The Resume

(January 5, 1942- )
Hosted 'CBS News Nightwatch (1982),' 'The Charlie Rose Show (1991)' and '60 Minutes II (1999)'
Acted in 'Kiss-Kiss, Dahlings! (1992),' 'Primary Colors (1998)' and 'Spinning Out of Control (2001)
Conducted over 100,000 interviews

Why he might be annoying:

He did voice work for his character on The Simpsons' episode.
He married and divorced once.
He has been described as a 'political junkie.'
He did political internship.
He changed his major quite often.
He was somewhat of an 'alter-ego' for Bill Moyers PBS series.
He describes his Manhattan apartment as 'having an embarrassing amount of electronic equipment.'
He was suspended by CBS and PBS after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced (November 20, 2017).

Why he might not be annoying:

He won an Emmy Award.
His show has no commercial breaks or gimmicks.
His show seeks one on one conversation with top notch intelligent or highly remarkable known people.
He had to undergo painful and risky open heart surgery and is expected to make a full recovery.
He said: 'The question is just as important as the answer.'
He doesn't hold back when interviewing and debating with people on his show.
A lot of people consider him somewhat of a sex symbol.
He has been described as 'elegant, handsome, fiercely intelligent and inquisitive.'
He majored in pre-med, law and history at Duke University.
He volunteered for children's Head Start programs.
He is a graduate of New York University Graduate School of Business.

Credit: Skunk Butt

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 10th Annual Junior Cotillions' Ten Best Mannered People [2001] (Ranked: 8)
• 60 Minutes Correspondents and Commentators
• Appeared on Showtime's The Circus
• Beta Theta Pi
• Cable ACE - Talk Show Host (Ranked: 1992)
• Camille Paglia Doesn't Like Me
• Darrell Hammond Impersonations
• Guest Voices on the Simpsons
• Hollywood Reporter's 35 Most Powerful People in Media [April 2012]
• I am in Public Broadcasting
• I Appeared in 'Colbert Report's' 'We'll Meet Again' Farewell Medley
• I Attended Duke University
• I Attended Hunter S. Thompson's Funeral (August 20, 2005)
• I Attended NYU
• I Took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
• Jack Magic’s Bitch of the Day
• Jane Fonda Doesn’t Like Me
• Lycos' Top 20 News Personalities Searches [January-August 2002] (Ranked: 13)
• Mad Magazine's 20 Dumbest People, Events, and Things [2018] (Ranked: 1)
• News
• Newsweek's 50 Highest-Earning Political Figures [2010] (Ranked: 30)
• Profiles 7251-7500 (Ranked: 7454)
• Satirized on South Park
• Skunk Butt/Rebecca's Profiles [Series 4]
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2014 [April 2014]
• WowOWow.com's Sexiest Men Over 50 [September 23, 2008]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 88.24% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 83 Votes: 45.78% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 38 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 245 Votes: 82.04% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 35 Votes: 25.71% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 59 Votes: 45.76% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 52 Votes: 36.54% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 48.84% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 45 Votes: 37.78% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 65 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 148 Votes: 58.78% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 236 Votes: 66.95% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 441 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 454 Votes: 63.00% Annoying