World News reached 8.878 million viewers in 2017, winning over Lester Holt and NBC by the widest margin in 22 years, a feat not seen since ABC's iconic anchor Peter Jennings sat in the anchor chair.

Legendary ABC News anchor Peter Jennings passed away exactly 10 years ago Friday, leaving behind a legacy spanning four decades. He died after a battle with lung cancer at the age of 67.

Jennings started at ABC News as a reporter in 1964 and in 1983 was made anchor and senior editor of World News Tonight. The show was honored with two consecutive Edward R. Murrow awards for best ...

Legendary ABC News anchor Peter Jennings passed away exactly 10 years ago Friday, leaving behind a legacy spanning four decades. He died after a battle with lung cancer at the age of 67.

In 1978, ABC renamed its broadcast "World News Tonight," and instituted a three-person anchor team: Frank Reynolds based in Washington, Max Robinson from Chicago and Jennings, by then ABC's chief ...

Peter Jennings, the suave, Canadian-born broadcaster who delivered the news to Americans each night in five separate decades, died today. He was 67.

He died last August at age 67 from lung cancer, four months after publicly disclosing his illness. Jennings first joined ABC News in 1964, anchoring "Peter Jennings with the News" from 1965 to 1967.

In 1983, Jennings became the chief anchor for ABC’s World News Tonight, which took the lead in ratings during the late 1980s and early 1990s before being surpassed by Brokaw on NBC.