"ABC Evening News" (1953) TV series 1953-????

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Directors:

Roger Goodman
Eric Siegel

Seasons:

unknown

Genre:

News

Plot:

From the 60's to the 90's, the three major networks were, for the most part, the only source for national and international news...

Plot Keywords:

Acronym In Title | Non Fiction

Awards:

6 wins & 3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Oct. 8	6:30 PM	ABC
Thur. Oct. 9	6:30 PM	ABC

Cast

Martha Raddatz	...	Herself - Correspondent / ... (8 episodes, 2000-2004)
Jim Sciutto	...	Himself - Correspondent / ... (7 episodes, 2000-2007)
Sajjan Gohel	...	Himself (6 episodes, 2004-2007)
Steve Aveson	...	Himself - Correspondent (5 episodes, 2000)
John Kiriakou	...	Himself (5 episodes, 2007-2008)
Elizabeth Vargas	...	Herself - Co-Anchor / ... (4 episodes, 2000-2006)
Mike Von Fremd	...	Himself - Correspondent / ... (4 episodes, 1986-2000)
John McWethy	...	Himself - Correspondent (4 episodes, 1997-2000)
John Yang	...	Himself - Correspondent / ... (4 episodes, 2000-2003)
Liz Cho	...	Herself - Correspondent (3 episodes, 2000)
Jonathan Karl	...	Reporter / ... (3 episodes, 2004)
Carole Simpson	...	Herself - Anchor (2 episodes, 1988-2003)
Charles Gibson	...	Himself (2 episodes, 1998-2007)
Hilary Brown	...	Herself - Correspondent / ... (2 episodes, 2000-2004)
Aaron Brown	...	Himself - Anchor (2 episodes, 2000)
Andrea McCarren	...	Herself - Correspondent (2 episodes, 2000)
Steve Osunsami	...	Himself - Correspondent (2 episodes, 2000)
Bill Redeker	...	Himself - Correspondent (2 episodes, 2000)
Brian Rooney	...	Himself - Correspondent (2 episodes, 2000)
Kate Snow	...	Herself (2 episodes, 2004-2006)
David Wright	...	Himself / ... (2 episodes, 2004-2006)
Mark Kimmitt	...	Himself - Coalition Dep Dir for Operations / ... (2 episodes, 2004)
Mike Lee	...	Himself / ... (2 episodes, 2004)
Nick Watt	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2007)
Sarah Palin	...	Herself (2 episodes, 2008)

Also Known As:

ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (USA) (long new title)
ABC World News with Charles Gibson (USA) (new title)
ABC WorldNews Tonight (USA) (new title)
Peter Jennings with the News (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

ABC News

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-09-12)" (2008)

I always thought that Peter Jennings was the best of the "big three"

Of the "big three" anchors of the '80s and '90s, it always seemed like Peter Jennings was the most intellectual. Hard to believe that in his 22 years as anchor, he covered the collapse of the Soviet bloc and later September 11. As I understand it, early criticism of him came because of his more circumspect approach to certain topics than other anchors (or maybe it was just because he was Canadian).

Still, from what I've heard, it would have been good to see "ABC Evening News" during the Vietnam War and hear John Chancellor's indictment of that war. I remember when Peter Jennings showed the 25th anniversary of the modern broadcast's first airing (they reported on the trial of some Soviet Jews): John Chancellor correctly identified that the USSR was dooming itself to failure.

But no matter. Had Peter Jennings survived a few more weeks, he could have covered Hurricane Katrina. I had never known that he smoked. But a radio station noted that he reported on anti-war protests when the US invaded Iraq, so you gotta give him credit for that.

So, for all it's flaws, I recommend this news show.