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Brian Williams (b. 1959) is an anchorman and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the flagship evening news program of the NBC television network. In 2007, Williams was listed among Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World.
Williams appeared on Sesame Street in a 2007 episode, announcing the word of the day, squid, in a special broadcast. Williams appeared on Sesame Street again in in a 2008 episode reporting for Sesame Street Nightly News.
When interviewing Elmo on The Bonnie Hunt Show in September 2008, Bonnie Hunt talked about her crush on Williams. This fact, a long-running joke on the show, would come up again when Elmo and Abby Cadabby appeared on the show in October 2008.