ABC News Launches Month-Long Racial Reckoning Project On ‘Nightline,’ Other Shows

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services.Do your clothes bury you in fabric, or do they help bring out your best features? Do they conceal your insecurities or do they showcase them in a new way that actually makes you love them? Obviously, the latter in both situations is the goal, though the former is what we usually accept as “good enough.”Well, “good enough” isn’t good enough for us anymore.

Disney Plus original series ‘The Mandalorian’ just found a new reason to look forward to Mondays. Disney and Lucasfilm have announced ‘Mando Mondays’, an all-new global consumer products, games and publishing program, starting on October 26, that will debut goods inspired by the series.

Ted Johnson ABC News’ World News Tonight with David Muir topped all the networks in evening news viewership for the season that ended last week, and also won the key 25-54 and 18-49 demographic.The network said that it was the first time in 24 years that it had won in total viewers and the key demo categories.All of the networks saw ratings gains in their evening newscasts, with a particular uptick at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.According to Nielsen data supplied by ABC News, World

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThere’s no red carpet at this year’s Emmy Awards, but the show must go on. E!, ABC News, KABC and KTLA are among the outlets still producing red carpet pre-shows on Sunday — and all of them have found unique ways to do it.“When we knew the Emmys were moving forward with their show, we knew that we would be there to cover it,” said Jen Neal, the general manager of E! News’ live events and digital, lifestyle networks.E! starts its coverage at 4:30 p.m.

Late night personality Stephen Colbert is getting in on helping Americans get out and vote with a newly launched state-by-state resource guide, which the Late Show hostdebuted during his Tuesday night show. Titled "Better Know a Ballot," the nonpartisan voter information campaign aims to eliminate the confusion around getting registered to vote and casting a ballot in the upcoming 2020 presidential election with its series of informational videos.

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson “Yeah, well, I didn’t downplay it,” Donald Trump told an ABC News’ town hall tonight of his response to the deadly coronavirus. “I actually, in many ways, I up-played it, in terms of action,” the incumbent added, citing his bans on some travel to and from China and Europe this spring.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorBlack-ish star and Mixed-ish creator Tracee Ellis Ross is expanding her relationship with ABC Signature, producer of the hit ABC comedy series, with a multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, Ross’ production company, Joy Mill Entertainment, will be based at the studio and produce content across all platforms.“I love sharing stories and using storytelling as a way to connect and celebrate humanity,” said Ross.

LONDON -- The sea voyage that changed Peter Padfield’s life more than six decades ago started with an act of chance. In 1956, Padfield was third officer aboard a British cruise liner in Sri Lanka when he stumbled across a magazine in a ship wardrobe.A story inside introduced Padfield to a new sailing ship dubbed the Mayflower II, a replica of the square-rigged English merchant vessel that carried a group of dissatisfied Protestants across the Atlantic Ocean in 1620.

Ginger Zee shared a powerful message with her Instagram followers in honor of National Suicide Prevention Week — and revealed a personal connection with the cause.“This photo always breaks my heart. This was during my first real job on tv at WEYI,” the meteorologist, 39, captioned a throwback snapshot of herself behind a news desk on Friday, September 11.

Ted Johnson Donald Trump lashed out at ABC News’s chief White House correspondent Jon Karl at a press conference, after Karl asked him about the revelations in Bob Woodward’s upcoming book.“Why did you lie to the American people, and why should we trust what you have to say now?” Karl asked.The question was in respond to Trump’s admission to Woodward, recorded in a March 19 interview, that he downplayed the threat of the coronavirus so as to not cause panic. On Feb.

ABC News will launch a new series exploring"the racial reckoning sweeping the nation and whether it leads to lasting reconciliation." The monthlong series will be called Turning Point, reviving the name of a special series that last aired in the 1990s. Turning Point will kick off September 8 in the currentNightline timeslot of 12:05 AM, supplemented by special reporting across all of ABC's news and talk programming.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen “Nightline” viewers tune in to the program later this evening, they are likely to see something they won’t expect: the show will have a new announcer, new topics, and even a new title.Tonight’s broadcast will mark the start of a month-long “takeover” of the late-night news program by “Turning Point,” an ABC News project that will explore the reckoning America is currently facing on racial issues.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNick Cordero, the Broadway actor who died in July of coronavirus at the age of 41, was remembered Sunday as a mega-talent with a commanding presence and husky baritone, who remained humble about his many successes when not taking center stage.The Tony-nominated star of “Bullets Over Broadway,” “The Toxic Avenger” and “Waitress” was honored at a special memorial tribute that streamed on Broadway on Demand.

Gabrille Union is sharing how she’s coping with her PTSD amid such unprecedented times.

Gabrille Union is sharing how she's coping with her PTSD amid such unprecedented times. The 47-year-old actress covers the October issue of and admits that she's faced some trying times with her own mental health amid the coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests. «The combination of the pandemic and this racial reckoning, alongside being inundated with [images of] the brutalization of Black bodies, has sent my PTSD into overdrive,» she tells the magazine. «There’s just terror in