ABC World News Tonight/Weekday Edition

1965–1967

1968–1969

1969–1976

1970 promo

December 4, 1970 intro (Frank Reynolds' last night as ABC Evening News anchor before giving way to Harry Reasoner)

April 9, 1972 intro (Weekend edition with Bill Beutel)

May 19, 1972 intro

May 28, 1972 intro (Weekend edition with Bill Beutel)

June 9, 1972 intro

July 28, 1972 intro

September 6, 1972 intro

February 14, 1976 intro (Ted Koppel anchoring)

1976–1978

May 25, 1976 intro

July 16, 1976

August 14, 1976 intro (Weekend edition with John Hambrick)

1976 intro

October 4, 1976 intro (debut of Barbara Walters as co-anchor alongside Harry Reasoner)

1978-1985

July 10, 1978 intro (debut of World News Tonight branding)

July 10, 1978 outro

January 4, 1979 intro

September 18, 1980 intro

November 4, 1980 intro (Election Night)

November 4, 1980 outro

December 10, 1980 intro

January 20, 1981 intro (Inauguration of Ronald Reagan and the date the 52 Americans held hostage in Iran since November 4, 1979 were released)

January 20, 1981 outro

1981 intro

October 6, 1981 intro (assassination of Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat)

October 6, 1981 outro

Early 1982 intro

May 23, 1983 intro

May 23, 1983 outro

Mid 1983 intro

July 20, 1983 intro (death of Washington-based World News Tonight anchor Frank Reynolds)

1984 intro

1985–1992

1985 outro

July 10, 1985 intro

September 3, 1985 intro

January 28, 1986 intro, the day of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

July 9, 1986 intro

October 27, 1986 intro

January 6, 1987 intro

January 6, 1987 outro

April 6, 1987 intro

April 6, 1987 bumper

April 6, 1987 outro

Mid 1987 intro

July 13, 1987 intro

July 13, 1987 outro

October 12, 1987 outro

July 20, 1988 intro (at the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta)

July 20, 1988 bumper

July 20, 1988 outro

1989 outro

1991 outro

1992–1993

August 6, 1993 outro

1993–1994

July 23, 1993 intro

August 31, 1993 intro

December 6, 1993 intro

1994–1996

1994-1995 bumper

October 24, 1994 intro

October 24, 1994 outro

November 9, 1994 intro (day after the 1994 midterm elections)

November 18, 1994 intro

November 18, 1994 outro

January 26, 1995 intro

January 26, 1995 bumper

January 26, 1995 outro

March 27, 1995 intro

March 27, 1995 outro

May 26, 1995 intro (Forrest Sawyer anchoring)

May 26, 1995 outro

1995-1996 bumper

September 11, 1995 intro

September 11, 1995 outro

December 11, 1995 intro

December 11, 1995 outro

1996 outro

1996–1997

1997–1998

1998–2000

September 1998 intro

December 2, 1998 intro

December 2, 1998 outro

December 23, 1999 intro

December 23, 1999 outro

2000-2003

October-November 2000

October 26, 2000 intro

November 2000-2003

December 21, 2001 intro

2003–2004

2004-2005

Alternative intro

January 12, 2004 intro

January 12, 2004 bumper

January 12, 2004 outro

January 14, 2004 intro

August 8, 2005 intro (death of ABC World News Tonight anchor Peter Jennings)

On-set

2005

Peter Jennings' name was removed from the program title card one week after his death in August of 2005.

2005–2006

2006–2007

July 10, 2007 bumper

July 10, 2007 bumper

July 10, 2007 outro

2007–2009

2009–2012

December 21, 2009 outro

2012–2013

October 23, 2012 intro

November 6, 2012 (Election Day)

December 27, 2012 intro

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Graphics package montage with the full, unmodified intro sequence

2013–2014

March 20, 2014 intro

August 27, 2014 intro

2014–2015

2015–2020

August 5, 2019 intro

January 15, 2020 intro

2020–present

2020–2021

While the new look was launched, the long-time theme was brought back and modernized.

December 31, 2020 intro

2021–present

February 7, 2023 intro

March 6, 2024 intro