Can you name the US network news anchors?

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Network News Anchors Quiz

by Hejman

Created Sep 1, 2010 in Television
Featured Sep 8, 2010
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	montecarlo:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 04:35 GMT		10 points
	"gerald ford is dead today and i am gay." --tom brokaw http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/in-honor-of-gerald-ford/32905

	JohnJF:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 04:41 GMT		3 points
	Ever since Sarah Palin came around, I find it nearly impossible to see Charles Gibson and thinking Charles Gibson. It's just Charlie to me.

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	Stillwater100:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 05:40 GMT		21 points
	I miss David Brinkley. And John Chancellor. And Peter Jennings. And Walter Cronkite. And pretty much any tv news person with real journalistic standing and integrity.

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	Squinta:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 12:47 GMT		17 points
	Sadly, not many people anymore 'thesecretbox'. They're all watching crap like The Jersey Shore...

	ef232623:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 13:11 GMT		-1 points
	I'm a little disappointed by the absence of Ron Burgundy, but all in all a good quiz.

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	alkeiper:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 13:36 GMT		4 points
	I'm more saddened by the absence of Howard Beale.

	billymac72:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 13:46 GMT		3 points
	How is Frank Reynolds not here?

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	Hejman:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 14:35 GMT		4 points
	@Qosmonaut- I didn't mean any slight toward Reynolds who is rightly remembered for his work on the Iran hostage crisis (and for his on-air outburst at staffers to get their facts straight about the Reagan shooting). He also anchored the program that eventually became Nightline. Robinson was the first African-American anchor and Vargas was the first woman to host a solo evening newscast (an honor often attributed to Couric even though Vargas was the lone host of World News Tonight after Bob Woodruff's horrific injury in Iraq).

	icing:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 16:05 GMT		3 points
	John Chancellor is so recognizable, and yet I couldn't remember his name ... arrrrgggghhh! And as for Bob Schieffer, couldn't have spelled his last name in a million years :)

	Figment:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 17:16 GMT		4 points
	No Howard K. Smith either?

	Hejman:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 17:33 GMT		3 points
	@Figment- It wasn't possible to include every anchor and so I had to make some difficult choices both for balance (particularly as to time period) and for the physical layout of the quiz. Smith is well know, of course, for his unique relationship with Richard Nixon which included Nixon granting him a long campaign interview in 1971 and his being the first anchor to call for Nixon's resignation. In part, I included Mudd instead of Smith because (in my mind, anyway) I connect Smith more with his 'News and Comment' work.

	Koltrane:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 17:40 GMT		-1 points
	Jessica Savitch should have been there. Her story was the indirect inspiration for Anchorman.

	OdeonHighPrices:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 17:46 GMT		-3 points
	Ron Burgundy is missing? :O

	JakeA:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 18:32 GMT		7 points
	I'm not sure why someone called Elizabeth Vargas a "bimbo." She did a lot better job than Diane Sawyer does.

	DTNelson:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 18:38 GMT		-1 points
	Frank Reynolds and Frank McGee were the best ever. And are not in this quiz.

	Hejman:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 18:54 GMT		0 points
	@DTNelson- I addressed Reynolds several comments above, but leaving McGee out was not a hard decision (a comment that I don't mean as a sleight against his work). McGee was an excellent reporter and hosted the Today Show for three years, but he was a network news anchor for less than a year and even then only in a 3-man format with Brinkley and Chancellor. Chancellor took over solo when McGee moved to the morning program.

	Nikkidemas:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 21:22 GMT		2 points
	Good quiz! Surprised by the omission of Ted Koppel.

	Cat_Girl:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 21:59 GMT		2 points
	@nikkidemas: I don't remember that Ted Koppel ever anchored a network newscast on a regular basis. I would have expected to see Bernard Shaw on here, though.

	Hejman:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 22:22 GMT		2 points
	Ted Koppel was never a network news anchor- he hosted Nightline. The anchors here are all from the big three networks. In general, the use of the word "network" is opposed to "cable" which is why there's no Bernard Shaw. I'd be happy to do a cable version if there was any demand for it.

	howard38:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 23:02 GMT		-4 points
	News anchors are about the most overrated people in existence.

	BiloxiSean:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 23:09 GMT		-3 points
	No Shep Smith or Wolf (who names there kid that?) Blitzer?

	Hejman:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 23:54 GMT		2 points
	@BiloxiSean- if you'll look two comments above yours you'll see that these are broadcast anchors, not cable anchors. Perhaps I should do a cable version...