Jack Cafferty

Jack Cafferty (born December 14, 1942) is a former CNN commentator and occasional host of specials. He started his career in Reno, Nevada in 1961 as a children's show host at KOLO-TV. Cafferty later worked at KCRL-TV as the station's production manager and hosted the daytime talk show Cafferty & Company on WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1974, he became the weeknight co-anchor and news director at WHO-TV in Des Moines, Iowa. Cafferty moved to WNBC-TV in New York City in 1977 as a weekend, then evening co-anchor. In 1980, he became co-anchor of the successful program Live at Five alongside Sue Simmons.