ABC News Hosts Biden Town Hall Oct. 15

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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George Stephanopoulos moderates in Philadelphia

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ABC will host a town hall with Joe Biden, former vice president and the Democratic presidential nominee, Oct. 15. George Stephanopoulos, chief anchor at ABC News, will moderate. The event happens in Philadelphia during primetime. 

President Trump and Biden were scheduled to debate Oct. 15 in Miami, but Trump’s COVID-19 issues appear to have cancelled the event. The Commission on Presidential Debates proposed a remote debate that night, but Trump dismissed the idea as “ridiculous.”

ABC News senior executive producer Marc Burstein is the executive producer of the town hall. 

NBC News hosted a primetime Biden town hall Oct. 5. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.