Tom Llamas will succeed Lester Holt in the anchor’s chair of NBC’s flagship weeknight news program NBC Nightly News, the company announced on Wednesday.
Holt announced last month that he was stepping down later this summer after helming the show for the past decade. The 65-year-old will remain with the network and focus his energy on a dedicated full-time anchoring role at Dateline, which he has hosted for the past 15 years.
In an announcement to staff on Wednesday, NBC News' Executive Vice President of Programming Janelle Rodriguez noted that besides taking over for Holt on NBC Nightly News, Llamas will continue to anchor Top Story with Tom Llamas every weeknight on the network’s digital streaming service NBC News Now.