ABC News is tapping insider Jon Schlosberg to run its flagship Sunday show “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” installing a streaming-era producer at the helm of its top political program.
Schlosberg moves into the job after a five-year stint as senior producer of “Prime with Linsey Davis,” ABC News Live’s flagship streaming newscast.
Schlosberg will be based in Washington, DC, and takes over the role beginning May 6. He will work with anchor Stephanopoulos alongside co-anchors Martha Raddatz and Jonathan Karl.
Schlosberg joined ABC News in 2018 as a producer and helped launch its 24/7 streaming platform, ABC News Live, as the network pushed deeper into digital news.
Before that, he worked at ABC-owned station KGO-TV in San Francisco and WVUE-TV in New Orleans.
His credits at the network span election cycles, presidential debates and major international conflicts, including coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Gaza fighting.
Schlosberg has also picked up major industry honors, including a duPont-Columbia Award, an Emmy and an Edward R. Murrow Award tied to ABC’s climate coverage.
“Jon is a tenacious journalist and exceptional leader who has been instrumental across the ABC News Group for more than a decade, bringing precision, creativity and integrity to some of the most consequential stories of our time,” Rick Klein, the Washington bureau chief for ABC News, said in a statement.
Schlosberg will report to Klein.
“His sharp political instincts, deep experience in linear as well as streaming television, and proven ability to build winning teams make him exactly the right person to lead ‘This Week’ into its next chapter,” Klein said.
The Post has sought comment from ABC News.
“This Week” has been the subject of legal scrutiny in recent years, most notably a high-profile defamation suit filed by President Trump.
During a March 2024 interview, Stephanopoulos repeatedly said Trump had been “found liable for rape,” prompting a lawsuit from the then-former president, who argued the characterization was inaccurate.
A federal judge allowed the case to proceed, raising the stakes for ABC News and its parent, the Walt Disney Company.
The dispute was ultimately resolved in a settlement that required ABC to make a $15 million charitable contribution, pay $1 million in legal fees and publish an editor’s note expressing regret over the statements.
The Post reported that Stephanopoulos made the “rape” reference despite being repeatedly warned by his executive producer not to use the word.
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