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Letterman may be having problems in his home country--his ratings have fallen well behind those of both Jay Leno and Ted Koppel--and he seems as sourly distracted as he's ever been in his 15-year late-night career. (A longtime fan might be excused for thinking that the guy doing Letterman on CBS right now is an impersonator too.) But overseas he has never been hotter. Replicating Letterman for the locals is the most popular gimmick in international television since the invention of Baywatch...
...more memorable displays of his charisma came in an episode of Ted Koppel's "Nightline" which, on this special occasion, was televised before a live American audience. At one point during a break in the questions Koppel had been posing to his guest, the leader of the African National Congress (ANC) asked, "Have I paralyzed you?" evoking vociferous laughter and applause...
...good stories with no fewer than five other TV newsmagazines that are already cramping network television's prime-time schedule. If, during his 15-year tenure on the Today show, Gumbel did not always display the intellectual heft or consistent coolheadedness of such newsmen as Tim Russert or Ted Koppel (the interviewer with whom he is too often favorably compared), he did manage to brand himself as television's most engagingly willful journalist. And beyond offering the intense presence of Gumbel, Public Eye will distinguish itself as TV's only live newsmagazine. It will regularly feature real-time interviews; Primetime...
...debuting on ABC in January, PI has built such a following that it now beats The Late Show with David Letterman in the 17 major cities where the shows go head to head. In areas where PI follows Nightline, the show holds on to an impressive 75% of Ted Koppel's audience. And PI is sure to gain more momentum when ABC airs it live during prime time over the next four Thursdays...
...night ratings; two successful prime-time magazine shows in 20/20 and PrimeTime Live; and the most impressive array of news stars in television. But one of them, Diane Sawyer, could use a window in her contract to jump to CBS, while several others--Jennings, Barbara Walters, Sam Donaldson, Ted Koppel--are getting a little long in the tooth. "It's no secret that there's been a certain malaise at ABC News," says Brit Hume, former chief White House correspondent, who left ABC for Fox News in December. "There's an unmistakable sense of gradual decline...