PBS News Hour Cast

91 cast members · 25 with active Buzz Score

Most Popular PBS News Hour Cast Members

Ali Khamenei is currently the most popular PBS News Hour cast member online with a Buzz Score of 5.2. 3 of 91 cast members rank in the top 1,000 actors online today. Updated May 25, 2026.

Today's Most Popular Cast

Ali Khamenei

as Self (archive footage)

5.2

#741 overall

Gerald Ford

as Self (archive footage)

Full Cast Ranked

May 25, 2026

Ali Khamenei

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

5.2

#741 overall

Gerald Ford

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

4.3

#1,081 overall

Carl Sagan

Self - Cosmos (archive footage) · 1 eps

3.0

#1,848 overall

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

1.1

#5,953 overall

Dick Clark

Self - Senator, Democrat Iowa · 1 eps

0.9

#7,362 overall

Amy Walter

Self - The Cook Political Report · 1 eps

Self - Anchor · 871 eps

0.4

#13,342 overall

Judy Woodruff

Self - Anchor · 2322 eps

0.4

#13,825 overall

Pauline Kael

Self - Movie Critic, The New Yorker · 1 eps

0.3

#15,374 overall

Orrin Hatch

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

Self - Anchor · 757 eps

Self - Anchor · 13 eps

Self - Journalist · 1 eps

0.1

#35,101 overall

Robert MacNeil

Self - Anchor · 13 eps

Self - Anchor · 871 eps

Stephanie Sy

Self - West Anchor · 1824 eps

Jim Wright

Self - Representative, Democrat Texas · 1 eps

John B. Anderson

Self - Representative, Republican Illinois · 1 eps

Wendy Kamaiko

Self - Unemployed Teacher · 1 eps

Sal Melluso

Self - Unemployed Policeman · 1 eps

Charles E. Boddy

Self - Unemployed Clerical Worker · 1 eps

Burns Roper

Self - President, The Roper Organization · 1 eps

Peter Lisagor

Self - Political Correspondent · 1 eps

Bob Eckhardt

Self - Representative, Democrat Texas · 1 eps

F. Clifton White

Self - Political Consultant · 1 eps

Robert Lippold

Self - Kitty Clover Potato Chips · 1 eps

Lawrence Burch

Self - Vice President Potato Chip Institute · 1 eps

Amitai Etzioni

Self - Professor Columbia University · 1 eps

William S. Kanaga

Self - Arthur, Young & Company · 1 eps

Abraham J. Briloff

Self - Professor City University of New York · 1 eps

John C. Burton

Self - Securities & Exchange Committee · 1 eps

Jeremias Chitunda

Self - U.N.I.T.A. · 1 eps

Leslie H. Gelb

Self - The New York Times · 1 eps

Elisio Figueirdeo

Self - M.P.L.A. · 1 eps

Lloyd Garrison

Self - Journalist · 1 eps

Gerry Condon

Self - Former Green Beret · 1 eps

Charles Goodell

Self - Chairman Presidential Clemency Board · 1 eps

Barry Lynn

Self - United Church of Christ · 1 eps

Louise Ransom

Goldstar Mother · 1 eps

Robert Kastenmeier

Self - Democrat Wisconsin · 1 eps

Hassan Rouhani

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

Thomas Erdbrink

Self - The New York Times · 1 eps

Karim Sadjadpour

Self - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 1 eps

Frank Jannuzi

Self - Former State Department Official · 1 eps

Reid Wilson

Self - The Hill · 1 eps

Blake Dremann

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

Brynn Tannehill

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

George Brown

Self - East Tennessee State University (archive footage) · 1 eps

Gary Anderson

Self - U.S. Marine Corps (archive footage) · 1 eps

Tamara Keith

Self - NPR · 1 eps

Mahpikay Siddiqi

Self - Kabul Orthopedic Organization · 1 eps

Jennifer Glasse

Self · 1 eps

Noorzia

Self - Landmine Survivor · 1 eps

Rahmatullah

Self - Noorzia's Father · 1 eps

Patrick Fruchet

Self - United Nations Mine Action Service · 1 eps

Rahmatullah Rahmat

Self - Halo Trust · 1 eps

Farah Gulistani

Self - Mural Painter · 1 eps

Self - PhD Student · 1 eps

Rageh Omaar

Self - Independent Television News · 1 eps

Cho Myoung-Gyon

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

Abbas Milani

Self - Stanford University · 1 eps

Stan Collender

Self - Georgetown University · 1 eps

Malcolm Brabant

Self · 1 eps

Tove Fall

Self - Uppsala University · 1 eps

Self - Tryg Foundation · 1 eps

Tina Hogan

Self - Hammel Neuro Center · 1 eps

Alyson Klein

Self - Education Week · 1 eps

Anya Kamanetz

Self - NPR · 1 eps

Betsy DeVos

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

Margaret Sullivan

Self - The Washington Post · 1 eps

Craig Silverman

Self - Buzzfeed News · 1 eps

Self - Fox News Foreign Correspondent · 1 eps

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Cast Popularity FAQ

Who is the most popular PBS News Hour cast member right now?

Ali Khamenei is currently the most popular PBS News Hour cast member online, with a Buzz Score of 5.2 and an overall actor rank of #741 as of May 25, 2026.

How many cast members does PBS News Hour have?

PBS News Hour has 91 credited cast members. 25 of them have an active Buzz Score on Television Stats today.

Which PBS News Hour cast member has the highest career peak?

Ali Khamenei has the highest Peak Buzz Score among the PBS News Hour cast, reaching 342.6 at their career high.

How many PBS News Hour cast members are in the top 1,000 actors today?

3 of the 91 PBS News Hour cast members currently rank within the top 1,000 most popular actors online on Television Stats.

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