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For most of its run, The Huntley–Brinkley Report aired only Monday through Friday, but in January 1969, the network expanded it to Saturday evenings, with Huntley and Brinkley working solo on alternating weeks, although sometimes, the other would be seen in a taped essay or commentary recorded on Friday.
Date Event Ref. January 4 The Huntley–Brinkley Report, NBC's nightly newscast, expands to include a weekend edition that would air on Saturdays, with Chet Huntley and David Brinkley alternating weeks anchoring the news solo.
The Huntley-Brinkley Report; Jambo; Letters to Laugh-In; Life with Linkletter; Lohman and Barkley's Name Droppers; NBC Nightly News; The Pink Panther Show; Sale of the Century; The Who, What, or Where Game; Not returning from 1968–69. Birdman and the Galaxy Trio; Cool McCool; Eye Guess; Hidden Faces; The Match Game (returned in 1973 on CBS ...
January 4 – NBC expands the Huntley-Brinkley Report to Saturdays, with Chet Huntley and David Brinkley alternating weeks anchoring the news solo. Later, mediocre ratings prompt NBC to replace the duo with other newsmen, with the broadcast rechristened NBC Saturday News.
David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.. From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top-rated nightly news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, with Chet Huntley and thereafter appeared as co-anchor or commentator on its successor, NBC Nightly News, through the 1970s.
The Texaco Huntley-Brinkley Report: CBS: Award for coverage of the 1960 Winter and Summer Olympics: CBS Reports, for Harvest of Shame: G.E. College Bowl: The Fabulous Fifties, a revue produced by Leland Hayward: Dr. Frank Stanton Personal Award for Dr. Stanton's actions that led to the 1960 presidential debates
1969–70 1970–71 The 1968–69 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1968 to August 1969.
During the early part of his tenure anchoring the CBS Evening News, Cronkite competed against NBC's anchor team of Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, who anchored The Huntley–Brinkley Report. For much of the 1960s, The Huntley–Brinkley Report had more viewers than Cronkite's broadcast.