The Huntley-Brinkley Report (sometimes known as
The Texaco Huntley-Brinkley Report for one of its early sponsors) was
NBC's flagship evening news program from October 29, 1956 to July 31, 1970. It was anchored by
Chet Huntley in
New York City, and
David Brinkley in
Washington, D.C. It succeeded the
Camel News Caravan, anchored by
John Cameron Swayze. The program ran for 15 minutes at its inception but expanded to 30 minutes on September 9, 1963 exactly a week after the
CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite did so. It was developed and produced initially by
Reuven Frank. Frank left the program in 1962 to produce documentaries (
Eliot Frankel replaced him) but returned to the program the following year when it expanded to 30 minutes. He was succeeded as executive producer in 1965 by Robert "Shad" Northshield and by Wallace Westfeldt in 1969.