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.
Awards & recognition
- Disney Legends · 2006
- News and Documentary Emmy Awards · 2006
- Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award · 2004
- Weintal Prize — Diplomatic Reporting · 2001
- News and Documentary Emmy Awards · 2000
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- Weintal Prize — Diplomatic Reporting · 1991
- George Polk Award · 1990
- Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
- Member of the Order of Canada
- Peabody Awards
- Television Hall of Fame
Filmography20 titles
Cola Wars
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Explained
RBG
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer
Reversing Roe
King Bibi
The Nineties
World News Tonight with David Muir
The Reagan Show
The Daily Show
Murder in Monaco
The Soul of America
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer
The White House Effect
Great Performances
Dark Legacy
Two Men at War