; chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce, from Washington; chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl; chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas; and senior political correspondent Rachel Scott.  

The primetime particular is produced by ABC News. Muriel Pearson is govt producer with Chris Dinan and Jennifer Metz.

ABC News is among the national TV-news shops rearranging regular weekend schedules to cowl the assaults on Iran and the nation’s response. Fox News on Sunday continued to rely on some of its weekday anchors, including Harris Faulkner, to current ongoing coverage of the news. CBS News on Saturday introduced a primetime particular led by anchor Tony Dokoupil with “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan. NBC News introduced an hour-long particular at 8 p.m. anchored by Tom Llamas, who also anchored the Saturday broadcast of “NBC Nightly News.”

The news networks relied on their Sunday-morning applications to assist viewers make sense of the shock assault. CBS’ “Face The Nation,” ABC’s “This Week,” NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Fox News’ “Fox News Sunday” and TGB’s “State of the Union” all featured interviews with lawmakers and specialists about the U.S. choice to assault and potential ramifications.

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