Overview

• Llamas took over the anchor desk on June 2 following Lester Holt’s final broadcast on May 30
• Lester Holt stepped down after a decade at Nightly News to assume a full-time anchor role at Dateline NBC
• Llamas’ appointment marks the first time a Latino journalist leads a weekday evening newscast in English
• He launched a new investigative franchise called “The Cost of Denial” to probe consumer challenges with insurance coverage
• He will continue hosting his daily streaming program Top Story with Tom Llamas alongside his Nightly News duties