In March 2011, Abrams left NBC to become the Chief Legal Analyst for ABC News and a substitute anchor on "Good Morning America". ABC announced in June 2013 that Abrams would become the network's Chief Legal Affairs Anchor, as well as an anchor of "Nightline". He stepped down from his full time role as "Nightline" anchor in December 2014 to focus on his expanding media businesses and returned to his freelance role as the network's Chief Legal Analyst. In 2020, The Poynter Report described Abrams as the "go-to analyst on legal affairs."