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World News Tonight

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World News Tonight

Summary

World News Tonight is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (567 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • World News Tonight is the creator of Roone Arledge[3].
  • World News Tonight is in the country of United States[4].
  • World News Tonight's instance of is recorded as television series[5].
  • World News Tonight's instance of is recorded as news program[6].
  • World News Tonight's genre is recorded as news broadcasting[7].
  • World News Tonight's genre is recorded as news program[8].
  • World News Tonight's logo image is recorded as World News Tonight 2021 a.webp[9].
  • World News Tonight's cast member is recorded as Diane Sawyer[10].
  • World News Tonight's cast member is recorded as David Muir[11].
  • World News Tonight's cast member is recorded as Cecilia Vega[12].
  • World News Tonight's cast member is recorded as Tom Llamas[13].
  • World News Tonight's cast member is recorded as Peter Jennings[14].
  • World News Tonight's cast member is recorded as H. R. Baukhage[15].
  • World News Tonight's production company is recorded as American Broadcasting Company[16].
  • World News Tonight's production company is recorded as ABC News[17].
  • World News Tonight's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0184090[18].
  • World News Tonight's IMDb ID is recorded as tt16442682[19].
  • World News Tonight's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[20].
  • World News Tonight's presenter is recorded as David Muir[21].
  • World News Tonight's presenter is recorded as Charles Gibson[22].
  • World News Tonight's presenter is recorded as Whit Johnson[23].
  • World News Tonight's presenter is recorded as Linsey Davis[24].
  • World News Tonight's Commons category is recorded as World News Tonight[25].
  • World News Tonight's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[26].
  • World News Tonight's original broadcaster is recorded as American Broadcasting Company[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Cast members include Diane Sawyer[10], David Muir[11], Cecilia Vega[12], Tom Llamas[13], Peter Jennings[14], and H. R. Baukhage[15]. World News Tonight is the creator of Roone Arledge[3].

Publication

Publication dates include +2014-09-01T00:00:00Z[28], +1948-01-13T00:00:00Z[29], and +1975-07-00T00:00:00Z[30]. World News Tonight's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[20]. Genres include news broadcasting[7] and news program[8].

Why It Matters

World News Tonight ranks in the top 8% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (567 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Barbara Walters Diane Sawyer Hans Zimmer New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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