Thomas Edward Llamas is an American journalist who was the weekend anchor for World News Tonight on ABC from 2014 to 2021.
14 Facts About Tom Llamas
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Tom Llamas left ABC News for rival NBC News, with his last ABC broadcast being on January 31,2021.
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Tom Llamas was born in Miami, Florida, on July 2,1979, to Cuban immigrants who had fled the island as political refugees.
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Tom Llamas attended The Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami.
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Tom Llamas is a graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was a member of the LA Gamma chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
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Tom Llamas received bachelor's degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Drama and Speech which he completed in May 2001.
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Tom Llamas began his broadcasting career in 2000 with the NBC News Specials Unit and moved to MSNBC where he worked from 2000 to 2005 and covered mostly politics.
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Tom Llamas moved to New York and joined WNBC and NBC News in 2009 as general-assignment reporter and anchor.
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In 2015, Tom Llamas became the Sunday anchor of ABC World News Tonight.
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Tom Llamas became the sole weekend anchor in January 2017.
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Tom Llamas criticized the use by Jeb Bush and Donald Trump of the term "anchor baby" and was called a "sleaze" by Trump after questioning him about the amount of money he had donated to charity.
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In January 2021, it was reported that Tom Llamas would leave ABC News and return to NBC News.
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On March 28,2022, a rebroadcast of that evening's Top Story with Tom Llamas was added to NBC's overnight schedule on weeknights, replacing a replay of Todays fourth hour.
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Tom Llamas won an Emmy Award in 2013 for his coverage of Hurricane Irene.