Ted Koppel

Ted Koppel is an American broadcast journalist who anchored ABC’s late-night news program Nightline from 1980 to 2005.

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Roone Arledge: Roone Arledge was an American television executive who led ABC News and ABC Sports. As ABC News president, he helped establish the program Koppel would anchor.
Iran hostage crisis: The Iran hostage crisis began in 1979 when Iranian militants seized the United States embassy in Tehran and held its occupants for 444 days. The crisis generated the nightly reports that became the foundation of Nightline.
Broadcast journalism: Broadcast journalism reports news through radio, television, or other audio and video media. Koppel’s work belongs to this broader form of public reporting.
ABC News: ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC. Koppel’s prominence strengthened ABC’s identity in televised national and international news.
Peter Jennings: Peter Jennings was a Canadian-American television journalist and anchor of ABC World News Tonight. He was a fellow ABC anchor whose evening newscast framed Koppel’s late-night journalism.
Nightline: Nightline is an ABC News late-night television program launched in 1980. Koppel’s defining role was anchoring this program for a quarter-century.
Television news: Television news is the gathering and presentation of current events through television broadcasts. Nightline adapted television news into a focused late-night program.
Nightline (1980 television program): Nightline is an ABC late-night news program that began as coverage of the Iran hostage crisis. Its success made sustained, issue-centered late-night reporting a recognizable television form.
Barbara Walters: Barbara Walters was an American broadcast journalist and television interviewer. Her work at ABC shared the network’s news culture and interview tradition with Koppel’s.
The Day After: The Day After is a 1983 television film depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war. Koppel moderated a live discussion after its broadcast, addressing nuclear danger with experts and officials.