ABC Nightline doing a story on an 'American Idol' guy. Somewhere, Ted Koppel is weeping.

[Bozita]

Don't forget Obama's second minister. Nightline's right on it.

A quickee review of the *NEW* 'Sex in The City' movie. Ditto.

To think, some folks watch Nightline to be become better informed.

Haha!

Pass the Kleenex, Ted.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I used to watch Nightline without fail.

Now it's not worth the electrons. It's just more lame, shallow infotainment TV. Too bad; it was a great show for a long time.

[madeline_con]

4. Me, too. I stopped years ago.

:(

[JI7]

2. Ted probably left because they were pressuring him to do that crap

or else get cancelled.

i hate that show now. i use to love his townhall on issues like Israel/Palestine and other things.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I remember when that show began as "Crisis in Iran."

I was in the TV listing business at the time, and this was considered a temporary preemption of regular programming. What amazing history this show made, and how low it has sunk... Yikes!x(

[Hardrada]

5. They won't have Kissinger on again unless he can sing some ditty

or do the cha cha cha!

[Bozita]

6. ABC's Nightline is now Entertainment Tonight without the tits

I'm saying this after watching the entire thing.

EA Poe was right. "Nevermore!"

[kevinmc]

7. I quit watching it when Koppel left. Have not seen a minute of it since .. n/t

[cynatnite]

9. Same here...I rarely missed a night of it for many years n/t

[AlCzervik]

8. when Ted left i stopped watching, When Bob Edward's left i stopped listening to NPR.

yeah, i hold a grudge.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Must be an ABC virus

The teevee listings say "20-20" has Sarah Jessica Parker and Salma Hayek.



Guess there's nothing for the investigative journalists to investigate. :shrug:

[Newsjock]

11. Then this news will make you sad

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc/nightline_closes_gap_with_letterman_85973.asp

Poised to celebrate its 30th anniversary next year, ABC's Nightline continues to draw viewers with its two-year-old, three-anchor format.

Last week, Nightline beat CBS's The Late Show with David Letterman in Total Viewers (3.62M v. 3.43M) and in the A25-54 demo (1.76M v. 1.60M).

... This is Nightline's tenth victory over Letterman in the A25-54 demo this season and the eighth victory in Total Viewers.

[Lorien]

12. You mean that wasn't "Inside edition"?

oy vey.

[defendandprotect]

13. The Nighline Show/Kopel was set up to repeat the hostage

crisis every night in the right-wing full-time attacks on Carter--

And the public were certainly roused by that repetition every day and every night --
and were calling for bombing Iran. It was irrational, IMO.

Finally -- if we can believe it --- all of Carter's rescue missions went awry --!!!
Seems the helicopters kept crashing because they weren't supplied with the equipment which
keeps sand out of their engines in the desert. This was a desert mission.

The NL/Koppel show did, however, do a fair job of tracking "October Surprise" ---
coming close to saying Bush Sr. was there --- but it couldn't be absolutely confirmed, of course.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

14. Nightline's new line-up to feature Howard Beale, the Mad Prophet of the Airwaves

with the rest of the news show featuring segments with "Sybil the Soothsayer", "Jim Webbing and his It's-the-Honest-Truth-department", "Miss Mata Hari and her skeletons in the closet" as well as "Vox Populi".

Other new and thrilling programming at ABC will feature:

* The Mao Tse Tung Hour: A one-hour drama focusing on the activities of the Ecumenical Liberation Army, the show opening with authentic footage of the Ecumenicals committing a terrorist act.

* The New Lawyers: Set in a large eastern law school, the running characters are a crusty but benign ex-Supreme Court Justice, a beautiful girl graduate student and a hard-nosed, hard drinking local district attorney who is brilliant and sometimes cuts corners.

* The Amazon Squad: All about a crusty but benign Police Lieutenant, a beautiful young girl cop who is fighting the feminst battle on the force, and a hard-nosed, hard drinking detective who is brilliant but who sometimes cuts corners.