During this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update, co-anchor Michael Che pointed out an uncomfortable truth: NBCUniversal is losing two prominent Black news anchors at the same time.

Robinson broke barriers and headlines as the first Black broadcast network news anchor. Born on May 1, 1939, the Richmond native not only was the first Black man to anchor a nightly network ...

Former Weekend Update anchor Bill ... to list his top 10 anchors — none of whom were the man next to him, Colin Jost. First, Murray poked fun at how there has only been one Black anchor of ...

In a statement, Llamas said anchoring the "Nightly News" is a "profound honor and one that carries tremendous responsibility.

Lester Holt and NBC News have announced that the veteran anchor — also network TV's first solo Black anchor of a major evening newscast — will step down from "Nightly News" this summer.

has served as fill-in anchor for Holt at "NBC Nightly News" since 2021, and he anchors the streaming newscast "Top Story with Tom Llamas." He is a senior national correspondent for the network and ...