ABC News Wraps Up The Headlines of 2023 In New Video

ABC News is wrapping up the year with a new video looking back at 2023 on YouTube, recapping all the major headlines ahead of a new special as part of This Year that will debut on New Year’s Eve.

What’s Happening:

  • ABC News has shared a new video wrapping up the many headline making events that populated the last year, titled “2023: A Year In Review.”
  • From the ongoing war in Ukraine to the Israel-Gaza conflict, the world experienced many significant events in 2023. The devastating wildfires in Hawaii, the missing Titan submersible, the coronation of King Charles III, the House GOP speakership (and much more in U.S. politics, the video provides a way to look back at some of the top stories of the year.

  • ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ABC World News Tonight with David Muir; other programs include morning news-talk show Good Morning America, Nightline, 20/20, and Sunday morning political affairs program This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
  • In addition to the division's television programs, ABC News has radio and digital outlets, including ABC News Radio and ABC News Live, plus various podcasts hosted by ABC News personalities.
  • Much of what can be seen on the video appeared on the aforementioned ABC World News Tonight with David Muir, which recently stood as the No. 1 program of the week in Total Viewers (7.626 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of Dec. 18, 2023, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. The show ranked as the No. 1 newscast on all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.626 million) and outperformed NBC Nightly News (6.851 million) by 775,000 Total Viewers. World News Tonight has won the last 264 of 265 weeks in Total Viewers.
  • For more about the last year in the news, The Year franchise grows to include a special one-hour event, The Year: Countdown to 2024, on New Year’s Eve. Robin Roberts conjures up the best moments of 2023 and takes out her own crystal ball to look ahead to 2024. She’ll be joined by Deborah Roberts, Chang, Spencer, GMA3: What You Need to Know co-anchor Eva Pilgrim and ABC News correspondent Chris Connelly. The Year: Countdown to 2024 airs Sunday, Dec. 31, 7:00-8:00 p.m. EST, just before Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024, which airs live Sunday, Dec. 31, at 8:00 p.m.

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Tony Betti
Originally from California where he studied a dying artform (hand-drawn animation), Tony has spent most of his adult life in the theme parks of Orlando. When he’s not writing for LP, he’s usually watching and studying something animated or arguing about “the good ole’ days” at the parks.