Imagine, if you will, the measured voice of Ted Koppel reading this late-night TV news lead in: “It was, when founded in 1980, a pioneering news show, one that covered the fall of dictators and ...
What’s left of broadcast television journalism is at stake now, many in the business believe, in the war within the Disney Co. over whether to replace “Nightline” with the late-night comedy of David ...
Nearly three years after it could have been dealt a fatal blow by the departure of Ted Koppel, ABC's "Nightline" has bucked the odds to not only survive but thrive. By Paul J. Gough, The Associated ...
Not satisfied with messing up ABC’s prime-time lineup and sending the Disney-owned company into a nose dive, network executives are now fiddling with late night. But this tinkering could be even more ...
NEW YORK — Only weeks ago, “Nightline” almost seemed extinct. Now it has some extra time. A half-hour, to be precise. ABC News announced the Ted Koppel vehicle will create an extra 30 minutes of ...
With David Letterman lying low on vacation this week, all eyes will be on ABC’s “Nightline” tonight to see what Ted Koppel has to say about his network’s apparent dissatisfaction with his long-running ...
ABC and The Walt Disney Co. are trying to close the book on one of “Nightline’s” most troubling chapters, and the ending seems to be a happy one. “In light of recent events, we want to renew and ...
Ted Koppel is staying with ABC. ABC executives committed yesterday to airing “Nightline” through next year, ending a bitter standoff with the late night news program’s star anchor. Koppel, in turn, ...
Fans of Ted Koppel and “Nightline” flooded ABC with E-mail over the weekend, furious that the 22-year-old news show might be pushed aside for David Letterman. Tom Bettag, executive producer of ...
What's left of broadcast television journalism is at stake now, many in the business believe, in the war within the Disney Co. over whether to replace "Nightline" with the late-night comedy of David ...