Brian Williams

Will take over for Tom Brokaw on the "NBC Nightly News" (1970) in November 2004 after the elections.

Appeared on "Saturday Night Live" (1975) September 30, 2006 ready to co- anchor the Weekend Update segment with Amy Poehler, but is told by Poehler that Seth Meyers will be co-anchoring Weekend Update.

Replaced Maury Povich as host of locally produced Washington D.C chat show Panorama in 1985.

Is an occasional guest on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992), "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993), and "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993).

He is a big New York Giants fan. On "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993), Williams announced he "bleeds Giants blue".

Appeared as an extra in Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995).

Named "Father of the Year" by the National Fathers' Day Committee in 1996

Has appeared three times on "The Daily Show" (1996) as a celebrity guest and interviewed by Jon Stewart, most recently on Tuesday, August 8th, 2006. A gag involving his head being projected on a screen behind Stewart has been used twice since the show moved to a new set on April 9, 2007; during one of these appearances, the head actually addressed and made fun of Stewart as part of the joke.

Received honorary doctorate from Elmira College in May 1998

Graduated from Livingston High School in Livingston, New Jersey in 1998.

Known to have been a big Dale Earnhardt fan, even visiting Earnhardt a few times (Williams and his son Douglas were at Talladega Super speedway in October 1999 for a race when Williams interviewed Earnhardt for his show.

Graduated from Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey in 2002 with a degree in Communications.

Received an honorary doctorate from the Catholic university of America in May of 2004 although he never graduated from there.

In "The Head and the Hair" episode of the sitcom "30 Rock" (2006), Jack and Kenneth are sent to clean up Williams' dressing room while he is apparently at the liquor store - in the room they find underwear filled with bird seed and graffiti on the wall reading "Katie Couric Sucks".

At the 2007 Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner, Williams was pulled up on stage by Improv comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood and made sound effects as the two comedians performed a skit.