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CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite ()

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In 1962, the veteran news anchor Douglas Edwards was replaced with Walter Cronkite. The news show initially used the title "Walter Cronkite with the News", but was soon re-titled to "CBS Evening News". It was the first half-hour weeknight... See more »
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 7 nominations.
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  Self - Correspondent (3 episodes, 1968-1977)
Bruce Morton ...
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  Self - Correspondent / ... (3 episodes, 1974-1980)
Harold Dow ...
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Jed Duvall ...
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  Self - Correspondent (2 episodes, 1963-1979)
George Herman ...
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Bob Gregory ...
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Bernard Kalb ...
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Terry Drinkwater ...
  Self - Correspondent (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Bob McNamara ...
  Self - Correspondent (2 episodes, 1977-1980)
Peter Collins ...
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Doug Tunnell ...
  Self - Correspondent (2 episodes, 1978-1980)
Bruce Dunning ...
  Self - Correspondent (2 episodes, 1978-1980)
Bert Quint ...
  Self - Correspondent (2 episodes, 1979-1980)
Bob Faw ...
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Randy Daniels ...
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  Self - U.S. President (2 episodes, 1980)
John Trattner ...
  Self - State Dept. Spokesman (2 episodes, 1980)
Tom Fenton ...
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John Anderson ...
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Steve Young ...
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Morton Dean ...
  Self - Correspondent (1 episode, 1968)
Neil Strawser ...
  Self - Correspondent (1 episode, 1963)
Eddie Barker ...
  Self - Correspondent (1 episode, 1963)
Lew Wood ...
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  G. Clifford Prout (1 episode, 1962)
Peter Kalischer ...
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  Self - reporter (segment, Vietnam) (1 episode, 1965)
Ike Pappas ...
  Self - Correspondent (1 episode, 1968)
David Culhane ...
  Self - Correspondent (1 episode, 1968)
Hughes Rudd ...
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Hal Fisher ...
  Self - Correspondent (1 episode, 1968)
Ben Silver ...
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  Self (1 episode, 1969)
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  Self (1 episode, 1970)

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In 1962, the veteran news anchor Douglas Edwards was replaced with Walter Cronkite. The news show initially used the title "Walter Cronkite with the News", but was soon re-titled to "CBS Evening News". It was the first half-hour weeknight news broadcast on network television. The show dominated the ratings among the network evening news programs for nearly two decades, and Cronkite became known as "the most trusted man in America" (after being given this title in a poll). Cronkite faced mandatory retirement in March 1981, at the age of 65. He was soon replaced by a younger news anchor, Dan Rather. Written by Dimos I

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  • CBS Evening News with Roger Mudd (United States)
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Trivia Walter Cronkite assumed the CBS evening anchor's chair from Douglas Edwards, who had been the newscaster since 1948. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002). See more »
Quotes Walter Cronkite - Anchor: [Cronkite's farewell newscast on March 6, 1981] This is my last broadcast as the anchorman for The CBS Evening News. For me, it's a moment for which I long have planned, but which, nevertheless, comes with some sadness. For almost 2 decades, after all, we've been meeting like this in the evenings, and I'll miss that. But those who have made anything of this departure, I'm afraid it made too much. This is but a transition, a passing of the baton. A great broadcaster and gentleman, Doug Edwards, preceded me in this job, and another, Dan Rather, will follow. And anyway, the person who sits here is but the most conspicuous member of a superb team of journalists; writers, reporters, editors, producers, and none of that will change. Furthermore, I'm not even going away! I'll be back from time to time with special news reports and documentaries, and, beginning in June, every week, with our science program, Universe. Old anchormen, you see, don't fade away; they just keep coming back for more. And that's the way it is: Friday, March 6, 1981. I'll be away on assignment, and Dan Rather will be sitting in here for the next few years. Good night.
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