David Brinkley

David Brinkley

David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997. From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top rated nightly news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, with Chet Huntley and thereafter appeared as co-anchor or commentator on its successor, NBC Nightly News, through the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley was host of the popular Sunday This Week with David Brinkley program and a top commentator on election night coverage for ABC News. Over the course of his career, Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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TV Series

NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News

6.2
The Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards

7.875
Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

7
Huntley-Brinkley Report

Huntley-Brinkley Report

9.333
The Seventies

The Seventies

7.364
The Sixties

The Sixties

7.389
Whose Vote Counts, Explained

Whose Vote Counts, Explained

6.5

Movies

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

6.5
Gunsmith of Williamsburg

Gunsmith of Williamsburg

5.2
4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

7.261
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

7.2
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

7.1
Agnelli

Agnelli

7.5
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

0
All Power to the People!

All Power to the People!

5.8
Powaqqatsi

Powaqqatsi

7.28
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

5.833