Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings (1938–2005) was a Canadian-born American television journalist who anchored ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death.

David Brinkley: An American television journalist who co-anchored NBC's Huntley–Brinkley Report and later hosted This Week. Brinkley was a leading rival-era network anchor whose career helps place Jennings among television news's most visible figures.
Iran hostage crisis: A 444-day diplomatic crisis in which Iranian militants held 52 Americans at the United States embassy in Tehran. Jennings reported from Tehran during the crisis, building a reputation for sustained international coverage.
ABC World News Tonight: ABC's flagship evening television newscast, launched in 1978 under the name World News Tonight. This broadcast was Jennings's principal platform and the central institution of his career.
NBC Nightly News: NBC's flagship evening television newscast, broadcast since 1970. Its audience and anchor competed directly with Jennings's ABC broadcast.
Tom Brokaw: An American television journalist who anchored NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. Brokaw anchored a competing network newscast during much of Jennings's tenure.
Fall of the Berlin Wall: The opening and subsequent dismantling of the Berlin Wall in 1989, ending the division of East and West Berlin. Jennings reported from Berlin as the wall opened, one of his defining live-news assignments.
Television news in the United States: The production and broadcasting of news programs for television audiences in the United States. Jennings's long anchor tenure reflects television news's role in shaping shared public attention.
CBS Evening News: CBS's flagship evening television newscast, first broadcast in 1948. The program was the other major rival to Jennings's newscast during his anchor years.
Dan Rather: An American television journalist who anchored the CBS Evening News from 1981 to 2005. Rather was Jennings's other principal rival in the network evening-news era.
September 11 attacks: A series of coordinated terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001. Jennings anchored ABC's extensive coverage, including broadcasts that continued through the night.

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