{"id":642932,"date":"2026-08-18T04:16:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/642932\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T04:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:16:25","slug":"abcs-livestreamed-news-show-is-powered-by-trending-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/642932\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC\u2019s livestreamed news show is powered by trending topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">ABC News has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detpress.com\/abcnews\/pressrelease\/abc-news-live-premieres-new-multiplatform-streaming-programming-on-disney-hulu-and-abc-news-live\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">officially introduced Searched<\/a>, a livestreamed show that highlights stories people are discussing on social media and searching on the web, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/abc-news-twist-live-stream-tv-news-gio-benitez-1236836209\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as reported earlier by Variety<\/a>. Though the network just announced the show now, Searched began airing on the ABC News Live streaming channel in April, which appears on both Disney Plus and Hulu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">In the press release, ABC News says Searched \u201cpulls real-time data from the top search engines and social media platforms to provide topical news for the audience.\u201d A recent episode of Searched highlighted an Illinois Powerball winner, NBA star Russell Westbrook\u2019s retirement, and Tropical Storm Lala. You can find a backlog of episodes on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLQOa26lW-uI_k3QB0OUxq9WpXi8sOUCTi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC News YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">ABC News is introducing the streaming-only segment as broadcast TV viewing <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/07\/broadcast-tv-slips-to-all-time-low-audience-nielsen-june-viewing-1236457577\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">continues to decline<\/a>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">growing number<\/a> of people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/cs\/features\/818380\/college-students-news-sources-tiktok-instagram-newsdaddy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">turn to social media<\/a> to get their news. The half-hour program is hosted by ABC News correspondents Gio Benitez and Ashan Singh, and has a new episode each weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Searched will appear alongside three other new shows on ABC News Live, including All Access with Linsey Davis, featuring interviews with celebrities, politicians, athletes, and influencers; Burden of Proof, which will highlight \u201cthe most talked-about trials\u201d; and Doctor\u2019s Note, a series focused on highlighting medical facts and health trends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ABC News has officially introduced Searched, a livestreamed show that highlights stories people are discussing on social media&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,19,17,5,826,128,7895],"class_list":["post-642932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-streaming","tag-tv","tag-tv-shows"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117114580975150589","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}