Kate Snow is stepping down as the anchor of the “NBC Nightly News” Sunday Edition, effective Sunday, February 25. She’ll focus more on her co-anchor duties at “NBC News Daily,” which airs weekdays on NBC and the streaming network NBC News Now.
“I have loved being with you every Sunday night,” said Snow at the end of the February 18 broadcast, according to Deadline. “It’s been a privilege,” she added, noting her daily show is “growing fast, and I have decided after a lot of thought to focus my attention Monday through Friday on that role.”
In January, “NBC News Daily” topped its ABC competition, “GMA3: What You Need to Know,” among the key Adults 25-54 news demographic and narrowed the gap among Total Viewers. In fact, during the week of January 29-February 2, 2024, “NBC News Daily” averaged 154,000 viewers among Adults 18-49 vs. 156,000 viewers for “GMA3” (0.12 rating, tie), while the NBC News show averaged 228,000 viewers among Adults 25-54 to 224,000 viewers for “GMA3” (0.19 rating, tie).
“NBC News Daily” premiered in September 2022 following the move of “Days of our Lives” to streaming service Peacock. Of the show’s total four-hour runtime on NBC News Now, Snow co-anchors alongside Zinhle Essamuah during the 2:00-4:00 p.m. ET broadcast, with one of the four hours carried live in each time zone on NBC stations for what becomes “NBC News Daily.” Vicky Nguyen and Morgan Radford co-anchor the 12:00-2:00 p.m. ET broadcast.
Since 2015, Snow has anchored the Sunday edition of “NBC Nightly News.” She’ll continue in her role as Senior National Correspondent for NBC News with reports appearing across all platforms of NBC News and MSNBC, including contributing to “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt,” “TODAY,” and “Dateline NBC.”
Snow hosts NBC News’ “The Drink with Kate Snow,” a digital series and podcast where she speaks with innovators and influencers and dives into their success stories. In 2019, Snow created and hosted “Relentless with Kate Snow,” which aired on Oxygen and featured stories of relentless crime survivors in their pursuit of justice for a family member. From 2015-2017, Snow anchored a weekday news program on MSNBC, which featured newsmakers and fast-paced political coverage.
A replacement for Snow was not known at press time. However, Deadline is reporting that the broadcast will see a rotating group of anchors filling in in the interim.
Below is a memo sent out to staff by Janelle Rodriguez, executive vice president of programming, NBC News.
As you may have heard Kate share on tonight’s ‘NBC Nightly News,’ next week will be her last anchoring the Sunday broadcast. After more than eight years at the helm of the Sunday edition, Kate has decided to focus her efforts on her five-day-a-week program, ‘NBC News Daily,’ which recently took the reins as the #1 afternoon news program on television.
Kate’s dedication to Nightly and its viewers has been nothing short of inspiring. She works tirelessly and has that rare gravitas, earned throughout her distinguished career marked by dogged reporting and powerful interviews. She cares deeply about her work and the profound and positive impact it can have on the world, and that compassion extends to those of us who work with her behind the camera. She’s a loyal colleague, a mentor and a friend.
Luckily, to borrow a page from Kate and José as they close each weekend newscast – there is good news tonight. Kate will continue to be an integral part of the ‘NBC Nightly News’ family. You will see and work with her frequently on ‘Nightly’ pieces, in addition to ‘TODAY,’ in her role as senior national correspondent, and she’ll appear across our screens anchoring two hours of ‘NBC News Daily’ each weekday, as well. Kate has been a major force behind ‘NBC News Daily’s early success, and we’re fortunate she’s now able to fully devote herself to the show.