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Network television is in danger of losing one of its most exceptional broadcast programs. Last week, it was disclosed that ABC is attempting to replace “Nightline,” its highly celebrated in-depth news program hosted by Ted Koppel, with David Letterman’s “The Late Show.” The Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC, has tried to justify this move by saying that Letterman would lure a younger audience to the 11:35 p.m. timeslot, increasing advertising revenue for a slumping network...
...depth journalism. It began as a program devoted to nightly updates on the Iranian hostage situation in 1979. Due to its success, “Nightline” continued to run and became the highlight of ABC’s news programming. Over the last two decades, Ted Koppel and the staff of “Nightline” have consistently covered worthwhile subjects in innovative ways. In the 1980s, the show hosted influential debates exploring apartheid in South Africa and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The show has produced an ongoing series examining race relations in the U.S. called...
...little perspective, please. It would be a shame if "Nightline" were canceled. It's an outstanding news program, one of too few that try to understand issues in terms deeper than sound-bites. Ted Koppel (on the decreasing number of days when he still hosts the show) is TV's best news interviewer, or close to it. I hope he stays on the air, at ABC or elsewhere, even though "Nightline"'s days seem to be numbered even if Letterman stays...
...keep "Nightline" on the air, even at the cost of millions in additional revenue that Letterman would bring? Or more to the point, does ABC owe us more than their competitors do? If ABC owes it to America to keep Ted Koppel on at 11:35 p.m., why aren't media critics jumping on CBS and NBC, who don't have an 11:35 news program to begin with...
...meantime, maybe someone could start running nightly half-hour saturation coverage of the "Nightline" crisis. Call it "Koppel Held Hostage." The way this story is going, that show could be on the air for another 20 years...