Lester Holt is stepping down from his role as anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” he announced to staff Monday. Holt, an NBC veteran who has anchored the weeknight show since June 2015 ...

Lester is an accomplished journalist and actor, having appeared in a slew of cameos such as in The Fugitive and Primal Fear. Previously, he was a DJ. After landing reporting gigs in the 1980s ...

Lester Holt has long been the face of NBC Nightly News, but everything must end eventually. The cable network released an internal memo on Monday (Feb. 24) stating that Holt would leave the show ...

NBC’s veteran Lester Holt, 65, is stepping down as anchor of the network’s flagship “Nightly News” broadcast in the coming months. Holt, who has been the face of “Nightly News” for a ...

Lester Holt will leave his position as “NBC Nightly News” anchor this summer, the primetime fixture announced Monday. Holt, 65, has anchored NBC’s tentpole broadcast since June 2015.

Lester Holt is one of the several famous news anchors leaving their positions at major news networks. However, he isn’t going far. The longtime NBC Nightly News anchor and managing editor ...

Lester Holt, the first African-American solo anchor of a weekday network nightly newscast, is leaving NBC Nightly News. The 65-year-old will anchor his final broadcast this summer. Holt did not ...

Lester Holt and NBC News have announced that the veteran anchor — also network TV's first solo Black anchor of a major evening newscast — will step down from "Nightly News" this summer.

NBC’s Lester Holt announced on Monday that he is stepping down as anchor of “NBC Nightly News” after a decade-long stint leading the network’s flagship evening newscast. “After 10 years ...

Lester Holt has joined the many on-air journalists leaving their positions at major news networks. The long-time NBC Nightly News managing editor and anchor announced his decision in February 2025 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC’s veteran Lester Holt will step down as anchor of the network’s flagship “Nightly News” broadcast. Today in History: March 8, first U.S. combat troops arrive in ...