ABC News Live is packing its flagship primetime newscast with an eclectic slate the week of June 9, weaving in celebrity interviews, longform investigations, and boots-on-the-ground fieldwork—all designed to cement ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis as appointment viewing in the streaming-first news landscape.
Headlining Monday’s lineup are actor-author Jeff Hiller, promoting his new memoir Actress of a Certain Age, and breakout alt-pop artist Gigi Perez, whose single Sailor Song is climbing digital charts.
The week’s tentpole segments land Tuesday and Wednesday via Matt Gutman, who embeds with the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights in a two-part “Prime Focus” that starts with a live skydive and follows through to an immersive deep dive at the Army’s elite future-soldiers training camp.
Comedy gets a pulse check Tuesday with rising stand-up Atsuko Okatsuka, whose special Atsuko Okatsuka: Father has kept her tour calendar packed since dropping on Max.
By midweek, Nick Mohammed brings some franchise heat with an appearance tied to his latest project Deep Cover. With Ted Lasso now behind him, Mohammed’s next act is getting early critical attention, giving Live Prime a timely exclusivity play.
Thursday brings the most layered programming: indie frontwoman Lili Trifilio (Beach Bunny) joins to talk new album Tunnel Vision, while viral content analyst Madeline Bennett anchors a “TikTalk” segment mapping social trends. But the episode’s core is a high-impact “Prime Focus” from Steve Osunsami investigating deteriorating living conditions in U.S. military housing—a segment with policy and Pentagon relevance.
ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis airs weeknights at 7:00 PM EDT on ABC News Live, which streams across Disney+, Hulu, and YouTube TV. The Emmy-winning broadcast continues to lean into a hybrid model—mixing access, advocacy, and pop-culture relevancy—to pull in a younger, digitally native news viewer.
