The network’s flagship broadcast, World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, continues to perform strongly. Throughout the 2003-04 season, ABC was bolstered by exclusive interviews conducted by Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters on Primetime and 20/20, giving the network two of the Top 3 news magazines among adults 18-49.

In September 2004, ABC News veterans Cynthia McFadden, John Quiñones and Chris Cuomo joined Diane Sawyer as co-anchors of Primetime Live. This season, the news magazine returned to its roots as a live program advancing big, breaking stories as they happen.

After 25 years as co-host and chief correspondent of 20/20, Barbara Walters left that role in September to begin an exciting new phase of her career at the network. The broadcast legend passed the torch to Elizabeth Vargas, who joined John Stossel at the 20/20 anchor desk. Rounding out the new team are two outstanding additions: investigative correspondent Jim Avila and Martin Bashir.

Good Morning America continued to demonstrate its competitive force in morning television with its exclusive newsmaker interviews. Among its many timely and topical "firsts" during the year were broadcast images from the arraignment of Saddam Hussein.

In September, the Good Morning America Weekend Edition was launched, anchored by Kate Snow and Bill Weir, with news anchor Ron Claiborne and weather and features correspondent Marysol Castro.

ABC News leads its competition with innovative ventures such as ABC News Now, a 24/7 cable news service available on digital broadcast and digital cable, and via roadband and wireless. With strong support from ABC affiliates and all 10 ABC-owned stations, it debuted with gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Democratic National Convention, and was anchored by Peter Jennings.

Peter Jennings reporting from Baghdad in March after a car bomb attack on the Lebanon Hotel.