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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Imagine, if you will, the measured voice of Ted Koppel reading this late-night TV news lead in: “It was, when founded in 1980, a pioneering news show, one that covered the fall of dictators and ...

Not satisfied with messing up ABC’s prime-time lineup and sending the Disney-owned company into a nose dive, network executives are now fiddling with late night. But this tinkering could be even more ...

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 ...