Peter Jennings

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

36

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-07-29

Day of death

2005-08-07 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Peter Jennings

Biography

Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings CM was a Canadian-born American television journalist who served as the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005. Jennings was one of the "Big Three" news anchormen, along with Tom Brokaw of NBC and Dan Rather of CBS, who dominated American evening network news from the early 1980s until his death in 2005, which closely followed the retirements from anchoring evening news programs of Brokaw in 2004 and Rather in 2005.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Explained

    Explained

  • The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • JFK II: The Bush Connection

    JFK II: The Bush Connection

  • Reversing Roe

    Reversing Roe

  • The Nineties

    The Nineties

  • RBG

    RBG

  • King Bibi

    King Bibi

  • All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

    All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

  • JFK: Breaking the News

    JFK: Breaking the News

  • World News Tonight with David Muir

    World News Tonight with David Muir

  • Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer

    Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer

  • The Soul of America

    The Soul of America

  • The Reagan Show

    The Reagan Show

  • American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election

    American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election

  • Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

    Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

  • The Devil Next Door

    The Devil Next Door

  • Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy

    Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy

  • Dark Legacy

    Dark Legacy

  • Two Men at War

    Two Men at War

  • Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty

    Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty

  • A Line In The Sand War Or Peace With Peter Jennings

    A Line In The Sand War Or Peace With Peter Jennings

  • The Century: America's Time

    The Century: America's Time

  • The Last Party

    The Last Party

  • The Century

    The Century

  • Cola Wars

    Cola Wars

  • The In In Winter

    The In In Winter

  • In Winter

    In Winter

  • Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?

    Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?

  • Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped

    Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped

  • Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs - Seeing Is Believing

    Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs - Seeing Is Believing

  • Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus

    Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus