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CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite

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  • Buck Henry
  • Dan Rather
  • James Wall
  • Phil Donahue
  • Walter Cronkite
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  • <DIV contenteditable="true" class="gx_free">Walter Cronkite on replacing Douglas Edwards on the <i>CBS Evening News </i> </DIV> (03m 56s)
    Walter Cronkite on replacing Douglas Edwards on the CBS Evening News 
    (03m 56s)
  • <DIV contenteditable="true" class="gx_free">Walter Cronkite on coming up with his signature signoff "and that's the way it is"</DIV> (02m 06s)
    Walter Cronkite on coming up with his signature signoff "and that's the way it is"
    (02m 06s)
  • James Wall on stage-managing <i>CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite</i> (09m 53s)James Wall on stage-managing CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (09m 53s)

People Talking About This Show

  • Walter Cronkite
    • Walter Cronkite on the very first days of the CBS Evening News at 6pm, and how he went on with no script (07m 44s)
    • Walter Cronkite on replacing Douglas Edwards on the CBS Evening News 
      (03m 56s)
    • Walter Cronkite on coming up with his signature signoff "and that's the way it is"
      (02m 06s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the pressures on the press by the White House over the Watergate story
      (04m 06s)
    • Walter Cronkite on replacing the anchor of the CBS Evening News, Douglas Edwards (06m 58s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the expansion of the news from 15 to 30 minutes (in 1963) and how that changed the nature of the genre (03m 03s)
    • Walter Cronkite on his decision to step down as anchor of the CBS Evening News; and on Dan Rather replacing him (04m 34s)
  • Phil Donahue
    • Phil Donahue on getting his first national exposure on CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite and a phone call from Walter Cronkite (03m 30s)
  • Buck Henry
    • Buck Henry on appearing on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, explaining his prank-organization S.I.N.A (the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals) which was treated as a real-news piece and caused a rift between him and Cronkite ever since
  • Dan Rather
    • Dan Rather on becoming the CBS Evening News anchor and succeeding Walter Cronkite (13m 12s)
  • James Wall
    • James Wall on stage-managing CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (09m 53s)
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