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 ...
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 ...
The ironies are multiple and deep. A few months back, “Nightline’s” network, ABC, was discovered to be courting CBS late-night host David Letterman, wooing him with a promise of the post-late news ...
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 ...
The tension in the air was palpable that day. It was March 1985 and television history was about to be made. In a small church in Johannesburg, South Africa, Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu fidgeted ...
TUBE TALK Now that David Letterman has announced he’s not leaving CBS, what of Ted Koppel? One reason Letterman had been leery of taking up ABC’s invitation is that he didn’t want to be seen as the ...
The night after David Letterman announced he was staying atCBS, Ted Koppel devoted his Nightline broadcast to the subjectof journalists under fire. Granted, the topic was spawned by thegrim fate 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 ...