ABC News Moves Biden-Stephanopoulos Interview to Friday Primetime
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor George Stephanopoulos’ coming interview with President Biden is too hot to delay. ABC News said it will move an interview between the anchor and President Joe Biden to Friday evening, rather than waiting until Sunday morning as previously planned, a sign of the extreme interest in seeing the Commander-in-Chief address issues of physical and mental fitness in the wake of a poor debate performance against former President Donald Trump last week.
The interview is the first Biden has granted to a mainstream national news outlet since the debate performance. Stephanopoulos is expected to talk to President Biden earlier in the day Friday from the campaign trail in Wisconsin.
The first clip of the interview will air on Friday’s broadcast of “World News Tonight” as planned, then in a primetime special at 8 p.m.
eastern, and, subsequently, Sunday during “This Week,” where it was to have first surfaced in completed form. ABC News said a transcript of the unedited interview will be made available the same day.
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