Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings

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.

  • Title: Peter Jennings
  • Popularity: 4.141
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1938-07-29
  • Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Peter Jennings Movies

  • 1992
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    Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
    Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

    7.53 1992 HD

    A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Noam Chomsky

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  • 2005
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    Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs - Seeing Is Believing
    Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs - Seeing Is Believing

    8 2005 HD

    UFOs: Seeing Is Believing is a two-hour American television special documentary film that aired on ABC on February 24, 2005. The program is narrated...

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    Cast: Peter Jennings

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  • 1995
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    Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped
    Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped

    1 1995 HD

    Peter Jennings takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Truman administration and the events that led to the atomic bombing of Japan in 1945. Includes...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Jennings

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  • 1993
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    The Last Party
    The Last Party

    4.2 1993 HD

    A youthful perspective on the 1992 presidential campaign with a witty, cautionary message to young Americans to start participating in democracy or...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Robert Downey Jr.

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  • 2016
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    All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
    All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

    7.6 2016 HD

    Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: I. F. Stone

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  • 2017
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    The Reagan Show
    The Reagan Show

    6.3 2017 HD

    Comprised entirely of archival footage taken during those pre-reality-television years, The Reagan Show looks at how Ronald Reagan redefined the look...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ronald Reagan

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  • 2000
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    Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus
    Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus

    8 2000 HD

    A serious news documentary examining the authenticity of the events in the life of Jesus.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Jennings

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  • 2020
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    The Soul of America
    The Soul of America

    5.4 2020 HD

    Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers his timely and invaluable insights into the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jon Meacham

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  • 2019
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    Cola Wars
    Cola Wars

    7.5 2019 HD

    Traces the long and ferocious rivalry between Coke and Pepsi, centered on the "New Coke" debacle of 1985. For almost a hundred years, Coke had been...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Rob Baskin

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  • 2004
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    American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election
    American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election

    5 2004 HD

    In Alex Jones' 11th feature documentary, made in 2004, Alex documents the major candidates in the staged 2004 United States presidential election.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Jennings

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  • 2022
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    Two Men at War
    Two Men at War

    5 2022 HD

    As the war between Russia and Ukraine rages, this George Stephanopoulos documentary pulls back the curtain on the rise of the two men at the center...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: George Stephanopoulos

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  • 2018
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    Reversing Roe
    Reversing Roe

    7.3 2018 HD

    Documentary that delves deep into the history of abortion law, revealing the contradictory ways in which women's bodies have been used to further...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Donna Howard

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  • 2009
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    Dark Legacy
    Dark Legacy

    5.6 2009 HD

    The death of John Kennedy is viewed through another angle in this conspiracy-themed film defending the theory that George Herbert Walker Bush was a...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Jennings

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  • 2018
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    King Bibi
    King Bibi

    7.1 2018 HD

    Twenty years before the spectacle of Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu already understood the political benefits of a toxic relationship with the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Alon Abutbul

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  • 2003
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    JFK II: The Bush Connection
    JFK II: The Bush Connection

    6 2003 HD

    Four part documentary about JFK's murder, and who had reasons and means to do it, and to escape. - Part 1: History is written by the winners. Part 2:...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: John F. Kennedy

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  • 2003
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    Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy
    Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy

    6.4 2003 HD

    Forty years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, more than 80% of Americans still believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone. This...

    Genre: History

    Cast: John F. Kennedy

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  • 1967
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    The In In Winter
    The In In Winter

    1 1967 HD

    Peter Jennings tells us about the hip new sport that all the ladies love - snowmobiling!

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Jennings

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  • 1967
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    In Winter
    In Winter

    1 1967 HD

    Peter Jennings instructs the viewer on some of the finer points of snowmobile racing, especially how it will help you be "in with the in-crowd."

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Jennings

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  • 2018
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    RBG
    RBG

    7.463 2018 HD

    Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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  • 2006
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    The Tony Danza Show
    The Tony Danza Show

    6.1 2006 HD

    The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television.

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Tony Danza

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  • 2024
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    The Daily Show
    The Daily Show

    6.311 2024 HD

    The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

    Genre: News

    Cast:

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  • 2013
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    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    5.378 2013 HD

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and...

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Jay Leno

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  • 2002
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    The Rosie O'Donnell Show
    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    3.2 2002 HD

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six...

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Rosie O'Donnell

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  • 2024
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    Great Performances
    Great Performances

    4.933 2024 HD

    The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bray Poor

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  • 2021
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    Explained
    Explained

    7.5 2021 HD

    This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2017
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    The Nineties
    The Nineties

    7.1 2017 HD

    Hit rewind and explore the most iconic moments and influential people of The Nineties, the decade that gave us the Internet, DVDs, and other cultural...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2021
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    ABC World News Tonight With David Muir
    ABC World News Tonight With David Muir

    6.8 2021 HD

    ABC World News is the flagship daily evening television news program of ABC News, the news division of the American Broadcasting Company television...

    Genre: News

    Cast: David Muir

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  • 1999
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    The Century: America's Time
    The Century: America's Time

    8 1999 HD

    The Century: America's Time is a 15-part series of documentaries produced by the American Broadcasting Company on the 20th century and the rise of...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Jennings

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  • 1999
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    The Century
    The Century

    1 1999 HD

    Pivotal factors and people shape the 20th century.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Jennings

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