David Brinkley
Biography
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.
TV Shows(10)
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Self (archive footage)
The Seventies
Self
The Sixties
Self (archive footage)
This Week
Self
NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
Huntley-Brinkley Report
Himself
The Emmy Awards
Self