The Resume

(February 6, 1940- )
Hosted 'Today' (1976-81) and anchored 'NBC Nightly News' (1982-December 1, 2004)
Anchor for 'Dateline NBC'
Wrote 'The Greatest Generation' (1998) and 'The Greatest Generation Speaks' (1999)
Won two Duponts, a Peabody and many Emmys

Why he might be annoying:

He has a speech impediment.
His news delivery is monotonous, monotone and boring.

Why he might not be annoying:

He is ranked in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1999).
He is the first American to do a one on one interview with Mikhail Gorbachev.
He enjoys traveling for a story and he was the only U.S. anchor when the Berlin Wall fell.
He works as the Managing Editor of the news.
He has a calm demeanor and rarely loses his temper.
He likes to rock climb.
He married Miss South Dakota.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 12th Annual Junior Cotillions' Ten Best Mannered People [2003] (Ranked: 8)
• 2021 - 100 Least Annoying (Ranked: 99)
• American's Helping Hand
• America's 10 Favorite TV Personalities: Harris Poll [1998] (Ranked: 10)
• America's 10 Favorite TV Personalities: Harris Poll [2002] (Ranked: 8)
• Bill O'Reilly Doesn't Like Me
• Celebrity New York Met Fans
• Charlamagne Tha God Named Me Donkey of the Day
• Cleft Palates
• Dana Carvey Impersonations
• Diseased Initials
• Fahrenheit 9/11
• Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking [1999] (Ranked: 92)
• Frontline - Commentators [PBS]
• Golden Girls References
• GQ's Men of the Year [2002]
• Harry Shearer Impersonations
• Howard Stern's Enemy List
• I Appeared in 'Colbert Report's' 'We'll Meet Again' Farewell Medley
• I Attended George H.W. Bush's State Funeral [December 5, 2018]
• I Attended Maria Shriver-Arnold Schwarzenegger's Wedding [April 26, 1986]
• I Attended Tim Russert's Funeral [June 18, 2008]
• I Attended University of South Dakota
• I Hosted the Today Show
• I Reportedly Attended the Democratic National Convention [2004]
• I Was the Rose Parade Grand Marshall (Ranked: 2001)
• Look at Me, Hmmm, I'm Thinking
• Members of the Robin Hood Board [New York City]
• Members of the Television Hall of Fame (Ranked: 17)
• Model Railroaders
• Monotone Voices
• Most Believable Newscaster [1998] (Ranked: 3)
• News
• People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People [1999]
• People with Tom, Dick or Harry in their Names
• Pew Research Center's 10 Most Loved News Personalities [2008] (Ranked: 2)
• Playgirl Magazine's 10 Sexiest Men [1980]
• Playgirl Magazine's 10 Sexiest Newscasters [October 2004] (Ranked: 8)
• Presidential Debate Moderators [United States] (Ranked: 1988)
• Profiles 2001-2250 (Ranked: 2099)
• Rolling Stone's People of 2004
• Satirized on Family Guy
• Satirized on the Simpsons
• Starbucks ‘The Way I See It’ Quotations
• Tracey Ullman Impersonations
• WowOWow.com's Sexiest Men Over 50 [September 23, 2008]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 36 Votes: 47.22% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 151 Votes: 32.45% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 351 Votes: 48.43% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 68 Votes: 44.12% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 50 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 177 Votes: 61.58% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 178 Votes: 81.46% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 83 Votes: 43.37% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 52 Votes: 78.85% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 34 Votes: 61.76% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 51 Votes: 50.98% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 57 Votes: 49.12% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 117 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 211 Votes: 57.82% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 208 Votes: 46.63% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 360 Votes: 52.22% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 3329 Votes: 50.11% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1486 Votes: 45.76% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2265 Votes: 58.19% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 3771 Votes: 44.44% Annoying