My Take
David Muir is one of those rare TV anchors who actually makes you want to sit down and watch the evening news again. A Syracuse, New York kid who came up through local stations before landing at ABC, he took over World News Tonight from Diane Sawyer in 2014 and pretty quickly made the broadcast the most-watched evening newscast in America — which is no small feat in a world where everyone's supposedly cutting the cord. He has that combination of genuine gravitas and approachability that you just can't fake: he reports from war zones and disaster sites, but he doesn't come across as either detached or melodramatic. Ithaca College, not a fancy Ivy, which I kind of respect — he clearly got there on hustle and craft. He's private about his personal life, and honestly, in today's media landscape, that restraint itself feels like a statement.
Overview
David Jason Muir ( MURE; born November 8, 1973) is an American journalist and anchor for ABC World News Tonight and co-anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20, part of the news department of the ABC broadcast-television network, based in New York City. Muir previously served as the weekend anchor and primary substitute anchor on ABC's World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer before succeeding her on September 1, 2014.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Muir
- Name (Japanese)
- デヴィッド・ミュアー
- Reading
- でゔぃっど・みゅあー
- Born
- November 8, 1973 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Ox
- Origin
- Syracuse, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- journalist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Ithaca College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.