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He and his co-anchor, [[Chet Huntley]], received over eight [[Emmy Award]]s for the Report, which was the  number one watched show during its fifteen-year history.<ref>http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/upload/MW,pdf,HuntleyBio,b.pdf</ref> When Huntley left the news show in 1970, Brinkley became sole anchor of [[NBC Nightly News]]. He soon became tired of the job and was known to NBC owners as the “grumpy old newsman.”<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brinkleydav/brinkleydav.htm</ref> Brinkley left his spot as anchor of the network in 1971, and became a commentator for the NBC Nightly News, which was now anchored by [[John Chancellor]]. In 1981, after serving some more time as co-anchor for NBC Nightly News, [[ABC]] asked Brinkley to join their network as anchor of, ''[[This Week]]'', a [[Sunday]] interview news program.  He accepted the job and asked [[conservative]], [[George Will]], to join him on his new program, ''This Week with David Brinkley''. To counterweight the conservative commentator, ABC hired a [[liberal]], [[Sam Donaldson]], to join the program. In 2003, Brinkley died at the age of 82 in [[Houston]], [[Texas]].   

He and his co-anchor, [[Chet Huntley]], received over eight [[Emmy Award]]s for the Report, which was the  number one watched show during its fifteen-year history.<ref>http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/upload/MW,pdf,HuntleyBio,b.pdf</ref> When Huntley left the news show in 1970, Brinkley became sole anchor of [[NBC Nightly News]]. He soon became tired of the job and was known to NBC owners as the “grumpy old newsman.”<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brinkleydav/brinkleydav.htm</ref> Brinkley left his spot as anchor of the network in 1971, and became a commentator for the NBC Nightly News, which was now anchored by [[John Chancellor]]. In 1981, after serving some more time as co-anchor for NBC Nightly News, [[ABC]] asked Brinkley to join their network as anchor of, ''[[This Week]]'', a [[Sunday]] interview news program.  He accepted the job and asked [[conservative]], [[George Will]], to join him on his new program, ''This Week with David Brinkley''. To counterweight the conservative commentator, ABC hired a [[liberal]], [[Sam Donaldson]], to join the program. In 2003, Brinkley died at the age of 82 in [[Houston]], [[Texas]].   

From the very beginning of his career at NBC Radio and ''Swayze's Camel News Caravan'' in the 40’s, Brinkley was admired for his ability to write and communicate news. His former boss at NBC News Reuven Frank, commented on Brinkley’s sense of balance in showing and commenting on the news, he said, "Brinkley writes silence better than anyone else I know."<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brinkleydav/brinkleydav.htm</ref>  President [[George W. Bush]] stated that Brinkley was, "the elder statesman of broadcast journalism."<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/12/national/main558326.shtml</ref>

From the very beginning of his career at NBC Radio and ''Swayze's Camel News Caravan'' in the 40's, Brinkley was admired for his ability to write and communicate news. His former boss at NBC News Reuven Frank, commented on Brinkley's sense of balance in showing and commenting on the news, he said, "Brinkley writes silence better than anyone else I know."<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brinkleydav/brinkleydav.htm</ref>  President [[George W. Bush]] stated that Brinkley was, "the elder statesman of broadcast journalism."<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/12/national/main558326.shtml</ref>

==Awards==

==Awards==

*A research company found that Brinkley and his co-anchor, Chet Huntley, were more widely recognized then famous stars including [[James Stewart]], [[Cary Grantand]], [[John Wayne]], and the [[Beatles]].<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brinkleydav/brinkleydav.htm</ref>

*A research company found that Brinkley and his co-anchor, Chet Huntley, were more widely recognized then famous stars including [[James Stewart]], [[Cary Grantand]], [[John Wayne]], and the [[Beatles]].<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brinkleydav/brinkleydav.htm</ref>

*On [[NBC Nightly News|''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']], co-anchor, Chet Huntley and Brinkley would end the newscast by the now well known ending phase, "Good night, David. With the response from Brinkley, “Good night, Chet." They ended this way every night until Huntley’s last newscast, when Huntley's,  "Good night, David," brought Brinkley’s response, "...Good bye, Chet."

*On [[NBC Nightly News|''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']], co-anchor, Chet Huntley and Brinkley would end the newscast by the now well known ending phase, "Good night, David. With the response from Brinkley, “Good night, Chet." They ended this way every night until Huntley's last newscast, when Huntley's,  "Good night, David," brought Brinkley's response, "...Good bye, Chet."

*He has been informally named by the media world into the "Magnificent Seven" (which includes also Barbara Walters, Sam Donaldson, Peter Jennings,  Hugh Downs, Ted Koppel, and [[Diane Sawyer]]—all of ABC).<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brinkleydav/brinkleydav.htm</ref>

*He has been informally named by the media world into the "Magnificent Seven" (which includes also Barbara Walters, Sam Donaldson, Peter Jennings,  Hugh Downs, Ted Koppel, and [[Diane Sawyer]]—all of ABC).<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brinkleydav/brinkleydav.htm</ref>