When Linsey Davis’ seven-year-old son came home in a huff, asking, “Why do my friends have two grandpas and two grandmas, and I don’t?” She knew she had some explaining to do.
Fewer than 24 hours after World News Tonight Weekend anchor
Good Morning America Weekend co-anchor
Whit Johnson will anchor World News Tonight on Saturdays, while ABC News Live Prime anchor
Linsey Davis will anchor Sundays.
Johnson and Davis step into their new roles this coming weekend.
Davis has been a mainstay in the evenings recently, anchoring 7 p.m. on the network’s streaming news service ABC News Live Prime, and serving as a co-anchor for the network’s 2020 campaign coverage. Davis will continue to anchor that 7 p.m. hour on streaming during the week.
(ABC/Danny Weiss) LINSEY DAVIS
Johnson joined ABC News as GMA co-anchor in 2018 after a stint as a morning anchor at KNBC in L.A., and a Washington-based correspondent and fill-in anchor at CBS News covering Congress, the White House and national news. He’ll remain on GMA Weekend, in addition to taking on this new role on Saturday evenings.