World News Now (WNN) is an American overnight news program broadcast on American Broadcasting Company's television network. Its tone is often lighthearted, irreverent and humorous. Created by the original Executive Producer, David Bohrman, a number of well-known news personalities have anchored WNN early in their careers, including original anchors Aaron Brown and Lisa McRee, Thalia Assuras, Kevin Newman, Alison Stewart, Liz Cho, and Anderson Cooper.
WNN is divided into an A, B, C, and D-block. Top ABC News headlines are in the "front of the book" with reports from ABC NewsOne correspondents or repeated reports from World News. There is a national weather forecast and an often humorous "kicker" story that ends the A-block. The "back of the book" (blocks B-D) are usually stories from Nightline, BBC reports, or other segments produced in the studio (otherwise known as pre-tapes or petaques... depending on the day of the week).
On September 22, 2009, the program became the first network overnight newscast to broadcast in high definition.
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