In 1978, when Roone Arledge was looking to revamp ABC News' nightly news broadcast into "World News Tonight", he remembered Robinson from a "60 Minutes" interview, and hired him to be a part of his new three-anchor format. Robinson would anchor national news from Chicago, while Peter Jennings would anchor international news in London and Frank Reynolds would be the main anchor from Washington. Robinson thus became the first black man to anchor a nightly network news broadcast. The three-man co-anchor team was a ratings success, and launched spoofs regarding how the three would pitch stories to each other during the telecast by saying the other's name: "Frank"..."Max"..."Peter," etc.