The Vanderbilt Television News Archive holds more than 950,000 individual network evening news broadcasts, with 400,000 of those available for online streaming. The database includes nightly news programs broadcast by the national television networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) and a daily news program from CNN. Abstracts of each story within a regular news program are fully searchable. Regular programs in the collection include:
• ABC Evening News: August 5, 1968 – Present
• CBS Evening News: August 5, 1968 – Present
• NBC Evening News: August 5, 1968 – Present
• CNN WorldView: October 2, 1995 – November 3, 2000
• CNN Wolf Blitzer Reports: February 1, 2001 – December 31, 2001
• CNN NewsNight: November 5, 2001 – Present
• ABC Nightline: March 24, 1980 – September 12, 1988 Occasional Coverage
• ABC Nightline: September 12, 1988 – present: Comprehensive Coverage
Streaming video of NBC nightly news and CNN broadcasts is available. If you would like to view a broadcast that is not available online, please submit a loan request (some fees apply).
You can access the Vanderbilt Television News Archive through the Communication and Online Video subject guide and the A-Z List of Databases.
