Huntley-Brinkley Report

1956

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Released: 29 October 1956 Ended
Producted By: National Broadcasting Company
Country: United States of America
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The Huntley-Brinkley Report was the NBC television network's flagship evening news program from October 29, 1956, until July 31, 1970. It was anchored by Chet Huntley in New York City, and David Brinkley in Washington, D.C. It succeeded the Camel News Caravan, anchored by John Cameron Swayze. The program ran for 15 minutes at its inception but expanded to 30 minutes on September 9, 1963, exactly a week after CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite did so. It was developed and produced initially by Reuven Frank. Frank left the program in 1962 to produce documentaries but returned to the program the following year when it expanded to 30 minutes. He was succeeded as executive producer in 1965 by Robert "Shad" Northshield and in 1969 by Wallace Westfeldt.

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GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.
Console best movie i've ever seen.
Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
krorie Because of their success during the political convention coverage in 1956, Chet Huntley and David Brinkley were assigned to be co-anchors on the nightly fifteen-minute NBC news program which became "The Huntley-Brinkley Report." I was a fan of John Cameron Swayze's "Camel News Caravan," and so was hesitant about accepting the new team at first.I was in my early teens and loved music. I usually tuned in for the 6:30-7:00 pm time slot to watch fifteen minutes of Dinah Shore, Eddie Fisher, Nat King Cole or some other popular music star then filling the other fifteen minutes with the NBC news show. Swayze became a spokesman for Timex. On "The Steve Allen Show" two years later, Swayze strapped a Timex watch to a boat propeller to see if it would "take a licking and keep on ticking." It took a licking and came unattached from the propeller. Viewers still don't know if it "kept on ticking." Maybe Timex knows.I soon acquired a liking for Huntley and Brinkley, seldom missing their news report. I remember when they made a big to-do about broadcasting from coast to coast simultaneously for the first time. One was in California, the other in New York, making TV broadcast history.Swayze always ended his broadcast with "Glad we could get together." How Huntley and Brinkley ended theirs became much more famous: With just a simple, "Goodnight, Chet. Goodnight, David."