Jonathan Karl is ABC News chief Washington correspondent and co-anchor of This Week with George Stephanopoulos. He is also the President of the White House Correspondents' Association and author of the forthcoming book "Front Row at the Trump Show" (March 2020). Karl has broad experience covering U.S. politics, foreign policy and the military, and has reported from more than 30 countries. His reporting drives news cycles and has been recognized with some of the most prestigious honors in journalism, including the Walter Cronkite Award for National Individual Achievement and the National Press Foundation's Everett McKinley Dirksen Award, the highest honor for Congressional reporting. He is also one of the few journalists to win the Radio and TV Correspondents' Association's Joan Shorenstein Barone Award for excellence in Washington-based reporting twice, in 2010 and 2015. He won an Emmy® Award for coverage of the 2009 Inauguration of President Barack Obama. Karl was named The Tyndall Report's most used reporter in 2017 and 2018, logging more airtime than any other network reporter for the first two years of the Trump presidency. Karl has covered every major beat in Washington, including the White House, Capitol Hill, the Pentagon and the State Department. He's reported from the White House under four presidents and more than a dozen press secretaries. Karl has covered seven presidential elections. During the 2016 cycle, he did the first network interview with Donald Trump, the first interview with Bernie Sanders as a presidential candidate and a rare, exclusive interview with the reclusive billionaire Charles Koch. Before his current post, Karl served as ABC's senior political correspondent, covering national political news, including presidential politics and Congress. In his 15 years in Washington, Karl earned a reputation as a fierce government watchdog for his aggressive investigations of government waste. Karl joined ABC News in January 2003 as the network's senior foreign affairs correspondent covering the State Department. He traveled around the world with Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice. In December 2005, Karl was named senior national security correspondent. He reported extensively on the situation in Darfur, Sudan, visiting the war-torn country three times in 2005, and earning an Emmy nomination for his reporting. Karl has interviewed singer Elton John, Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera, singer and actress Barbra Streisand, Pete Townshend of "The Who," actor George Clooney, baseball legend Ernie Banks, Yoko Ono, the Dalai Lama, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, singer/songwriter James Taylor and other leading figures in sports and popular culture. Before joining ABC News, he served as a congressional correspondent for CNN. Karl graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie.
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Cast Credits
ABC News Live Weekend (2024)
Guest starring as Correspondent
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x35: Episode 35 (Nov 10, 2024)
- Episode 1x33: Episode 33 (Nov 3, 2024)
- Episode 1x31: Episode 31 (Oct 27, 2024)
- Episode 1x16: Episode 16 (Sep 8, 2024)
Inside with Jen Psaki (2023)
Guest starring as Jonathan Karl
- Episode 2024-01-08: Episode 2 (Jan 8, 2024)
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Jonathan Karl
(6 episodes)
- Episode 3x80: Jonathan Karl, Rachel Scott, Marjorie Ingall, Tom Papa (Jan 3, 2023)
- Episode 3x70: Jonathan Karl, Bobbi Wilson, Monique Joseph, Alex Cooper, Shaggy (Dec 19, 2022)
- Episode 3x30: Rick Klein, Katie Hobbs, Kari Lake, Jonathan Karl, Devin Dwyer, Whit Johnson, Libby Cathey (Oct 21, 2022)
- Episode 2x314: Rep. John Katko, Jonathan Karl, Marie Osmond (Dec 7, 2021)
- Episode 2x312: Michael Tubbs, Jonathan Karl, Samuel Rodriguez, Julie Bowen (Dec 3, 2021)
- Episode 2x131: Jonathan Karl (Mar 24, 2021)
Guest starring as Reporter
- Episode 4x45: Father Edward Beck, Earl Martin Phalen, Tech N9ne (Nov 17, 2023)
Guest starring as Correspondent
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x253: Natasha Rothwell, Conrad Ricamora, Venus Williams (Sep 9, 2024)
- Episode 4x208: Ernie Hudson (Jul 8, 2024)
Deadline: White House (2017)
Guest starring as Jonathan Karl
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2023-11-13: Episode 221 (Nov 13, 2023)
- Episode 2023-11-02: Episode 214 (Nov 2, 2023)
- Episode 2023-10-06: Episode 195 (Oct 6, 2023)
- Episode 2023-08-21: Episode 162 (Aug 21, 2023)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Jonathan Karl
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2023-11-16: Jonathan Karl, Maria Bamford (Nov 16, 2023)
- Episode 2021-11-08: Jonathan Karl, Brandi Carlile (Nov 8, 2021)
- Episode 2020-03-31: Stephen Colbert from home, with Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Karl, John Prine (Mar 31, 2020)
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (2014)
Guest starring as Correspondent
(12 episodes)
- Episode 2024-11-21: Episode 310 (Nov 21, 2024)
- Episode 2024-11-20: Episode 309 (Nov 20, 2024)
- Episode 2024-11-04: Episode 295 (Nov 4, 2024)
- Episode 2024-11-03: Episode 294 (Nov 3, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-27: Episode 288 (Oct 27, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-22: Episode 284 (Oct 22, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-08: Episode 272 (Oct 8, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-15: Episode 252 (Sep 15, 2024)
- Episode 2024-08-21: Episode 230 (Aug 21, 2024)
- Episode 2024-08-10: Episode 219 (Aug 10, 2024)
- Episode 2024-08-05: Episode 214 (Aug 5, 2024)
- Episode 2024-07-22: Episode 200 (Jul 22, 2024)
All In with Chris Hayes (2013)
Guest starring as Jonathan Karl
- Episode 2023-12-22: Episode 225 (Dec 22, 2023)
Morning Joe (2006)
Guest starring as Jonathan Karl
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2024-01-08: Episode 5 (Jan 8, 2024)
- Episode 2023-12-18: Episode 251 (Dec 18, 2023)
- Episode 2023-11-14: Episode 227 (Nov 14, 2023)
The View (1997)
Guest starring as Jonathan Karl
(7 episodes)
- Episode 28x46: Jonathan Karl (Nov 5, 2024)
- Episode 27x119: Jonathan Karl, Chelsea Peretti (Mar 6, 2024)
- Episode 27x83: Jonathan Karl (Jan 16, 2024)
- Episode 27x51: Jonathan Karl (Nov 14, 2023)
- Episode 27x09: Jonathan Karl (Sep 15, 2023)
- Episode 24x42: 2020-11-04 (Nov 4, 2020)
- Episode 24x19: Anthony Anderson, Jonathan Karl (Oct 2, 2020)
Good Morning America: Weekend Edition (1993)
Guest starring as Correspondent
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2024-11-10: November 10, 2024 (Nov 10, 2024)
- Episode 2024-11-03: November 3, 2024 (Nov 3, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-27: October 27, 2024 (Oct 27, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-22: September 22, 2024 (Sep 22, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-08: September 8, 2024 (Sep 8, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-01: September 1, 2024 (Sep 1, 2024)
- Episode 2024-08-18: August 18, 2024 (Aug 18, 2024)
This Week (1981)
Starring as Co-Anchor
(37 episodes)
- Episode 2024-11-10: Vivek Ramaswamy, Charlamagne tha God (Nov 10, 2024)
- Episode 2024-11-03: November 3, 2024 (Nov 3, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-27: Sen. Lindsey Graham, Dan Osborn, Mark Cuban (Oct 27, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-08: Liz Cheney, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Sep 8, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-01: Sen. Lindsey Graham, Gov. Jared Polis (Sep 1, 2024)
- Episode 2024-08-25: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Tom Cotton (Aug 25, 2024)
- Episode 2024-08-11: Sen. JD Vance, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Aug 11, 2024)
- Episode 2024-06-30: Sen. Chris Coons, Steve Bannon, Dr. Anthony Fauci (Jun 30, 2024)
- Episode 2024-06-16: Sec. Janet Yellen, Sen. Tim Scott (Jun 16, 2024)
- Episode 2024-05-05: Sen. Tom Cotton, Mayor Eric Adams, Lina Khan (May 5, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-21: Rep. Michael McCaul, Rep. Ro Khanna, Stephen Breyer (Apr 21, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-24: V.P. Kamala Harris, Sen. Marco Rubio, Ken Buck (Mar 24, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-03: Sen. Chris Murphy, Sen. Mike Rounds, José Andrés (Mar 3, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-18: Nikki Haley, Gov. Josh Shapiro, Charlamagne tha God (Feb 18, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-11: PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Sen. Chris Coons, Gov. Brian Kemp (Feb 11, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-14: Gov. Ron DeSantis, Gov. Jay Pritzker (Jan 14, 2024)
- Episode 2023-12-31: Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson, Sarah Matthews (Dec 31, 2023)
- Episode 2023-12-17: Nikki Haley, Gov. Chris Sununu, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (Dec 17, 2023)
- Episode 2023-11-26: Jake Sullivan, Rep. Ro Khanna, Chris Christie (Nov 26, 2023)
- Episode 2023-11-12: Jake Sullivan, Gov. Wes Moore, Rep. Mike Lawler, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (Nov 12, 2023)
- Episode 2023-10-22: Sec. Lloyd Austin, Rep. Michael McCaul, Cindy McCain (Oct 22, 2023)
- Episode 2023-10-01: Shalanda Young, Rep. Matt Gaetz, Rep. Mike Lawler (Oct 1, 2023)
- Episode 2023-09-17: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Rep. Nancy Mace, Cindy McCain (Sep 17, 2023)
- Episode 2023-09-10: Sec. Antony Blinken, Gov. Chris Sununu, Sen. Chris Coons, Dr. Anthony Fauci (Sep 10, 2023)
- Episode 2023-08-20: Mike Pence, Deanne Criswell, Preet Bharara (Aug 20, 2023)
- Episode 2023-08-13: Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chris Christie, Gabriel Sterling (Aug 13, 2023)
- Episode 2023-07-30: Gov. Chris Sununu, Rep. Dan Goldman, Matthew McConaughey (Jul 30, 2023)
- Episode 2023-07-02: Mike Pence, Rep. Ro Khanna (Jul 2, 2023)
- Episode 2023-06-25: Sec. Antony Blinken, Chris Christie, Will Hurd (Jun 25, 2023)
- Episode 2023-06-18: Asa Hutchinson, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (Jun 18, 2023)
- Episode 2023-05-14: Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas, Rep. Michael McCaul (May 14, 2023)
- Episode 2023-04-16: Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Gov. Wes Moore (Apr 16, 2023)
- Episode 2023-04-09: Bill Barr, Jim Trusty, Rob Manfred (Apr 9, 2023)
- Episode 2023-03-19: Mike Pence; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mar 19, 2023)
- Episode 2023-02-05: Sec. Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Marco Rubio, Gov. Chris Sununu (Feb 5, 2023)
- Episode 2023-01-15: Rep. Adam Schiff, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Rep. Don Bacon (Jan 15, 2023)
- Episode 2023-01-01: Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Rep. Max Frost (Jan 1, 2023)
Guest starring as Correspondent
- Episode 2023-12-10: Sec. Antony Blinken, Liz Cheney (Dec 10, 2023)
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Jonathan Karl
- Episode 2023-11-13: Ariana DeBose, Stephanie Ramos, Jonathan Karl, Swizz Beatz (Nov 13, 2023)
Guest starring as Correspondent
(17 episodes)
- Episode 2024-11-22: Anna Francese Gass, Denzel Washington (Nov 22, 2024)
- Episode 2024-11-21: Angelina Jolie, Jaleel White (Nov 21, 2024)
- Episode 2024-11-14: Chef Carla Hall, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps (Nov 14, 2024)
- Episode 2024-11-07: Chef Caroline Chambers (Nov 7, 2024)
- Episode 2024-11-06: Chef Dan Pashman (Nov 6, 2024)
- Episode 2024-11-04: Carrie Ann Inaba (Nov 4, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-28: John David Washington, Malcolm Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Audra McDonald (Oct 28, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-24: David Greenberg, Dr. Jessica Shepherd (Oct 24, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-23: Tom Holland, Dan Hurley, Pat Houston, Marty Callner (Oct 23, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-16: Zachary Pozniak, Jerry Pozniak, Brian Jordan Alvarez (Oct 16, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-09: Goldie Hawn, Sheryl Lee Ralph (Oct 9, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-02: Patrice Jetter, Ted Passon, Peter Krause, Reesa Teesa, Pepe Aguilar (Oct 2, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-18: Colin Farrell, Lucas Bravo, Darren Star, Joan Vassos, Demi Lovato (Sep 18, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-11: Jeff Bridges, Kaitlin Olson, DeMar DeRozan (Sep 11, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-10: Matthew McConaughey, Livvy Dunne, Lauren Sánchez (Sep 10, 2024)
- Episode 2024-08-29: Johnathon Schaech, Scottie Scheffler (Aug 29, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-16: Huey Lewis (Apr 16, 2024)
ABC News Special Report (1972)
Guest starring as Correspondent
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2024-11-05: Election Night 2024: Your Voice/Your Vote (Nov 5, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-01: Race for the White House (Oct 1, 2024)
- Episode 2024-07-21: Biden Stands Down: Race For the White House (Jul 21, 2024)
- Episode 2024-06-27: Race for the White House (Jun 27, 2024)
Guest starring as Anchor
- Episode 2024-09-10: Pre-Debate Special: Race for the White House (Sep 10, 2024)