Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings

Acting • Born 1938-07-29 • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Filmography

The Daily Show 6.4
The Daily Show
1996 • Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Self
Great Performances 5.8
Great Performances
1971 • Host
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
No Image
6.1
The Tony Danza Show
2004 • Self
Explained 7.5
Explained
2018 • Self (archive footage)
The Nineties 6.9
The Nineties
2017 • Self (archive footage)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show 3.9
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 • Self
World News Tonight with David Muir 6.0
World News Tonight with David Muir
1948 • Self - Anchor
The Devil Next Door 7.1
The Devil Next Door
2019 • Self(archive footage)
RBG 7.5
RBG
2018 • Self (archive footage)
Two Men at War 5.0
Two Men at War
2022 • Self (archive footage)
Murder in Monaco 6.3
Murder in Monaco
2025 • Self - News Anchor (archive footage)
Cola Wars 7.8
Cola Wars
2019 • Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004 • Self (archive footage)
King Bibi 7.1
King Bibi
2018 • Self (archive footage)
The Last Party 4.9
The Last Party
1993 • Self
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone 7.2
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016 • Self (archive footage)
Reversing Roe 7.3
Reversing Roe
2018 • Self (archive footage)
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer 7.0
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer
2024 • Self - News Anchor (archive footage)
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003 • Self
The White House Effect 5.7
The White House Effect
2024 • Self (archive footage)
American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election 5.4
American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election
2004 • Self (archive footage)
The Soul of America 6.3
The Soul of America
2020 • Self (archive footage)
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer 5.9
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer
2024 • Self (archive footage)
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
2003 • Narrator (voice)
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media 7.6
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
1992 • Self (uncredited)
JFK II: The Bush Connection 7.0
JFK II: The Bush Connection
2003 • Self - ABC News Reporter
Dark Legacy 5.6
Dark Legacy
2009 • Self (archive footage)
The Reagan Show 6.5
The Reagan Show
2017 • Self (archive footage)
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