Cibolo, Texas: Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, who gave their final telecast 54 years ago on July 31, 1970, were representative of the golden age of television news, an epoch when television ...

Brinkley’s career spanned 50 years, but he is best remembered as the co-anchor of NBC’s primetime newscast “The Huntley-Brinkley Report,” which ran from 1956-70. The show took advantage of ...

The Huntley-Brinkley Report was the NBC television network's flagship evening news program from October 29, 1956, until July 31, 1970.

In the 1950s, Brinkley became a household word, face and voice as the wittier half of "The Huntley-Brinkley Report," the NBC nightly newscast that he co-anchored with Chet Huntley.

With Nobody Watching. As partners, the stars of the Huntley-Brinkley Report are complementary rather than competitive—an unusual circumstance in the jealously competitive TV club.

Despite their mutual disdain for it, their ``Huntley-Brinkley Report'' signoff _ ``Goodnight, Chet''; ``Goodnight, David'' _ became part of pop culture. Then in 1970, Huntley retired.