Hugh Downs (1921-2020) held the certified Guinness World Record for the most hours on commercial network television from 1984-2004. The congenial Downs was adept as a radio and television broadcaster, announcer and programmer, television host, news anchor, television producer, author, game show host, talk show sidekick, author, and pilot. A television presence from the mid-1940s until the late 1990s, Downs was one of the most trusted voices on television.
Downs made his first television news broadcast in September 1945 in Chicago and moved to New York City in 1954. He became popular as announcer and sidekick for The Tonight Showing starring Jack Paar from 1957-1962, the host of the game show Concentration from 1958 to 1969, the co-host of the NBC News program Today from 1962-1971, and the anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20 from 1978-1999.
Details of Down's amazing career can be found at https://wikimili.com/en/Hugh_Downs
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