when i worked at abc back in the '80s, i was a videotape librarian, peter jennings was doing the news, the james bond of broadcasting. >> i'm peter jennings in new york. >> and he would be dressed as, you know, a broadcaster from the top, but he'd be wearing running shorts, socks and sneakers down on the bottom. and every time he walked by, i thought, he's so smart. >> there are people with skill, >> michael's new show is creating a pretty imposing image of its own. so the glasses, it's very sexy. >> you like that? >> i love the glasses. >> here, i'd like you to try them. your iq jumps up 20 points. feeling smarter. see what i mean? >> and it sparked a humorous rivalry with james corden. not so fast, michael. >> i children to deface some james corden. so that needed to be done. but i think we got him back pretty good. plus we did stuff to his house that i'm not allowed to talk about for legal reasons. cordon knows. >> i'm dr. jason bull. >> yep, michael plays to win as i found out in my very first game of ping pong. >> it went all the way down third avenue. >> you missed that one. one

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but peter jennings was my anchor. that man could be absolutely terrifying. and when he asked you a question, and, you know, he wanted you to be better and he was a great journalist, amazing journalist, but he could be terrifying. so when you -- when he asked you a question, you never quite knew what peter would ask, you'd look in the lens and see peter and i always used to think when i started at abc, and gwen knew this, i would see gwen. i would look in that lens and whatever news i was giving, i thought i was giving it to gwen because that calmed me down. because i knew, number one, she was listening. she wanted me to be the best i could possibly be. >> one of the hallmarks of gwen was that she rooted for everybody. you know, there are some people in life, in every calling, and certainly in what we do that think to themselves it's not enough that i succeed. you also have to fail. and gwen celebrated everybody's accomplishments. she was -- she was that kind of generosity of spirit. she was very happy when one of her family members on the show succeeded. >>

peter jennings was doing the news of james bond of broadcasting. >> and he would be dressed as, you know, a broadcaster from the top, but he'd be wearing running shorts, socks, and sneakers down on the bottom. and every time he walked by, i thought, this is smart. there are people with skilled diligence and judgment lining up to testify against him. >> it is creating a pretty imposing image of it's own. so the glasses. it's very >> oh, you like them? >> i love the glasses. >> i'd like you to try them. >> are they. >> reporter: your iq jumps up. >> feeling smarter. see what i mean. >> the rivalry with james cordon who lost his late show billboard, not so fast, michael. >> hear what he did? >> i enlisted the help of my children to face james cordon. so that needed to be done. pretty good. plus we did stuff to his house that i'm not allowed to talk about for legal reasons. >> okay. >> cordon knows. >> i'm dr. jason bolt. >> yeah, michael plays to win as i found out in my very first game of ping-pong. >> it went all the way down third avenue. michael weatherly, thanks for visiting me. >> one

peter jennings was doing news, james bond of broadcasting.e would be dressed as, you know, a broadcaster from the top but running shorts, socks and sneakers, down on the bottom. every time he walk by i thought, this is smart. >> there are people with skill, diligence and judgment lining up to testify against him. >> reporter: michael's new show is creating a imposing image of his own. >> so the the glasses, it is very sexy. >> do you like the glasses. >> i love the glasses. >> i would like to you try them. >> oh, high god. >> your iq jumps up 20 points. >> feel smarter see what i mean. >> yes. >> it smart a rivalry with james corden who lost his late, late the show billboard to bulker not so fast, michael. >> what are you doing. >> i enlisted the help of my children to deface some james corden. so, you know, that needed to be done. but i think we got him back pretty good. plus we did stuff to his house i'm not allowed to talk about for legal reasons. but corden knows. i have more on this story tonight on the insider. ukee and nicole back to y