Posted on 10/07/2005 7:58:47 AM PDT by add925
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ted Koppel will anchor his last edition of "Nightline" on Nov. 22, with the first post-Koppel edition of the ABC newscast airing Nov. 28, the network said Thursday.
Koppel, 65, has anchored the show since its official launch in March 1980. The show grew out of a series of special reports about the Iranian hostage crisis that began the previous November.
Koppel and his "Nightline" executive producer, Tom Bettag, are expected to keep working together on news programs after leaving ABC News.
How the late-night news show will evolve following Koppel's departure remains a mystery less than two months before its debut. ABC has appointed James Goldston, who produced a British show similar to "Nightline," as the broadcast's new executive producer, and it has experimented with a multi-topic format on nights Koppel was off.
The longtime Washington-based show is expected to split time between studios there and New York, according to published reports. Several reports have also suggested Koppel will be replaced by multiple anchors; ABC News has declined to talk about its "Nightline" plans until they are complete.
I didn't even know that Nightline was still on the air.
The show is not going to be missed.
Buh-Bye to Ted and his toupee!
Another one bites the dust.
Good night and good luck!
If ABC hadn't issued this press release, who would have noticed?
It has to be at least 15 years since I watched this so I'm sure I won't miss it.
Wow!
Koppel = Someone who owes his career to a Jimmy Carter debacle.
I'm sorry, I don't recognize the name.
Isn't he the guy in Mad Magazine?
I haven't watched 'Nightline" since around 1990, but I recall Koppel as not leaving any sense of what political party he belonged to. It may be that he changed later, but back then he seemed pretty neutral.
He definitely was Lib-light. My guess is thats what cost him a higher position at ABC and generated fewer industry awards.
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Ted who?
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