What is Elizabeth Vargas famous for?

Elizabeth Anne Vargas is an American television journalist who is the lead investigative reporter/documentary anchor for A&E Networks, and the host for Fox’s revival of America’s Most Wanted.

She began her new position on May 28, 2018, after being an anchor of ABC’s television newsmagazine 20/20 and ABC News specials for the previous 14 years. In 2006 Vargas was co-anchor of World News Tonight alongside ABC News journalist Bob Woodruff.

She broadcast her first A&E Investigates series, Cults & Extreme Belief, in May 2018. The Untold Story, a series focusing on the untold stories of influential people and events, premiered in April 2019. In January 2021, it was confirmed that Vargas would host a revival of America’s Most Wanted on Fox, which premiered on March 15, 2021.

Vargas is now the anchor of News Cafe on A&E’s FYI Network. On September 19, 2022, Vargas will guest anchor NewsNation Prime during the week until September 23, 2022.

What is Elizabeth Vargas famous for?

Elizabeth Vargas is famous for being a co-anchor of the ABC (American Broadcasting Company) news programs World News Tonight and 20/20. Vargas departed NBC in 1996 to join ABC, where in 1997 she was named a correspondent for 20/20 and Primetime Thursday.

During this time she also filled a number of swing roles for the network, including coanchor of Primetime Monday and substitute anchor for Good Morning America.

In addition to her regular reporting duties, Vargas anchored numerous news specials, including an award-winning documentary series, I.C.U.: Arkansas Children’s Hospital, which aired in 2002.

From 1999 to 2002 she anchored the debut series 20/20 Downtown, and she then joined 20/20 as a co-anchor in 2004. In 2005 she became one of the most prominent reporters in the United States as a co-anchor of World News Tonight. 

In 2016 she published Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction, in which she detailed her struggles with alcoholism. Vargas left ABC in 2018 and subsequently joined A&E Networks as host of A&E Investigates. Three years later she began hosting America’s Most Wanted on Fox; the show sought to catch fugitives.