Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings Net Worth

Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings Net Worth is
$16 Million

Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) was a Canadian American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer. A high-school dropout, he transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists.Jennings started his career early, hosting a Canadian radio show at the age of nine. He began his professional career with CJOH-TV in Ottawa during its early years, anchoring the local newscasts and hosting a teen dance show, Saturday Date, on Saturdays.In 1965, ABC News tapped him to anchor its flagship evening news program. His inexperience was attacked by critics and others in television news, making for a difficult first stint in the anchor chair. Jennings became a foreign correspondent in 1968, reporting from the Middle East.He returned as one of World News Tonight's three anchors in 1978, and was promoted to the role of sole anchor in 1983. Jennings was also known for his marathon coverage of breaking news stories, staying on the air for 15 or more hours straight to anchor the live broadcast of events such as the outbreak of the Gulf War in 1991, the Millennium celebrations in 2000, and the September 11 attacks in 2001. In addition to anchoring, he was the host of many ABC News special reports and moderated several American presidential debates. Having always been fascinated with the United States, Jennings became a naturalized United States citizen in 2003.Along with Tom Brokaw at NBC and Dan Rather at CBS, Jennings formed part of the "Big Three" news anchors who dominated American evening network news from the early 1980s until his death in 2005, which closely followed the retirements of Brokaw and Rather.

Full NamePeter Jennings
Date Of BirthJuly 29, 1938
Died2005-08-07
Place Of BirthToronto, Ontario, Canada
ProfessionWriter, Editorial Department, Editor
EducationTrinity College School, Lisgar Collegiate Institute, University of Ottawa, Carleton University
NationalityCanadian, American
SpouseKati Marton
ChildrenElizabeth Jennings, Christopher Jennings
ParentsElizabeth Osborne Jennings
SiblingsSarah Jennings
AwardsNews & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story - Programs, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Sched...
NominationsNews & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism – Long Form, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming – Long Form, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Continui...
MoviesEcstasy Rising, Peter Jennings Reports: The Search for Jesus, The Tragedy of the Munich Games, A Line in the Sand: What Did America Win?
TV ShowsABC World News, Peter Jennings Reporting, ABC 2000 Today, CTV National News, Turning Point, To Save Our Schools, To Save Our Children, Sadat: Action Biography, Peter Jennings Reporting: LAPD, 45/85, September 11, 2001 - ABC News Coverage, Capital To Capital, Vietnam: Ten Years Later
Star SignLeo
#Quote
1Always have a sense of humor about life - you'll need it - but always be courteous to boot.
#Fact
1Release of the book, "Peter Jennings: A Reporter's Life" by Kayce Freed Jennings. [November 2007]
2Release of his book, "In Search of America" by Peter with Todd Brewster. [2002]
3Release of his book, "The Century" by Peter with Todd Brewster. [1998]
4Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 276-278. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
5The only national news anchor to host specials for and with children on a regular basis. They were usually titled "Peter Jennings Answering Children's Questions." Topics included drugs, crime, prejudice, war, and 9/11.
6Became the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (1953) (aka "World News Tonight") on September 5, 1983, following the death of Frank Reynolds.
7He was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on June 29, 2005 for his services to journalism.
8Accepted an honorary doctor of law degree from Rider University, then Rider College on January 21, 1968
9Son of pioneer Canadian broadcaster Charles Jennings.
10After failing as a 27-year-old anchorman for ABC News, he left the country and lived abroad as a foreign correspondent in Europe and the Middle East for ten years where he made a name for himself as an investigative journalist. He then returned to the anchor desk as a mature newsman.
11He had a sister named Sarah.
12Owned a chinchilla farm.
13(April 5, 2005) Diagnosed with lung cancer. He had given up smoking for at least 10 years before September 11, 2001 attacks happened, after which he admittedly started smoking again.
14(May 30, 2003) Became a U.S. citizen.
15Attended Carleton University, Rider College and the University of Ottawa.
16Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world [1990]
17News anchorman
18Dropped out of high school in Grade 10 in Canada, and failed to attain the equivalent of a GED. His father owned/managed a TV station, however, and he got his foot in the door that way.
19Children: Elizabeth and Christopher

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Peter Jennings Reporting: Breakdown - America's Health Insurance Crisis2005TV Movie
Peter Jennings Reporting: LAPD2004TV Movie documentary
Peter Jennings Reporting: How to Get Fat Without Really Trying2003TV Movie documentary
Peter Jennings Reporting: I Have a Dream2003TV Movie documentary
Peter Jennings Reporting: In Search of America2002TV Mini-Series documentary
Peter Jennings Reporting: Bitter Medicine: Pills, Profit and the Public Health2002TV Movie writer
Minefield: The United States and the Muslim World2001TV Movie
Peter Jennings Reporting: Dark Horizon - India, Pakistan, and the Bomb2000TV Movie documentary
ABC New Years Eve Special with Peter Jennings1999TV Movie writer/creator
Rage and Betrayal: The Lives of Tim McVeigh and Terry Nichols1996TV Movie
Cover-Up at Ground Zero1994TV Movie documentary
ABC Turning Point: Kansas City Murder Squad1994TV Movie documentary
Common Miracles: The New American Revolution in Learning1993TV Movie documentary
A Line in the Sand: What Did America Win?1991TV Movie documentary
Worlds in Turmoil1989TV Movie
45/851985TV Movie documentary

Editorial Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs - Seeing Is Believing2005TV Movie documentary senior editor
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir2005TV Series senior editor - 2 episodes
No Place to Hide2005TV Movie documentary senior editor
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy2003TV Movie documentary associate editor

Editor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Growing Up in the Age of AIDS: An ABC News Town Meeting for the Family - With Peter Jennings1992TV Movie
Worlds in Turmoil1989TV Movie

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
ABC New Years Eve Special with Peter Jennings1999TV Movie producer
Worlds in Turmoil1989TV Movie producer

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
America.012001TV Series segment writer
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus2000TV Movie documentary presenter

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media1992Documentary acknowledgment
The World Is Watching1988Documentary thanks
One Day in September1999Documentary thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Phonograph Conversations2013Himself
30 for 302010TV Series documentaryHimself
Ted Williams2009TV Movie documentaryHimself (voice)
An Unlikely Weapon2008DocumentaryHimself
Budapest to Gettysburg2007Documentary
Loose Change: Final Cut2007Video documentaryHimself
911 Flatline2007Video documentary shortHimself
Peter Jennings Reporting: Breakdown - America's Health Insurance Crisis2005TV MovieHimself
Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs - Seeing Is Believing2005TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Daily Show2000-2005TV SeriesHimself
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir1986-2005TV SeriesHimself - Anchor / Himself / Himself - Lead Anchor
No Place to Hide2005TV Movie documentaryHimself - Host
The Tony Danza Show2005TV SeriesHimself
How's Your News?: On the Campaign Trail2004TV Movie documentaryHimself
Great Performances2002-2004TV SeriesHimself - Host
25th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards2004TV SpecialHimself - Presenter
Tavis Smiley2004TV SeriesHimself
The O'Reilly Factor2004TV SeriesHimself
Peter Jennings Reporting: LAPD2004TV Movie documentaryHimself - Host-Senior Editor
Larry King Live2002-2004TV SeriesHimself
Peter Jennings Reporting: Ecstasy Rising2004TV Movie documentary
The Museum of Television & Radio Annual Honors a Salute to Tom Brokaw2004TV MovieHimself
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty2003TV Movie documentaryHimself (voice)
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy2003TV Movie documentaryHimself
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration2003TV Special documentaryHimself
Jim McKay: My World in My Words2003TV Movie documentaryHimself
Peter Jennings Reporting: In Search of America2002TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
20/202002TV Series documentaryHimself - Reporter
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1996-2002TV SeriesHimself
Late Show with David Letterman2001-2002TV SeriesHimself
Peter Jennings Reporting: Homeland2002TV Movie documentary
July 4th: a Musical Celebration2002TV SpecialHimself
ABC 20022001TV Movie documentaryHimself - Host
America.012001TV SeriesHimself - Anchor
Breaking the News2001TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996-2001TV SeriesHimself
ABC News 20012000TV MovieHimself
ESPN SportsCentury2000TV Series documentaryHimself
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus2000TV Movie documentaryHimself (reporter)
ABC 2000: The Millennium1999TV Movie documentaryHimself - Anchor
ABC New Years Eve Special with Peter Jennings1999TV MovieHimself - Host
Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is1999TV Movie documentaryHimself (1972 Olympic Correspondent, ABC News)
The Century: America's Time1999TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself - Host-Narrator
The Century1999TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself - Host-Narrator
Cancer: Race for a Cure1998TV Movie documentaryHimself - Anchor
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1998TV SeriesHimself
Divas Live: An Honors Concert for VH1 Save the Music1998TV Special documentaryHimself - Audience Member (uncredited)
Dangerous World: The Kennedy Years1997TV Movie documentaryHimself - Presenter
Frank Capra's American Dream1997TV Movie documentaryHimself (voice)
The Daily Show Year-End Spectacular '971997TV SpecialHimself
The GQ Men of the Year Awards1997TV SpecialHimself
Rage and Betrayal: The Lives of Tim McVeigh and Terry Nichols1996TV MovieHimself - Host
Turning Point1996TV Series documentaryHimself - Host
Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped1995TV Movie documentaryHimself - Presenter
Howard Stern1994-1995TV SeriesHimself
Cover-Up at Ground Zero1994TV Movie documentaryHimself - Host
ABC Turning Point: Kansas City Murder Squad1994TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Last Party1993DocumentaryHimself
A National Town Meeting: Who Is Ross Perot?1992TV MovieHimself - Host
Growing Up in the Age of AIDS: An ABC News Town Meeting for the Family - With Peter Jennings1992TV MovieHimself - Host
A Line in the Sand: War or Peace?1991TV Movie documentaryHimself - Anchor
Schwarzkopf: How the War Was Won1991Video documentaryHimself - Anchor
A Line in the Sand: What Did America Win?1991TV Movie documentaryHimself
Carnegie Hall: Live at 1001990TV Movie documentaryHimself - Host
This Reporter1990TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
American Masters1990TV Series documentaryHimself
Only the News That Fits1989DocumentaryHimself - ABC News anchor
Worlds in Turmoil1989TV MovieHimself - Anchor
The AIDS Quarterly1989TV SeriesHimself - Host
5th Annual TV Academy Hall of Fame1989TV SpecialHimself
Beyond the Cold War: The Risk and the Opportunity1989TV Movie documentaryHimself - Anchor
JFK Remembered1988TV Movie documentaryHimself - Host
1988 Presidential Debates1988TV SeriesHimself - Panelist
The World Is Watching1988DocumentaryHimself (ABC News, meets with Miguel D'Escoto)
We the People1987TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
Liberty Weekend1986TV Special documentaryHimself - Host
45/851985TV Movie documentaryHimself
To Save Our Schools, to Save Our Children1984TV Movie documentaryAnchor
XVlll Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles1984TV MovieHimself
Good Morning America1975TV SeriesHimself - News Anchor
ABC's Wide World of Sports1971TV SeriesHimself
The Joey Bishop Show1967TV SeriesHimself
Bright and Early1966TV SeriesHimself - Newsreader
Telescope1965TV Series documentaryHimself - Guest
Issues and Answers1965TV SeriesHimself
CTV National News1961TV SeriesHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
13th2016DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
The Eighties2016TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself - ABC News
20/202015TV Series documentaryHimself - News Anchor
The Seventies2015TV Series documentaryHimself - ABC News
Stossel2014TV SeriesHimself
Retro Report2013TV Mini-SeriesHimself - Reporter
Big Miracle2012Himself (uncredited)
Breakthrough Energy Movement Conference 20122012TV SeriesHimself
Reagan2011DocumentaryHimself - ABC News
Miss Representation2011DocumentaryHimself
Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup2009Video documentaryHimself - ABC Evening News Anchor
Memòries de la tele2009TV SeriesHimself
911 Taboo: The WTC Plane Fraud2008Video documentary shortHimself (uncredited)
911 Amateur2007Video documentary shortHimself
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib2007DocumentaryHimself
ESPN Outside the Lines Sunday2006TV SeriesHimself - ABC News Anchor
911 Mysteries Part 1: Demolitions2006Video documentaryHimself (uncredited)
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers2006DocumentaryHimself - Newscaster
The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame...2005TV SeriesHimself
Larry King Live2005TV SeriesHimself
60 Minutes2005TV Series documentaryHimself - News Anchor (segment "Andy Rooney")
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards2005TV SpecialHimself - Special Memorial Tribute
JFK: Breaking the News2004TV Movie documentaryHimself
Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die2004DocumentaryHimself
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism2004DocumentaryHimself
Fahrenheit 9/112004DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
Live from Baghdad2002TV MovieHimself (uncredited)
The Beatles Revolution2000TV Movie documentaryHimself
ESPN SportsCentury2000TV Series documentaryHimself
One Day in September1999DocumentaryHimself
Fear & Favor in the Newsroom1996DocumentaryHimself
Inside the White House1995TV Movie documentaryHimself (uncredited)
Spin1995DocumentaryHimself
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media1992DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
The Panama Deception1992DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
ABC's Wide World of Sports 30th Anniversary Special1991TV MovieHimself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2006EmmyNews & Documentary Emmy AwardsOutstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled NewscastABC Evening News (1953)
2006EmmyNews & Documentary Emmy AwardsOutstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled NewscastABC Evening News (1953)
2000TV Guide AwardTV Guide AwardsFavorite News Personality
2000EmmyNews & Documentary Emmy AwardsOutstanding News and Documentary Program Achievement - Programs & SegmentsABC 2000: The Millennium (1999)
1993Award of ExcellenceBanff Television Festival
1991TCA AwardTelevision Critics Association AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Children's ProgrammingFor "War in the Gulf: Answering Children's Questions".

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2006EmmyNews & Documentary Emmy AwardsOutstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled NewscastABC Evening News (1953)
2006EmmyNews & Documentary Emmy AwardsOutstanding Investigative Journalism - Long FormNo Place to Hide (2005)
2006EmmyNews & Documentary Emmy AwardsBest Story in a Regularly Scheduled NewscastABC Evening News (1953)
2006EmmyNews & Documentary Emmy AwardsOutstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long FormPeter Jennings Reporting: Breakdown - America's Health Insurance Crisis (2005)
2005EmmyNews & Documentary Emmy AwardsOutstanding Investigative Journalism - Long FormPeter Jennings Reporting: From the Tobacco File: Untold Stories of Betrayal and Neglect (2004)
2003EmmyBusiness and Financial Reporting Emmy AwardsOutstanding Coverage of a Current Business News StoryABC Evening News (1953)
2001TV Guide AwardTV Guide AwardsNews Person of the Year
1969EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Achievement within Regularly Scheduled NewsABC Evening News (1953)

Known for movies

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