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ABC wooing Letterman to replace Koppel, 'Nightline'

...owned ABC is successful, it would oust "Nightline" and host Ted Koppel from the 11:35...hit like a bomb at ABC News, where "Nightline" has been considered a flagship. Neither...future on Friday. "If Disney replaces 'Nightline' with more entertainment programming...

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Koppel trims 'Nightline' appearances

...signed a new contract with ABC News that will keep him at "Nightline," where he has anchored since its founding in 1980, through...per week, from the current four, starting in January. "Nightline" runs a consistent second in the time-period ratings to...

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Entertainment
Pequot Lakes family to appear on 'Nightline' report on allergies Thursday

...expected to appear on a segment about food allergies on "Nightline," which will air at 10:30 p.m. Thursday on ABC. Ryan...who have been featured in stories in the Dispatch, had a "Nightline" camera crew and a producer at their home last month filming...

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NPR wins Peabody Award, as do 'Nightline,' 'Bernie Mac'

...the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and ABC's embattled "Nightline" also was honored with one of the annual awards for broadcast...Peabody for its "Jazz Profiles" program. Judges honored "Nightline" as "a truly remarkable television institution demonstrating...

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Letterman says he'll stay at CBS

...veteran newsman Ted Koppel from his "Nightline" slot. Letterman ended the speculation...unreasonable to expect people at "Nightline" to continue working in a climate of uncertainty. Koppel said "Nightline" deserves "more than bland assurances...

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Walt Disney Co. president defends confidential talks with David Letterman

...quote denigrating the relevancy of "Nightline." "If there were mistakes made, it...switched, it would displace Koppel's "Nightline," an ABC institution at 11:35 p...talking to Koppel about the future of "Nightline" when he retires. Koppel, 62, has...

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News
Names and faces

NEW YORK (AP) -- In his first public comments on ABC's effort to replace his program with David Letterman, "Nightline" host Ted Koppel said he hopes to stay with the network but criticized an ABC executive for questioning the show's relevance...

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What
War and the media

...Ted Koppel among those who are impressed with the results of news coverage of the United States' war with Iraq. The "Nightline" anchorman and veteran correspondent was leery when he received assurances from the military that wide-ranging access would...

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Opinion
Top 10 list - Dispatch Editorial

...we shouldn't feel embarrassed about our secret, failed scheme to lure David Letterman from CBS and give Ted Koppel's "Nightline" the boot. (10) -- Despite his thatch of hair, Koppel is getting too old. It's probably a wig anyway. (9...

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Opinion
TV at its best and worst

...of two late-night titans, ABC ``Nightline'' anchor, Ted Koppel, and CBS...Letterman away from CBS, suggesting that ``Nightline'' would be canceled because it didn't...long-term commitment to Koppel or ``Nightline.'' A tepid Disney statement said only...

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