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# Tom Llamas named new ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/tom-llamas-named-new-nbc-nightly-news-anchor/
- Published: 2025-03-05T22:31:51.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-06T20:48:17.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Media, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:55

[**Tom Llamas**](https://deadline.com/tag/tom-llamas/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) **will succeed Lester Holt as anchor of *NBC Nightly News*.**

Llamas, who has been with the network since 2021, will continue to anchor *Top Story*, a signature nighttime show on NBC News Now that runs from 7-8 p.m. ET, immediately after *Nightly News*. Llamas also will hold the title of managing editor, reports DEADLINE.

The date of Llamas’ debut as anchor has yet to be determined. [Holt will sign off](https://deadline.com/2025/02/lester-holt-nbc-nightly-news-anchor-1236299960/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) in early summer after he announced last month he was stepping down from the news broadcast after a decade in the post. He will stay with the network in a full-time role at *Dateline*.

Llamas, 45, was viewed as a potential successor to Holt when he made the jump [from ABC News to NBC News](https://deadline.com/2021/04/tom-llamas-nbc-news-senior-national-correspondent-1234744117/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com). He had been the weekend anchor of *World News Tonight*, as well as the network’s chief national affairs correspondent. At NBC News, he also has been senior national correspondent, contributing to the nightly news as well as *Today* and breaking news coverage.