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
The whole mood of the country has changed,
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.
He and I joked...that between the two of us, we'd put in 83 years at ABC News.
He was a warm and loving and surprisingly sentimental man.
He's moving 2 1/2 miles away into a house he's been building for about three years.
For the rest of his life, and I do mean the rest of his life, he always regretted the fact that he had dropped out of school,
The 10 of us are enormously excited to be at a place that wants nothing more than to produce the kind of television journalism that focuses on issues that matter to the largest number of people. We look forward to creating quality programming that provides the in-depth information for which Discovery Channel is known.
There is nothing precipitous about this, ... It's time to give a new bunch a crack at this.