Events in Film & TV
Television Premiere
1978-06-06 US TV news program "20/20", created by Roone Arledge premieres on ABC
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1921-02-14 Hugh Downs, American TV journalist (20/20, Concentration), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2020)
Barbara Walters (1929-2022)
1929-09-25 American broadcast journalist and 1st female nightly network news anchor (Today; 20/20; ABC-TV; The View), born in Boston, Massachusetts [1]
- 1931-01-15 Thomas Hoving, American news correspondent (20/20), born in NYC, New York
- 1934-12-29 Tom Jarriel, American television news reporter (ABC Weekend News, 20/20), born in LaGrange, Georgia
- 1938-02-23 Sylvia Chase, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Geraldo Rivera (79 years old)
1943-07-04 American news personality (20/20, Geraldo), born in NYC, New York
- 1962-09-06 Elizabeth Vargas, American TV journalist (20/20), born in Paterson, New Jersey
- 1973-02-06 Amy Robach, American TV journalist and anchor (20/20, Good Morning America), born in St. Joseph, Michigan
David Muir (49 years old)
1973-11-08 American journalist (ABC news anchor, 20/20), born in Syracuse, New York
Deaths in Film & TV
- 2020-07-01 Hugh Downs, American TV journalist (20/20, Concentration), dies at 99
Barbara Walters (1929-2022)
2022-12-30 American broadcast journalist and 1st female nightly network news anchor (Today; 20/20; ABC-TV; The View), dies at 93 [1]