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In 1981, after he had served as anchor of  [[NBC Nightly News]], ABC asked pioneer reporter [[David Brinkley]] to join their network as anchor for their new program, ''This Week''. Brinkley accepted the job and asked [[conservative]], [[George Will]], to join him on his new program, ''This Week with David Brinkley''. To counterweight the conservative Will, [[ABC]] hired [[liberal]] reporter [[Sam Donaldson]] to join the program also.  

In 1981, after he had served as anchor of  [[NBC Nightly News]], ABC asked pioneer reporter [[David Brinkley]] to join their network as anchor for their new program, ''This Week''. Brinkley accepted the job and asked [[conservative]], [[George Will]], to join him on his new program, ''This Week with David Brinkley''. To counterweight the conservative Will, [[ABC]] hired [[liberal]] reporter [[Sam Donaldson]] to join the program also.  

After Brinkley’s retirement in 1996, Sam Donaldson and ABC correspondent [[Cookie Roberts]] shared the positions as co-moderator. Following the [[Columbia shuttle]] tragedy in 2002, liberal George Stephanopoulos to the anchor role.

After Brinkley’s retirement in 1996, Sam Donaldson and ABC correspondent [[Cookie Roberts]] shared the positions as co-moderator. Following the [[Columbia shuttle]] tragedy in 2002, [[George Stephanopoulos]] took over as the show's anchor.

==Moderators==

==Moderators==