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As Americans gather to reflect on the life and legacy of President John F. Kennedy, ABC News will air a special week of programming to mark the 50th anniversary of his assassination on November 22, 1963. Special coverage will air on all ABC News programs and platforms, including “Good Morning America,” “World News with Diane Sawyer,” “Nightline,” ABC News Radio, ABCNews.com and all digital platforms, throughout the week of November 17. On Friday, November 22, ABC News Chief National Correspondent & Anchor Byron Pitts will provide updates of the day's anniversary events from Dallas, Texas for all programs and platforms, including a special, digital live stream.

For the week of October 21, 2013, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 8.016 million Total Viewers and a 1.6 rating/6 share/1.973 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. Growing its Total Viewer audience (+3% - 7.768 million on w/o 10/14/13) for the 2nd week in a row to hit a season high, “World News” attracted its largest overall audience in 6 months – since w/o 4/15/13.

For the week of October 14, 2013, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 7.768 million Total Viewers and a 1.7 rating/6 share/2.000 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media

For the week of October 7, 2013, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 7.251 million Total Viewers and a 1.5 rating/6 share/1.812 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research.

For the week of September 30, 2013, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 7.673 million Total Viewers and a 1.6 rating/7 share/1.907 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research.

In an exclusive television interview with "ABC World News" Anchor Diane Sawyer, Malala describes her passion for learning despite threats from the Taliban, and recounts the moments leading up to the assassination attempt on her life and her miraculous recovery.

In an exclusive television interview with “ABC World News” Anchor Diane Sawyer, Malala describes her passion for learning despite threats from the Taliban, and recounts the moments leading up to the assassination attempt on her life and her miraculous recovery.

ABC News Goes Pink is a wake-up call and a conversation starter to help American women make breast health a priority and spend as much time, energy and money taking care of their breasts as their beauty. It is also a call to alert American men who are at risk and may not know the facts.

For the 3rd Quarter 2013, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” was up from the year-ago 3rd quarter in both Total Viewers

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and Discovery Networks International today announced the continued international expansion of OWN with the launch of an exclusive OWN programming block in South Africa.

Total Viewers and a 1.7 rating/7 share/2.02 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. Growing for the 3rd consecutive week (7.62 million and 1.86 million, respectively, on w/o 9/2/13) in both Total Viewers (+4%) and Adults 25-54 (+9%), “World News” turned in its strongest performance in nearly 5 months – since w/o 4/15/13.

ABC News is providing comprehensive coverage of the crisis in Syria across its television, digital and radio platforms. ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent and Anchor Terry Moran is reporting for all broadcasts and platforms from the nearby city of Beirut; he is joined there by Middle East Correspondent Alexander Marquardt. ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl and Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz are reporting from Washington. Full coverage from ABC News Digital here: http://abcn.ws/16f5R8s.

Deadline writes that President Barack Obama is set to address the upcoming Congressional vote on taking military action in Syria and more in a series of TV appearances this coming Monday, September 9.

As Congress asks the big questions about the U.S. intervening in Syria, ABC News is providing viewers with a glimpse at a side of the war-torn country rarely seen -- the frontlines through the eyes of ordinary Syrians.

For the week of August 26, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 7.10 million Total Viewers and a 1.5 rating/6 share/1.87 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research.

'I Have a Dream' -- four words that helped change the course of American history. ABC News and Yahoo! News will host a first-ever live global broadcast on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington and his iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech. This hybrid digital-television event will be anchored by George Stephanopoulos along with Dan Kloeffler from ABC News World Headquarters in New York beginning at 11:00 a.m., ET.

For the week of August 19, 2013 “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 6.99 million Total Viewers and a 1.5 rating/6 share/1.74 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research.

For the week of August 12, 2013 “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 6.896 million Total Viewers and a 1.5 rating/6 share/1.774 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. “World News” turned in Adult 25-54 gains compared to both the previous week (1.761 million on w/o 8/5/13) and the year-ago week (1.755 million on w/o 8/13/12). In fact, “World News” stood as the only evening newscast to build on its news demo audience year to year, as both the “CBS Evening News” (-15%) and “NBC “Nightly News” (-14%) posted double-digit losses.