NBC Nightly News

This page only shows primary logo variants. For other related logos and images, see: Other

1948–1949	1949–1956	1956–1965	1965–1967	1967–1970	1970–1972	1972–1976
1976–1978	1978–1979	1979–1982	1982–1983	1983–1984 (with Tom Brokaw)	1984–1985 (with Tom Brokaw)	1985–1988 (with Tom Brokaw)
1988–1990 (with Tom Brokaw)	1990–1992	1992–1994	1994–1999	1999–2004	2004	2004–2006
2006–2007	2007–2016	2007–2015	2015–2016	2016–2023	2020-2023	2023–present

NBC Television Newsreel/Camel Newsreel Theater

1948–1949

Camel/Plymouth News Caravan

1949–1956

By 1955; the makers of Camel cigarettes, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, cut their sponsorship to three days a week; with Chrysler Corporation taking the other days, during which the name would be the "Plymouth News Caravan".

The Huntley-Brinkley Report

The first Huntley-Brinkley Report was aired on October 29, 1956 and the last was aired on July 31, 1970.

1956–1965

1965–1967

1967–1970

NBC Nightly News

On August 1, 1970, the program was renamed NBC Nightly News.

1970–1972

1972–1975

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1976–1977

1977–1979

1979–1982

1982–1983

1983–1984 (with Tom Brokaw)

1984–1985 (with Tom Brokaw)

1985–1988 (with Tom Brokaw)

1988–1990 (with Tom Brokaw)

1989 version

1990 version

1990–1992 (with Tom Brokaw)

1992–1994 (with Tom Brokaw)

Later Variant

Tom Brokaw posing with the logo, circa 1993

1994–1999 (with Tom Brokaw)

1999–2007

1999–2004 (with Tom Brokaw)

Note the Peacock in this logo is gold.

2004 (with Tom Brokaw)

2004–2006 (with Brian Williams)

When Brian Williams succeeded Tom Brokaw as NBC Nightly News anchor in late 2004, the Peacock is changed to the standard color palette.

2006-2007 (with Brian Williams)

This tweaked version of logo (note the Peacock) was used for about a year after Nightly News began broadcasting in high definition.

2007–2016

2007–2015 (with Brian Williams)

2015–2016 (with Lester Holt)

During the announcement that Lester Holt would permanently become the main anchor for NBC Nightly News starting in June 2015, the logo has changed.

2016–2023

Version with full gradient color "Rainbow Peacock" logo

Print version

The program introduced a new logo and intro on October 10, 2016. On October 16, 2017, the intro has been shortened; the camera no longer zooms into a building, but rather shows the logo over a sphere, before cutting directly to the beginning of the program. Also, in November of 2020, NBC changed the open to no longer show the horizontal logo and include the vertical logo while also scrapping the computer-generated model of 30 Rockefeller Plaza and include a background of a map made of light blue dots.

2020-2023

2023–present

NBC Nightly News unveiled a new logo and graphics package on June 19, 2023, commemorating the program's 75th anniversary. The logo incorporates a two-part “N” emblem (reminiscent of the network's 1979–86 "Proud N" logo) that can be split apart to display headlines within graphical lower-third banners, and is featured as part of a revised animated logo bug.

Alternate variant

Vertical variant

Vertical alternate variant

Symbol variant