Tom Llamas is confirmed as the new host of NBC Nightly News, to replace Lester Holt.
The former ABC News anchor had long been recommended as the successor to Holt and confirmed that he would be the one to succeed him on Wednesday.
Llamas, 45, did this in a statement that delivered just over a week after the exit of Holt on 24 February and called it 'a deep honor' to be Holt's shoes.
Dailymail.com reported earlier that NBC's Senior Washington correspondent Hallie Jackson had also wanted the track, using the two correspondents in a war war to convince bosses that they were perfectly suited for the track.
Llamas has now emerged as the Victor and will now continue to organize his old show with the top story with Tom Llamas on NBC News, the streaming service of the network.
Bosses would already be afraid that Lamas may not have the gravitas or popularity to take such a position, at a time when World News already gets in almost 2 million more sets of eyes every night tonight.
Yet Lama's seemed confident while he confirmed the promotion in his statement.
“I look forward to working with the world -class journalists at 'Nightly News' and 'Top Story' to bring viewers the most important stories every night,” he wrote, before he received some recognition of his network.
Tom Llamas is confirmed as the new host of NBC Nightly News, to replace Lester Holt.
The former ABC News anchor had long been recommended as the successor to Holt and confirmed that he would be the one to succeed him on Wednesday
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