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Daniel Abrams (born May 20, 1966) is an American media entrepreneur, television host, and author. He is currently the host of On Patrol: Live on Reelz, and The Dan Abrams Show: Where Politics Meets The Law on SiriusXM’s P.O.T.U.S. channel. He is also the Chief Legal Analyst of ABC News. In 2021, he became the host of the primetime show Dan Abrams Live on NewsNation, which had its last episode in February 2025.
Abrams was the host of Live PD on the A&E cable network and created and hosts Court Cam, a Law & Crime production on A&E. He was formerly an anchor of Nightline. Abrams also worked as the chief legal correspondent and analyst for NBC News and general manager of MSNBC and was a substitute anchor for the same network.
Abrams was born and raised in Manhattan, New York City; he is Jewish, one of two children of Efrat Abrams and Floyd Abrams, a First Amendment lawyer. His younger sister, Ronnie Abrams, is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Abrams received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Duke University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.
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