Tom Llamas
Tom Llamas | |
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Born | Thomas Edward Llamas July 2, 1979 Television journalist |
Years active | 2000–present |
Employer | NBCUniversal |
Agent | UTA |
Notable credit(s) | ABC World News Tonight Sunday (anchor/weekday correspondent) (2014–2021) NBC News (correspondent/substitute anchor) Top Story with Tom Llamas (anchor) (2021–present) Today (substitute news anchor) (2021–present) |
Spouse | Jennifer Llamas |
Children | 3 |
Thomas Edward Llamas (
Early life
Llamas was born in
Career
Llamas began his broadcasting career in 2000 with the NBC News Specials Unit and moved to MSNBC where he worked from 2000 to 2005 and covered mostly politics. After that he moved to NBC's WTVJ in Miami. Llamas moved to New York and joined WNBC and NBC News in 2009 as general-assignment reporter and anchor.
In September 2014, he moved to ABC News as a New York-based correspondent[4] and substituted for David Muir on ABC World News Tonight over the Christmas 2014 period. In 2015, Llamas became the Sunday anchor of ABC World News Tonight. He became the sole weekend anchor in January 2017.
During the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign, Llamas spent the year reporting on the Republican candidates. He criticized the use by Jeb Bush and Donald Trump of the term "anchor baby" and was called a "sleaze" by Trump after questioning him about the amount of money he had donated to charity.[5][6]
In January 2021, it was reported that Llamas would leave ABC News and return to NBC News. His last broadcast on ABC News was on January 31, 2021. A rebroadcast of the newscast, called Top Story with Tom Llamas, was added to the overnight schedule of most NBC stations on weeknights on March 28, 2022, replacing a replay of Today's fourth hour.
Awards
Llamas has won several awards including an
His first Emmy was awarded in 2008 for his reporting as the first TV journalist to work on a
References
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- Huff Post. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ "Tom Llamas' ABC News Biography". ABC News. March 2, 2015. Archived from the original on September 6, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ a b Ariens, Chris (September 3, 2014). "Tom Llamas Leaves WNBC for ABC News". Adweek. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ Wemple, Erik (May 31, 2016). "How to get Donald Trump to call you a 'sleaze' on national television". The Washington Post.
- ^ Kopan, Tal (August 21, 2015). "Trump blasts ABC News, demands apology". CNN.
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (January 26, 2021). "ABC News Anchor Tom Llamas Will Jump to NBC News". Variety. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Ted (April 26, 2021). "Tom Llamas Joins NBC News As Anchor And Senior National Correspondent". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (April 26, 2021). "Tom Llamas Joins NBC News as Primetime Anchor for Live-Streaming Service". Variety. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ "2013 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award Winners". Radio Television Digital News Association. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ "Tom Llamas". NBC New York. December 14, 2011. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012.