Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel
Edward James Martin "Ted" Koppelis an American broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor for Nightline from the program's inception in 1980 until his retirement in late 2005. After leaving Nightline, Koppel worked as managing editor for the Discovery Channel, a news analyst for NPR and BBC World News America and a contributor to Rock Center with Brian Williams. Koppel is currently a contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth8 February 1940
CountryUnited States of America
He was a warm and loving and surprisingly sentimental man.
Even in his last days, he still filled a room.
At some point, it would probably be time to pull out anyway,
All networks are trying to focus on particular segments of audiences. The emphasis on especially youthful demographics is such that news divisions more and more are focusing on not necessarily less serious stories but they're staying away from some of the more serious stories that Tom and I have tried to specialize in. That is not a restriction we're going to face at Discovery.
The challenge over the years, and the challenge now, is to keep changing the program without altering it,
I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming. It's time to give something back.
I think there is a tendency on the part of some of the cable networks to be in a desperate race to be first with the obvious. Can you imagine going to any one of those people and saying, 'Give us three hours of prime time'? It wouldn't happen.
There were great moments very early on, great moments in the middle and great moments at the end, ... What I'm proudest of is that we've maintained high standards from beginning to end. I don't think we ever let down standards.
There is nothing precipitous about this, ... It's time to give a new bunch a crack at this.
Why? Because those are desperately important issues, and you need to keep reminding the public,
You have lived up to every syllable of that commitment and I thank you.
I think we're glazing eyes all across America.
My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went.
More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but a handful may even be worth a book.