Brian Williams

departure Nov. 9, 2021

Longtime News Anchor Brian Williams to Leave MSNBC by the End of 2021Williams has been with MSNBC for 28 years.

By Alejandra Gularte

cable news Jan. 29, 2021

Brian Williams’s On-Air Trump Troll Had Us at Hello“Someone is of course gonna be in big trouble.”

By Devon Ivie

media Sept. 22, 2015

Brian Williams Is Back on TV The news anchor returns to TV with coverage of Pope Francis’s visit for MSNBC.

By Jaime Fuller

cable news news July 30, 2015

MSNBC Preps for Brian Williams’s Return by Canceling 3 Daytime ShowsSay good-bye to The Cycle, Now with Alex Wagner, and The Ed Show.

By Margaret Hartmann

media June 22, 2015

Lester Holt Is Still Friends With Brian WilliamsThe new NBC Nightly News anchor broke his silence about the scandal.

By Margaret Hartmann

brian williams June 19, 2015

Brian Williams: ‘I Said Things That Were Wrong’“I told stories that were wrong. It wasn’t from a place where I was trying to use my job and title to mislead. I got it wrong. I own this, and I own up to this.”

By Jaime Fuller

media June 19, 2015

Brian Williams Is Doing a Full Apology TourHe’s reportedly met with his colleagues in New York and D.C.

By Margaret Hartmann

media June 18, 2015

Brian Williams Is Out As Nightly News Anchor, But He’ll Stay at NBC Sub Lester Holt will take over permanently.

By Margaret Hartmann

media June 9, 2015

Lester Holt Is Probably Replacing Brian Williams for GoodSources say it’s still unclear if BriWi will remain at NBC.

By Margaret Hartmann

debacles May 31, 2015

NBC Reportedly Looking for Something Else for Brian Williams to Do Rather than simply go back to anchoring Nightly News.

By Caroline Bankoff

media Apr. 25, 2015

Investigation Confirms That Brian Williams Told Many Lies NBC News’ inquiry has uncovered at least 11.

By Caroline Bankoff

brian williams Apr. 14, 2015

Brian Williams Finally Spott— OMG a PuppyIf Williams’s plan was to distract the press from his scandal with an adorable puppy, it appears to have worked.

By Jessica Roy

media Apr. 5, 2015

How Has the Anchorman Endured for More Than 60 Years?The inane institution of the Great American News Anchor is no different from the Great and Powerful Oz.

By Frank Rich

media Mar. 8, 2015

(Actually) True War Stories at NBC NewsThe trouble didn’t start with Brian Williams.

By Gabriel Sherman

media Mar. 8, 2015

(Actually) True War Stories at NBC NewsThe trouble didn’t start with Brian Williams.

By Gabriel Sherman

the national circus Feb. 25, 2015

Frank Rich on the National Circus: Rudy Giuliani Is Now Trump, Minus the HairHe periodically pops his head up from his business empire to spew venom at the president.

By Frank Rich

scandals Feb. 19, 2015

Allison Williams on Dad’s Suspension: ‘I Can’t Wait Until He’s Back on TV’She addressed the scandal during a talk at the 92nd Street Y.

By Margaret Hartmann

brian williams Feb. 16, 2015

Carrey, Seinfeld Make Brian Williams Jokes“Where are you hiding Brian Williams?”

By Jessica Roy

scandals Feb. 13, 2015

Williams Might Have Also Lied About SEALsThat’s a lot of stuff.

By Caroline Bankoff

Feb. 13, 2015

Brian Williams and the State of Public ShamingCan he rebound?

By David Marchese

strange bedfellows Feb. 12, 2015

Charlie Sheen: Brian Williams Is a ‘Patriot’Sheen says the anchor is being smeared by a collection of “hooligans, non coms, cowards and oligarchs.”

By Nate Jones

media Feb. 10, 2015

Williams Wishes He Were Tonight Show HostHe reportedly lobbied for the hosting gig.

By Gabriel Sherman

ink-stained wretches Feb. 10, 2015

NBC Suspends Brian Williams for 6 Months Without Pay“Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of Americans place in NBC News.”

By Margaret Hartmann

the national circus Feb. 10, 2015

How Brian Williams and NBC Made His Scandal WorseThe anchor and the network badly flubbed the first attempt at an explanation.

By Frank Rich

ink-stained wretches Feb. 10, 2015

Brian Williams Explains Mistakes in Iraq Story: I Was ‘Scared’“I know it sounds outlandish.”

By Margaret Hartmann

ink-stained wretches Feb. 9, 2015

Brian Williams May Have Exaggerated Another Helicopter StoryHe said he’s “lucky to have survived” a flight during the Israel-Hezbollah war.

By Margaret Hartmann

ink-stained wretches Feb. 8, 2015

Brian Williams Cancels Face-Saving Letterman AppearanceNot a good sign.

By Margaret Hartmann

scandals Feb. 8, 2015

Pilots Confirm That Williams’s Story Is FalseOr anything else.

By Caroline Bankoff

scandals Feb. 7, 2015

Brian Williams Is Taking a Little Time OffJust a few days.

By Caroline Bankoff

brian williams Feb. 6, 2015

NBC News President Sends Staff Memo Regarding Brian Williams ScandalNBC News president Deborah Turness sent a memo out to the staff addressing the scandal.

By Jessica Roy

brian williams Feb. 6, 2015

Pilot Who Defended Brian Williams Now Not Sure He Was the Pilot After AllNobody seems to remember exactly what happened.

By Jessica Roy

media Feb. 6, 2015

Did Brian Williams Exaggerate Stories From Hurricane Katrina?There are discrepancies in some of his oft-repeated stories.

By Margaret Hartmann

memory Feb. 5, 2015

Is It Possible Brian Williams Really ‘Misremembered’?Human memory is weird.

By Melissa Dahl

oops Feb. 5, 2015

Brian Williams Is Sorry That He Lied About Coming Under Fire in Iraq [Updated]A story he’s told repeatedly turned out to be less than accurate.

By Caroline Bankoff and Jessica Roy

Dec. 3, 2014

Jimmy Fallon and Brian Williams Slow Jam the Immigration NewsThe Tonight Show returned with a brand new installment of “Slow Jam the News” with Brian “Breezy Weezy” Williams last night, this time to cover […]

By Megh Wright

last night on late night Dec. 3, 2014

Watch Brian Williams Slow-Jam Obama’s Immigration News With Jimmy FallonPeter Pan Sr. gets political.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald

Nov. 8, 2014

Jerry Seinfeld Thinks He’s Slightly Autistic“Basic social engagement is really a struggle.”

By E. Alex Jung

family affair July 31, 2014

Brian Williams Reports His Daughter Allison’s Casting in Peter PanOn the NBC Nightly News.

By Anna Silman

last night on late night June 17, 2014

Jimmy Fallon Made Brian Williams Rap ‘Baby Got Back’ for YouAnother Tonight Show Brian Williams supercut.

By Jesse David Fox

spy games May 22, 2014

Brian Williams Lands Snowden InterviewThe NBC News anchor also interviewed Greenwald.

By Caroline Bankoff

last night on late night Apr. 22, 2014

Fallon Makes Brian Williams-‘Gin and Juice’ Mash-UpThen Fallon had him on to complain and use a lot of slang.

By Jesse David Fox

Apr. 22, 2014

Watch Brian Williams Rap ‘Gin and Juice’ on ‘The Tonight Show’NBC news anchor Brian Williams was a guest on The Tonight Show last night, and Fallon welcomed him back the only way he knows – by mashing up […]

By Megh Wright

mysteries Mar. 3, 2014

Why Is This Baby So Afraid of Brian Williams?He also doesn’t seem to like Kerry Kennedy.

By Caroline Bankoff

Feb. 20, 2014

Arsenio Hall and Brian Williams Have a 48-Hour Feud In a Monday Nightly News segment about late night hosts, Brian Williams presented a Brady Bunch-style graphic of hosts including Conan […]

By Megh Wright

July 30, 2013

Somebody at ‘Jimmy Fallon’ Made Brian Williams Rap Again Last month, Jimmy Fallon started airing clips of Brian Williams edited together to classic rap songs, which actually turned out to be a great […]

By Bradford Evans

June 6, 2013

Somebody at ‘Jimmy Fallon’ Edited Brian Williams Clips Together to Make […] I don’t know how much time went into editing this footage of newsman Brian Williams together to make it so he’s rapping Snoop Dogg’s “Nuthin’ […]

By Bradford Evans

media May 10, 2013

NBC Dumping Rock Center With Brian WilliamsCanceled.

last night on late night Mar. 27, 2013

Letterman Accused NBC of a Today Show Cover-UpPlus: An ear-cringing performance by Kid Cudi, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.

By Caroline Shin

slow jams Jan. 29, 2013