aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Boo! Hiss!
The new Nightline’s awful!
The problem with the new “Nightline” extends far beyond the ascendance of the news troika of Cynthia McFadden, Terry Moran and Martin Bashir, says Robert Bianco. “The fatal flaw is the destruction of the old format: one host leading us through one topic for one half-hour. Now you have three stars presenting three stories; none were given significantly more time to develop than they would have found on most any other televised newscast.”
Koppel’s last words on his last night:
Give this new anchor team for Nightline a fair break. If you don’t, I promise you the network will just put another comedy show in this time slot. And then you’ll be sorry.
I’d say that’s pretty much a done deal. And debuting in its regular time slot would not make this show any sweeter.
Dave Chappelle, say for example, would be a whole lot better than this.
LATER - Slate on the New York Magazine article detailing Koppel’s leaving ABC:
On the heels of Nightline anchor Ted Koppel’s retirement, an article reveals that Koppel did not go gentle into that good night. “[H]e’s pissed,” says a friend. Now Koppel is starting up a production group with longtime Nightline producer Tom Bettag; their next project maybe a show called The F-ing Media.
