Peter Jennings Biography (1938-)

Full name, Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings; born July 29, 1938, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; immigrated to the United States, 1964, naturalized citizen, 2003; son of Charles (a broadcast journalist and television executive)and Elizabeth (maiden name, Osborne) Jennings; married Annie Malouf (divorced); married Valerie Godsoe (divorced); married Kati Marton (a writer and former news bureau chief in Bonn, West Germany), 1979 (divorced, 1993); married Kayce Freed (a television producer), December 6, 1997; children: (third marriage) Elizabeth, Christopher. Addresses: Contact: c/o ABC Television (NY), 30 West 67th St., 9th Floor, New York, NY 10023; c/o 7 West 66th St., New York, NY 10023.

Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Television journalist
Birth Details: July 29, 1938; Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Co-anchor, CTV National News, CTV, 1962-1964
Correspondent, ABC News, ABC, 1964
Co-anchor, ABC Evening News, ABC, 1965-1968
Host, A.M. America, ABC, 1975
Chief foreign correspondent, ABC News, ABC, 1975-1978
London anchor, World News Tonight, ABC, 1978-1983
Anchor, World News Tonight (also known as ABC WorldNews Tonight), ABC, 1983-
We the People, ABC, 1987
Host and narrator, The AIDS Quality, PBS, 1989
Anchor, Turning Point, ABC, 1994
Anchor, ABC News Saturday Night, ABC, 1998
Host and narrator, The Century: America's Time, History Channel, 1999
Host and narrator, The Century, ABC, 1999
Anchor, America.01, ABC, 2001
Also appeared as anchor, Capital to Capital; host, Let's Face It, CBC; host, Time Out, CBC.
Miniseries
Reporter, The Century, ABC, 1999
Specials
Correspondent, ABC News Close-up on the Consumer Offensive: Who Speaksfor the People?, ABC, 1975
Correspondent, ABC News Close-up on Food: The Crisis of Price, ABC, 1975
Making the News, ABC, 1985
Anchor, 45/85, ABC, 1985
Host, Liberty Weekend Preview, ABC, 1986
Commentator, Liberty Weekend, ABC, 1986
Narrator, At a Loss for Words ... Illiterate in America, ABC, 1986
Anchor, After the Sexual Revolution, ABC, 1986
Host and narrator, We the People, PBS, 1987
Anchor, The Summit in America, ABC, 1987
Ronald Reagan, ABC, 1987
Questions of Policy, Questions of War, ABC, 1987
Anchor, The Pope in America, ABC, 1987
Panelist, In the Face of Terrorism, PBS, 1987
Anchor, A Celebration of Citizenship, ABC, 1987
Host (United States), Capital to Capital, ABC, 1987
Anchor, The Blessings of Liberty, 1987
Host, The Alfred I. Dupont/Columbia University Awards, PBS, 1987
Moderator, Violence in a Tube, ABC, 1988
Cohost, "Opening Ceremonies," The 1988 Winter Olympic Games, ABC,1988
Anchor, Drugs: Why This Plague?, ABC, 1988
Anchor, Drugs: A Plague upon the Land, ABC, 1988
Anchor, The '88 Vote: Election Night, ABC, 1988
Host, JFK Remembered, 1988
The Politics of Privacy, PBS, 1988
Campaign: The Prime-Time President, PBS, 1988
The Television Academy Hall of Fame, ABC, 1989
Host, Christmas at Starcross, ABC, 1989
Host and commentator, Images of the '80s, ABC, 1989
Anchor, Worlds in Turmoil, ABC, 1989
Anchor, Presidential Inauguration, ABC, 1989
Anchor, Capital to Capital: The Environment, ABC, 1989
Anchor, Beyond the Cold War: The Risk and the Opportunity, ABC, 1989
The Television Academy Hall of Fame, Fox, 1990
Fifteen Years of MacNeil/Lehrer, 1990
Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter, ABC, 1990
Host and moderator, Future Forum: A World of Competition, ABC, 1990
Anchor, Peter Jennings Reporting: Guns, ABC, 1990
Anchor, Peter Jennings Reporting: From the Killing Fields, ABC, 1990
Anchor (Washington, DC) Capital to Capital: Leadership in the '90s, ABC, 1990
Dangerous Assignments, ABC, 1991
Host, Carnegie Hall: Live at 100! The Gala Celebration, ABC, 1991
Anchor, War in the Gulf: Answering Children's Questions, ABC, 1991
Anchor, Peter Jennings Reporting: From the Heart of Harlem, ABC, 1991
Anchor, A Line in the Sand: What Did America Win?, ABC, 1991
Anchor, A Line in the Sand: War or Peace?, ABC, 1991
Anchor, The Health Quarterly, ABC, 1991
The Class of the 20th Century, ABC, 1992
Moderator, Prejudice: Answering Children's Questions, ABC, 1992
Moderator, The '92 Vote: The Democratic Candidates Debate, ABC, 1992
Host, Peter Jennings Reporting: The Cocaine War, Lost in Bolivia,ABC, 1992

Host, A National Town Meeting: Who Is Ross Perot?, ABC, 1992
Host, Growing Up in the Age of AIDS: An ABC News Town Meeting for theFamily--with Peter Jennings, ABC, 1992
Host, Alfred I. DuPont/Columbia University Awards in Broadcast Journalism, ABC, 1992
Anchor, Peter Jennings Reporting: Who Is Ross Perot?, ABC, 1992
Anchor, Peter Jennings Reporting: Men, Sex, and Rape, ABC, 1992
Anchor, The Missiles of October: What the World Didn't Know, ABC,1992
Anchor, '92 Vote: The Democratic Convention, ABC, 1992
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Land of the Demons, ABC, 1993
Host, Cover-Up at Ground Zero, ABC, 1993
Anchor, Kids in the Crossfire: Violence in America, ABC, 1993
House on Fire: America's Haitian Crisis, ABC, 1994
Moderator, President Clinton: Answering Children's Questions, ABC,1994
Host, While America Watched: The Bosnia Tragedy, ABC, 1994
Host, Peter Jennings Reporting: In the Name of God, 1995
Host and reporter, Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped, ABC, 1995
Host and interviewer, The Peacekeepers: How the UN Failed in Bosnia, ABC, 1995
Anchor, Into the Jury's Hands, ABC, 1995
Anchor, Children First: Real Kids, Real Solutions, ABC, 1995
Host, Rage and Betrayal: The Lives of Tim McVeigh and Terry Nichols, ABC, 1996
Himself, The People and the Power Game, ABC, 1996
Anchor, Peter Jennings Reporting: Never Say Die--How the Cigarette Companies Keep On Winning, ABC, 1996
Anchor, Peter Jennings Reporting: Jerusalem Stories, ABC, 1996
Anchor, The '96 Vote: The Republican National Convention, ABC, 1996
Anchor, The '96 Vote: The Democratic National Convention, ABC, 1996
Anchor, The '96 Vote: Election Night, ABC, 1996
The Daily Show Year-End Spectacular '97, Comedy Central, 1997
The 1997 ESPY Awards, ESPN, 1997
Anchor, Peter Jennings Reporting: Who Is Tim McVeigh?, ABC, 1997
Anchor, Dangerous World: The Kennedy Years, ABC, 1997
ABC News Town Meeting: Kids ... Parents ... Straight Talk on Drugs, ABC, 1997
Correspondent, Peter Jennings Reporting: Unfinished Business: The C.I.A. and Saddam Hussein, ABC, 1997
Anchor, Peter Jennings Reporting: Pot of Gold, ABC, 1997
Anchor, Peter Jennings Reporting: The American Game, ABC, 1998
Anchor, Crisis in the White House: The President Testifies, ABC, 1998
Anchor, Cancer: Race for a Cure, ABC, 1998
(Uncredited) Himself, Divas Live: An Honors Concert for VH1 Save the Children (also known as VH1 Divas Live), VH1, 1998
Washington's Other Scandal, PBS, 1998
The Story of the Berlin Wall, History Channel, 1999
Anchor, ABC 2000, ABC, 1999
Host and narrator, Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus,ABC, 2000
Host, Peter Jennings Reporting: The Gun Fight, ABC, 2000
Anchor, Peter Jennings Reporting: The Dark Horizon--India, Pakistan, and the Bomb, ABC, 2000
Moderator, New Hampshire Democratic Presidential Primary Debate, PBS, 2000
Anchor, A Nation Waits, ABC, 2000
Kids Pick the Issues, Nickelodeon, 2000
Anchor, ABC 2000: The Vote, ABC, 2000
(In archive footage) Himself, The Beatles Revolution, ABC, 2000
Pops Goes the Fourth! 2001, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
Himself, Breaking the News, CBS, 2001
Host, Answering Kids' Questions: An ABC News Special, ABC, 2001
ABC Wide World of Sports 40th Anniversary Special, ABC, 2001
Host, ABC 2002, ABC, 2001
Host, In Search of America, ABC, 2002
Jim McKay: My World in My Worlds, HBO, 2003
Also associated with Personal Note: Beirut.
Episodic
Ethics in America, 1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1990
Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 2001, 2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2002
Television Work
Series
Middle East bureau chief, ABC News, ABC, 1968-1975
Senior editor, World News Tonight, ABC, 1983-
Specials
Producer and script editor, Worlds in Turmoil, ABC, 1989
Senior editor, Growing Up in the Age of AIDS: An ABC News Town Meetingfor the Family--with Peter Jennings, ABC, 1992
Radio Appearances
Host, Peter's People, CBC, c. 1947
Also appeared as news reporter, CFJR, Canada.
Film Appearances
Himself, The World Is Watching, 1988
Himself, Only the News That Fits, 1989
Anchor, Schwarzkopf: How the War Was Won, 1991
(In archive footage; uncredited) Himself, The Panama Deception, 1992
(Uncredited) Himself, Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, 1992
Himself, The Last Party, 1993
RECORDINGS
Taped Readings
In Search of America, Hyperion Audiobooks, 2002
WRITINGS
Television Specials
45/85, ABC, 1985
The Blessings of Liberty, ABC, 1987
Worlds in Turmoil, ABC, 1989
Peter Jennings Reporting: Guns, ABC, 1990
Peter Jennings Reporting: From the Killing Fields, ABC, 1990
Peter Jennings Reporting: From the Heart of Harlem, ABC, 1991
The Health Quarterly, PBS, 1991
The Missiles of October: What the World Didn't Know, ABC, 1992
Peter Jennings Reporting: Men, Sex and Rape, ABC, 1992
Cover-Up at Ground Zero, ABC, 1993
Common Miracles: The New American Revolution in Learning, ABC, 1993
Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped, ABC, 1995
Children First: Real Kids, Real Solutions, ABC, 1995
Rage and Betrayal: The Lives of Tim McVeigh and Terry Nichols, ABC, 1996
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus, ABC, 2000
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Gun Fight, ABC, 2000
Television Episodes
"Abbed Hammoud," America.01, ABC, 2001
"Engine Company No. 1," America.01, ABC, 2001
Books
Co-author, The Pope in Britain: Pope John Paul II British Visit, Bodley Head, 1982
"Introduction," The '84 Vote, 1985
Co-interviewer, Children of the Troubles: Growing Up in Northern Ireland, Stranmillis College, 1986
(With Todd Brewster) The Century, Doubleday, 1998
(With others) The Century for Young People, Random House, 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St. James Press, 2000

Periodicals

America, April 30, 1994, p. 18
American Journalism Review, November, 2001, p. 40
Broadcasting & Cable, September 27, 1993, p. 36
Economist, October 23, 1993, p. A38
Maclean's, July 1, 2000, p. 34
People Weekly, August 30, 1993, p. 48

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