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81-468: The 2021 AKC National Championship was livestreamed on AKC.TV on December 18-19 2021. The show premiered on ABC on January 2 2021 at 2 p.m. EST. Its primary sponsor is dog food brand Royal Canin . It used to be sponsored by Eukanuba, a premium brand of dog food, but Royal Canin took over as lead sponsor in 2016. The first national championship was held in Orlando , Florida in 2001. The 2002 show

162-522: A joint venture between Starwave and ABC formed in April 1997. Starwave had owned and operated ESPNet SportsZone (later known as ESPN.com ) since 1995, which licensed the ESPN brand and video clips from ABC's corporate sister ESPN Inc. Disney wanted more control of their Internet properties, which meant ABCNews.com was operated as a joint venture with ABC News having editorial control. Disney had also bought

243-456: A benign episode dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier ended up being remembered for one of the show's controversial moments. The April 6, 1987 broadcast included longtime Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis , who had been with the franchise since before Robinson's debut. When Ted Koppel asked Campanis about why there were so few black field managers or general managers in

324-451: A condensed form on ABC's overnight news program World News Now . There was also a version of Nightline for sister cable channel Fusion . The program began on November 8, 1979 , four days after the start of the Iran hostage crisis . ABC News president Roone Arledge figured that the best way to compete against NBC 's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was to update Americans on

405-466: A couple weeks before Morrie's death. Every so often, Koppel ended the program with a "Closing Thought", in which Koppel usually expressed his opinion on the subject of the night's broadcast. On his final night, urging viewers to continue watching the program, Koppel concluded his final Nightline broadcast with the following "Closing Thought": There's this quiz I give to some of our young interns when they first arrive at Nightline . I didn't do it with

486-577: A deal. Cronkite begat Rather , Chancellor begat Brokaw , Reynolds begat Jennings . And each of them did a pretty fair job in his own right. You've always been very nice to me, so 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. That's our report for tonight, I'm Ted Koppel in Washington, [and] from all of us here at ABC News, good night. British journalist and producer James Goldston

567-471: A decision by Arledge, president of ABC News and Sports, to kill a 13-minute report about Marilyn Monroe , possibly due to his close ties to Ethel Kennedy . 20/20 drew criticism from the program's co-anchors, Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters, and the executive producer, Av Westin. Arledge said that he had killed the piece because it was "gossip-column stuff" and "does not live up to its billing." Downs, however, took issue with Arledge's judgment. "I am upset about

648-426: A major breaking news story occurred as late as 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time, resulting in the subject of that night's edition being changed in order to cover the story in some form of detail, depending on the depth of information available at the time of broadcast. Examples of this were the deaths of John Lennon ( 1980 ) and Yasser Arafat (2004). Nightline also held a series of town hall meetings ; these included

729-455: A minority stake in Starwave before the launch of ABCNews.com and would later buy the company outright. The website initially had a dedicated staff of about 30. In addition to articles, it featured short video clips and audio from the start, delivered using RealAudio and RealVideo technology. Some content was also available via America Online . In 2011, ABC News and Yahoo News announced

810-516: A moderate degree following Koppel's departure), though the program has caused controversy on occasion. In 1982, Koppel interviewed Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chief Yasser Arafat on the program, in which he had indicated that he would not accept conditions from the U.S. to recognize the PLO. In 1984, the program featured an interview with Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger , marking his first live television appearance. In honor of

891-491: A move that would likely have forced the network to cancel Nightline . However, Letterman opted to sign a renewed contract with CBS to remain host of the Late Show . An unverified story suggested that Letterman would have made the move had a Letterman talk show on ABC started at 12:05 a.m. Eastern Time in order to preserve Nightline . When ABC debuted Jimmy Kimmel Live! as a late-night talk competitor to Tonight and

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972-565: A news focused streaming channel, was launched on Roku. Following a reorganization of ABC's parent company, The Walt Disney Company which created the Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International segment in March 2018, ABC News Digital and Live Streaming, including ABC News Live and FiveThirtyEight , were transferred to the new segment. In an October 2018 Simmons Research survey of 38 news organizations, ABC News

1053-437: A series of episodes called "America: In Black and White" dealing with individual aspects of American race relations, and another on homosexuality titled "A Matter of Choice?". Over the years, Nightline had a number of technological firsts. The program did the first live report from the base of Mount Everest . In November 1992, science reporter Michael Guillen did the first live broadcast from Antarctica . There were times when

1134-567: A strategic partnership to share ABC's online reporting on Yahoo's website; the deal expanded in 2015 to include the Disney/ABC Television Group. In 2018, ABC News, and Good Morning America specifically, ended the hosting partnership with Yahoo, instead opting to continue separate web presences. ABC News Live is a 24/7 streaming video news channel for breaking news, live events, newscasts and longer-form reports and documentaries operated by ABC News since 2018, The channel

1215-463: A student of Schwartz. Albom talked about how the Nightline interviews led and inspired him into contacting Schwartz personally, and then visiting him weekly. These visits became the basis of the book Tuesdays with Morrie , chronicling lessons about life learned from Schwartz. The interview was significant because Morrie was actually interviewed 3 times including the 1995 interview which took place

1296-579: A unique subject. Since its inception, the program has covered many subjects ( science , education , politics , economics , society , and breaking news ). Many candidates for government offices, such as David Duke (in November 1991) have appeared on Nightline to try to promote themselves. Seeing that there are a large number of prisons in the United States, it created an ongoing series in 1994 called "Crime and Punishment". The program also aired

1377-409: A vague recollection that he once worked in television news. What none of these young men and women in their late teens and early twenties appreciates, until I point it out to them, is that they have just heard the names of seven anchormen or commentators who were once so famous that everyone in the country knew their names. Everybody. Trust me, the transition from one anchor to another is not that big

1458-527: A wide range of entertainment and lifestyle programming . The channel was available in the United States and Europe . Its Talk Back feature allowed viewers to voice their input by submitting videos and personal thoughts on controversial issues and current topics. It was shut down as a digital subchannel after its experimental phase ended with the Presidential inauguration in 2005. ABC News Now

1539-498: Is ABC News ' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge , the program featured Ted Koppel as its main anchor from March 1980 until his retirement in November 2005. Its ongoing rotating anchors are Byron Pitts and Juju Chang . Nightline airs weeknights from 12:37 to 1:07 a.m., Eastern Time , after Jimmy Kimmel Live! , which had served as

1620-477: Is available through Roku , Hulu , Disney+ , YouTube TV , Sling TV , Pluto TV , Xumo , FuboTV and the news division's other streaming platforms. The service is under the direction of Justin Dial, Vice President of Streaming Content, Seniboye Tienabeso, Executive Director of ABC News Live, Chandra Zeikel, Executive Producer & Eric Ortega, Executive Producer. This unit is producing: Satellite News Channel

1701-507: Is reliable, credible journalists." In 2022, ABC News launched a sister newsmagazine, IMPACT x Nightline , that streams on Hulu . Note: The anchors alternate hosting duties, without both anchors appearing on every night. On February 12, 2015, it was announced that ABC and Univision would launch a new version of Nightline on Fusion called Nightline on Fusion . It was hosted by Gio Benitez and Kimberly Brooks and aired on Tuesdays at 9 pm eastern with repeats at other times. The show

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1782-552: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation , operates its unrelated news division that is also named ABC News . The U.S. ABC News maintains a content-sharing agreement with the Nine Network , which also broadcasts GMA domestically in the early morning before its own breakfast program . In New Zealand , ABC World News was broadcast daily at 5:10 p.m. and again at 11:35 p.m. As with

1863-537: The Iraq War since it began in March 2003. This prompted controversy from conservatives who believed that Koppel was making a political statement and from management at Hunt Valley , Maryland -based television station owner Sinclair Broadcast Group , which felt that ABC was undermining the war effort in Iraq; in protest, Sinclair forced its ABC- affiliated stations not to air that night's edition. Others, most notably

1944-482: The Late Show in January 2003, it was placed at the 12:06 a.m. Eastern timeslot instead of the 11:35 p.m. slot occupied at the time by Nightline , again preventing its cancellation. In March 2005, Ted Koppel announced that he would be leaving the show at the end of his contract. On November 22, 2005, Koppel retired from Nightline after 25 years as anchor of the program, and left ABC News after 42 years with

2025-690: The United States , specifically news and political broadcasting, and broaden the projected points of view . Only a few companies, such as NBC and CBS , dominated the radio market. NBC conducted the split voluntarily in case its appeal of the ruling was denied, and it was forced to split its two networks into separate companies. Regular television news broadcasts on ABC began soon after the network signed on its initial owned-and-operated television station (WJZ-TV, now WABC-TV ) and production center in New York City in August 1948. Broadcasts continued as

2106-421: The 1970s, the network had effectively turned around, with its prime-time entertainment programs achieving more substantial ratings and drawing in higher advertising revenue and profits for ABC overall. With the appointment of the president of ABC Sports , Roone Arledge as president of ABC News in 1977, ABC invested the resources to make it a significant source of news content. Arledge, known for experimenting with

2187-520: The 40th Anniversary of D-Day in 1984, Nightline aired a special edition which "covered" the landings on Normandy as though modern television news, along with satellite reports, had existed at the time. The following year in 1985, the program conducted its first on-remote broadcast from South Africa . In 1986, the program featured interviews with the Philippines ' first female president , Corazon Aquino , and outgoing president Ferdinand Marcos ,

2268-561: The ABC News Headquarters in Lincoln Square , citing high production costs and logistical problems, though some special editions still do originate from Times Square Studios. In 2009, Nightline announced that an online program was in development that would be hosted by the show's anchors through Twitter , encouraging viewer discussion on the website. In a 2008 interview with correspondent Bob Woodruff featured on

2349-459: The ABC network expanded nationwide. Until the early 1970s, ABC News programs and ABC in general consistently ranked third in viewership behind CBS and NBC news programs. ABC had fewer affiliate stations and a weaker prime-time programming slate to support the network's news operations compared to the two larger networks, each of which had established their radio news operations during the 1930s. By

2430-1267: The BBC in the U.K., TVNZ 7 (owned by Television New Zealand ) aired the program commercial-free until the channel ceased operations on June 30, 2012. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NBC News Wall Street Journal Politico MSNBC / CNBC / Telemundo Bloomberg Government Washington Examiner Boston Globe / Washington Blade Fox News CBS News Radio AP Radio / PBS VOA Time Yahoo! News Daily Caller / EWTN CBS News Bloomberg News McClatchy NY Post / TheGrio Washington Times Salem Radio / CBN Cheddar News / Hearst TV AP NPR Foreign pool The Hill Regionals Newsmax Gray TV / Spectrum News ABC News Washington Post Agence France-Presse Fox Business / Fox News Radio CSM / Roll Call Al Jazeera Nexstar / Scripps News Reuters NY Times LA Times Univision / AURN RealClearPolitics Daily Beast / Dallas Morning News BBC / Newsweek CNN USA Today ABC News Radio Daily Mail National Journal HuffPost Financial Times / The Guardian Nightline Nightline (or ABC News Nightline )

2511-692: The Internet, and not necessarily to the telecasts alone. In June 1998, ABC News (which owned an 80% stake in the service), Nine Network and ITN sold their respective interests in Worldwide Television News to the Associated Press . Additionally, ABC News signed a multi-year content deal with AP for its affiliate video service, Associated Press Television News (APTV), while providing material from ABC's news video service, ABC News One, to APTV. Scandal erupted in 1985 over

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2592-659: The Israeli-Palestinian Town Meeting in 1987, one with Nelson Mandela on June 21, 1990, and one discussing the War in Iraq in 2003. The first such "Town Meeting", in 1987, was an extended edition (running for four hours and 12 minutes, until 3:47 a.m. Eastern Time, on the night of its broadcast) discussing the AIDS epidemic of that period in the U.S. A major portion of the episode was devoted to interviews where important people were asked tough questions on

2673-866: The Whippet became the first breed to win the title of Best in Show at the AKC National Championship more than once. Best in Show: ABC News (United States) ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC . Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ABC World News Tonight with David Muir ; other programs include morning news-talk show Good Morning America , Nightline , Primetime , 20/20 , and Sunday morning political affairs program This Week with George Stephanopoulos . In addition to

2754-639: The affair, leading to his withdrawal from the presidential election. That year, Nightline broadcast for the first time in the Soviet Union . In 1988, Nightline conducted a special report on-location from Jerusalem . In 1996, Times Books published Nightline: History in the Making and the Making of Television , about the program's history up to that point, with author credits attributed to Koppel and Nightline producer Kyle Gibson. The book received numerous lackluster reviews. In Walter Goodman's review of

2835-1193: The ages of 18 and 34. The network replaced ABC News Now , a mainly streaming service of ABC News content. In December 2015, it was reported that Disney was in talks to sell its stake in Fusion to Univision. The split was complete on April 21, 2016; Univision alone would continue to operate Fusion until December 31, 2021, when it shut down the network. New York (Main Headquarters) Washington, D.C. Atlanta Chicago Dallas Los Angeles London Miami Paris San Francisco Auckland Current ABC News Radio personnel Contributors ('†' symbol indicates person deceased) In Australia, Sky News Australia airs daily broadcasts of ABC World News Tonight (at 10:30 a.m.) and Nightline (at 1:30 a.m.) as well as weekly airings of 20/20 (on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m., with an extended version at 2:00 p.m. on Sundays) and occasionally Primetime (at 1:30 p.m. on Thursdays, with extended edition at 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays). Coincidentally, that country's public broadcasting ,

2916-533: The book for the New York Times , he observed "Ted Koppel announces in his introduction to Nightline that he did none of the interviews that went into the book and that although he 'influenced' and 'contributed' to it, 'in the final analysis Kyle wrote it.'" Ken Tucker in Entertainment Weekly pointed in an unfavorable manner to the book's use of the third person : "Throughout Nightline

2997-579: The book, the star is referred to in the third person: 'Koppel said' this or that; 'Koppel hadn’t been asleep an hour when the phone rang.'." Frederic M. Biddle of the Boston Globe wrote "This book reminds us not only that good television doesn't necessarily translate into scintillating prose, but that behind every successful journalist lurks a good editor – who in this case didn't show up." During Ted Koppel's tenure as anchor (and on rare occasions since his departure), Nightline devoted each episode to

3078-446: The broadcast "model", created many of ABC News' most popular and enduring programs, including 20/20 , World News Tonight , This Week , Nightline , and Primetime Live . ABC News' longtime slogan, "More Americans get their news from ABC News than from any other source." (introduced in the late 1980s), was a claim referring to the number of people who watch, listen to and read ABC News content on television, radio and (eventually)

3159-573: The day of her death. Fred Otash, a detective who said he was the chief wiretapper, is interviewed on camera, and ABC staff members said three other wiretappers corroborated his account. In addition, several people not in the book say on camera that Monroe kept diaries with references to meetings with the Kennedy brothers, according to a staff member who has seen the report. "It set out to be a piece which would demonstrate that because of alleged relations between Robert Kennedy and John F. Kennedy and Monroe,

3240-578: The division's television programs, ABC News has radio and digital outlets, including ABC News Radio and ABC News Live , plus various podcasts hosted by ABC News personalities. ABC began in 1943 as the NBC Blue Network , a radio network that was spun off from NBC , as ordered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1942. The reason for the order was to expand competition in radio broadcasting in

3321-475: The end of Koppel's tenure; it was changed following his retirement. The program remains unique in American media, considering its nightly broadcasts. Most other similar shows only air once a week, though usually in a prime time slot for a full hour. Nightline is usually less sensationalistic than the weekly news magazines (which often emphasize soft news programming, stories of such type – such as pop culture -related stories – Nightline has incorporated to

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3402-448: The fact that it is more difficult to focus on a story subject in depth when there is much less time devoted to it, and that more stories seen on the program seem to focus more on popular culture , rather than news events. However, ratings increased after the new format was implemented, even beating the Late Show with David Letterman for three consecutive weeks in August 2006 and again in 2008. On July 11, 2006, in his first appearance on

3483-484: The format on May 28, 2004, reading the names of service members killed in the war in Afghanistan , and on May 30, 2005, reading the names of all service members killed in Afghanistan or Iraq between the last program and the preparation of the program. This time, all of Sinclair's ABC stations aired the program as scheduled. For many years, rumors had been spread about the show's possible cancellation. However, during

3564-852: The highest-rated late-night program in the U.S. in terms of total viewers, assisted by the Tonight Show conflict and notable interviews with Bill Clinton , Terry Jones , and Sarah Palin . In August 2010, Martin Bashir left Nightline to serve as a correspondent with NBC News and host a daytime news/interview program on MSNBC ; he was subsequently replaced by Bill Weir . On January 20, 2011, ABC News president Ben Sherwood announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! (for which Nightline had been serving as its lead-in since that program premiered in January 2003) would have its start time moved five minutes earlier to 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time, reducing Nightline ' s running time from 31 to 25 minutes. It

3645-404: The hosting duties. A few days later a producer had the idea of displaying the number of days on America Held Hostage (e.g., Day 15, Day 50, Day 150, etc.). By the end of the hostage crisis in 1981 (after 444 days), the program – which had been retitled the previous year as Nightline – had entrenched itself on ABC's programming schedule, and made Koppel a national figure. ABC had previously used

3726-615: The interview, the Dodgers fired Campanis. Later in 1987, the program broadcast an exclusive interview with televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker , following the former's sex scandal that brought down their PTL ministry. On December 3, 1990, Nightline played Madonna 's controversial music video " Justify My Love " in its entirety, then interviewed Madonna live about the video's sexual content and censorship. The video contained imagery of sadomasochism , voyeurism and bisexuality . When asked whether she stood to make more money selling

3807-414: The last batch; it's a little too close to home. "How many of you", I'll ask, "can tell me anything about Eric Sevareid ?" Blank stares. "How about Howard K. Smith or Frank Reynolds ?" Not a twitch of recognition. " Chet Huntley ? John Chancellor ?" Still nothing. " David Brinkley " sometimes causes a hand or two to be raised, and Walter Cronkite may be glad to learn that a lot of young people still have

3888-531: The latest news from Iran . At that time, the show was called The Iran Crisis–America Held Hostage: Day "xxx" , where xxx represented the number of days that Iranians held the occupants of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran , Iran as hostages. At first, World News Tonight lead anchor Frank Reynolds hosted the 20-minute special reports. Shortly after its creation, Reynolds stopped hosting the program. Ted Koppel , then ABC News's State Department Correspondent, took on

3969-481: The latter of which tried to defend the extravagant lifestyle (including the extensive shoe collection) of his wife Imelda during the country's economic hardship. In an interview with Nightline in 1987, Colorado Democratic senator and 1988 presidential candidate Gary Hart admitted to having cheated on his wife, Lee Ludwig, with Donna Rice , in the aftermath of an exposé in the Miami Herald that revealed

4050-512: The network, although it was an early departure from both as his contract was not set to expire until December. Koppel's final broadcast of Nightline did not feature clips, memorable interviews or famous moments from his tenure as host, as would be typical when an anchor retires. Instead, it featured Koppel's 1995 interview with college professor Morrie Schwartz , who was suffering with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis . For this broadcast, Koppel interviewed sports journalist Mitch Albom , who had been

4131-402: The new anchors, Nightline began airing live each night (outside of pre-taped story packages) and switched to a multi-topic format (similar to the format attempted during the short-lived 1983 expansion to an hour-long broadcast, although condensed to fit a half-hour timeslot) – that covers multiple stories in each broadcast. The conversion to a multi-topic format has received some criticism due to

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4212-445: The presidency was compromised because organized crime was involved," he said. "Based on what has been uncovered so far, there was no evidence." Arledge's decision to kill the broadcast resulted in the subsequent decision of Geraldo Rivera to leave ABC entirely. Rivera was a 20/20 correspondent but did not work on that story. He had been publicly critical of Arledge's decision. Arledge, a champion and defender of Rivera, said he thought

4293-479: The program after that night's broadcast (although he would remain with ABC News as a correspondent and legal analyst), and would be replaced by Byron Pitts effective the following day (December 19). From March 16, 2020, Nightline presented extended coverage of the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States ; co-anchor Pitts explained that the show was "leaning more heavily into [its] roots", and

4374-421: The program prided itself on providing a mix of investigative journalism and extended interviews (something that continues to be featured to this day, albeit at a reduced extent), which would look out of place on World News Tonight . The format of the show featured an introduction by the host, then a taped piece on the specific topic of the night; then after a commercial break, there was a live interview related to

4455-530: The program since leaving Nightline in November 2005, Ted Koppel made a surprise appearance on that night's broadcast to discuss the prisoner situation at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp with co-anchor Terry Moran, and to discuss his then upcoming series for the Discovery Channel . On August 7, 2006, ABC shut down full-time Nightline production from Times Square and moved the program to

4536-512: The program's lead-out from 2003 to 2012. In 2002, Nightline was ranked 23rd on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time . The program has won four Peabody Awards , one in 2001, two in 2002 for the reports "Heart of Darkness" and "The Survivors," and one in 2022 for "The Appointment". Through a video-sharing agreement with the BBC , Nightline repackages some of the BBC's output for an American audience. Segments from Nightline are shown in

4617-454: The program, former United States Senator and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards admitted to having had an adulterous affair unbeknownst his wife , Elizabeth , with a campaign staffer (later identified as Rielle Hunter ) who worked on his campaign for the then-forthcoming 2008 presidential election , which he would drop out of. In the 2009-2010 television season, the series narrowly beat Late Show with David Letterman as

4698-458: The so-called "late night wars" of 1993, when the Late Show with David Letterman began competing with The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , some in the industry believed that Nightline would wind up in first place. On occasion, when a significant news story occurred, Nightline would top its entertainment rivals in the ratings. In 2002, ABC attempted to hire David Letterman away from CBS ,

4779-479: The sport, Campanis responded awkwardly, saying that blacks may lack the "necessities" to succeed in those positions. Despite Koppel offering Campanis numerous chances to clarify or retract his remark (asking Campanis several times "Do you really believe that?"), Campanis' subsequent responses only worsened his position. Koppel ultimately scolded Campanis on-air for proposing the "same kind of garbage" that Robinson's critics and skeptics had peddled in 1947. Shortly after

4860-488: The spot. Another series of town hall meetings featured public discussions and appearances by Japanese officials on the poor performance of American business during the 1980s, contrasted with the success of Japanese businesses. These town hall meetings coincided with the corporate takeovers of U.S. companies by Japanese corporations during the early 1990s (such as MCA by Matsushita , and CBS Records and Columbia Pictures by Sony Corporation ). What had been intended to be

4941-449: The story needed more work. The story probed purported affairs between actress Marilyn Monroe, President John F. Kennedy, and his brother Robert F. Kennedy. On August 7, 2014, ABC announced that it would relaunch its radio network division, ABC Radio , on January 1, 2015. The change occurred following the announcement that Cumulus would replace its ABC News radio service with Westwood One News (via CNN ). On September 20, 2019, ABC Radio

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5022-459: The television columnist for The Washington Post , thought it was a ratings stunt for sweeps ; indeed Nightline was the highest-rated program during that time period, and had about 30% more viewers than other editions of the program which aired that week. ABC responded to the controversy, saying that the program was meant to be "an expression of respect which seeks to honor those who have laid down their lives for this country." Koppel repeated

5103-442: The title " Night Line " for a short-lived 1 a.m. talk show starring Les Crane that was broadcast over the network's New York City flagship station , WABC-TV , starting in 1963. The program originally aired four nights a week (on Monday through Thursdays) until 1982, when the sketch comedy program Fridays was shifted to air after Nightline . By this time, the news program had expanded to 30 minutes. For much of its history,

5184-401: The topic of the piece. In 1983, ABC attempted to change the program's format to feature multiple topics and expand it to one hour, as opposed to focusing on a single topic in a half-hour. This switch proved to be unsuccessful, and after a few months, the original format of the program was restored. Once the original format returned, reverting to a 31-minute structure, it remained unchanged through

5265-488: The trial of former Cambodian dictator Pol Pot , in violation of a verbal agreement between ABC News and freelance journalist Nate Thayer to use the footage of Pot's trial. Thayer later sued Koppel and ABC News for $ 30 million in punitive damages and unspecified compensatory damages . On April 30, 2004 , Koppel read the names of members of the United States Armed Forces who were killed in

5346-453: The video than airing it on MTV , she shrugged and answered, "Yeah, so? Lucky me." She also mentioned that the banning was hypocritical, as male artists were able to show music videos on the channel which contained sexist and violent imagery. She also mentioned that in her " Vogue " music video she had worn a see-through lace top which exposed her breasts, but this was passed by the channel. In 1997, Nightline aired "ABC Exclusive" footage of

5427-442: The way it was handled," he said in an interview. "I honestly believe that this is more carefully documented than anything any network did during Watergate. I lament the fact that the decision reflects badly on people I respect and it reflects badly on me and the broadcast." Additionally, Westin said: "I don't anticipate not putting it on the air. The journalism is solid. Everything in there has two sources. We are documenting that there

5508-574: Was a joint venture between ABC News and Group W that launched on June 21, 1982, as a satellite-delivered cable television network. SNC used footage from ABC News and seven Washington, D.C. –based crews and stories from other overseas networks to provide a rotating newscast every 20 minutes. However, this channel had difficulty getting clearance from cable systems, so ABC News and Group W decided to sell it to its competitor, CNN (a subsidiary of Time Warner 's Turner Broadcasting System ). CNN ceased Satellite News Channel's operations on October 27, 1983. SNC

5589-424: Was a relationship between Bobby and Marilyn and Jack and Marilyn. A variety of eyewitnesses attest to that on camera." Two other aspects of the unaired report, according to an ABC staff member who has seen it, are eyewitness accounts of wiretapping of Monroe's home by Jimmy Hoffa , the teamster leader, that reveal meetings between her and the Kennedy brothers, and accounts of a visit to Monroe by Robert F. Kennedy on

5670-477: Was also announced that ABC would produce up to 13 hours of prime-time news content under the Nightline brand. For the 2011–2012 television season, Nightline again placed as the most-watched late-night television program among the major networks. In 2011 Goldston departed as executive producer to move to Good Morning America. On August 21, 2012, ABC announced that the program would switch timeslots with Jimmy Kimmel Live! beginning January 8, 2013: Nightline

5751-626: Was also in Orlando. The next show was held in 2003 and was in Long Beach , California . The two 2006 shows were held in Tampa, Florida (the show switched from being held in January to being held in December, which explains why there were two shows, and therefore two winners, in 2006). With 2020 being hosted in Orlando, the championships were held behind closed doors for the first time. In 2020,

5832-462: Was appointed as the programme's executive producer in 2005. He opted to scrap the format of the existing broadcast, and on November 28, 2005, replaced Koppel with a three-anchor team of Martin Bashir (Goldston's compatriot and colleague on ITV's Living with Michael Jackson ) and Cynthia McFadden at Times Square Studios in New York City and Terry Moran in Washington, D.C. Along with

5913-529: Was consistent with the show itself having been "born in response to a crisis, giving facts, context and, when possible, comfort as our nation dealt with the Iran hostages". It was also announced that the program would temporarily return to its former 11:35 p.m. time slot from March 17 to April 10, replacing J immy Kimmel Live! (which went on hiatus with reruns until March 30, when the program returned with original episodes produced from Kimmel's home). Nightline

5994-464: Was either replaced by CNN or CNN2 on most cable systems. ABC News Now was a 24-hour cable news network that launched on July 26, 2004, as a digital subchannel by ABC News, being the company's second attempt in the 24-hour cable news world after Satellite News Channel . It was offered via digital television , broadband and streaming video at ABCNews.com and on mobile phones . It delivered breaking news , headline news each half hour, and

6075-432: Was moved one hour later to 12:35 a.m. Eastern Time, while Kimmel moved to the program's former 11:35 p.m. timeslot, in order to compete with fellow late night talk shows The Tonight Show and the Late Show with David Letterman . Upon the move, Nightline was also expanded to 30 minutes. As part of this move, ABC also announced that it would launch a prime time news magazine extension of Nightline , which

6156-449: Was named as a co-anchor of Nightline , replacing Bill Weir (who had recently left ABC News to become a correspondent for CNN ). In August 2014, Cynthia McFadden left Nightline and ABC News to become a correspondent for NBC News , and was replaced as co-anchor by existing ABC News correspondent (and frequent contributor to the program) Juju Chang . On December 18, 2014, it was announced that Dan Abrams would step down as an anchor of

6237-598: Was originally scheduled to premiere on March 1, 2013; the premiere of this program – later retitled The Lookout , which focuses mainly on consumer reports and is produced by the Nightline staff – was subsequently pushed back to May 29, 2013, airing in a Wednesday 10:00 p.m. Eastern timeslot. Another prime time version of Nightline , Nightline Prime , premiered on March 15, 2014, in a Saturday 9:00 p.m. Eastern timeslot; this series featured reporters using small cameras to cover stories from within. In October 2013, Good Morning America weekend co-anchor Dan Harris

6318-571: Was ranked the second most trusted news organization by Americans, behind The Wall Street Journal . ABC News Radio is the radio service of ABC Audio , a division of the ABC News. Formerly known as ABC Radio News , ABC News Radio feeds through Skyview Networks with newscasts on the hour to its affiliates. ABC News Radio is the largest commercial radio news organization in the US. ABCNews.com launched on May 15, 1997, by ABC News Internet Ventures,

6399-477: Was renamed as ABC Audio as the network has evolved to offer a podcast portfolio and other forms of on-demand and linear content. In April 2018, it was announced that FiveThirtyEight would be transferred to ABC News from ESPN, Inc. , majority owned by The Walt Disney Company . On September 10, 2018, ABC News launched a second attempt to extend its Good Morning America brand into the afternoon with GMA3: What You Need to Know . In May 2019, ABC News Live ,

6480-515: Was replaced on cable providers with Fusion on October 28, 2013. Fusion was a digital cable and satellite network owned and operated by Fusion Media Group , LLC, which was a joint venture between ABC News and Univision Communications . ABC and Univision formally announced their launch on May 2, 2012. Launched on October 28, 2013, Fusion features a mix of traditional news and investigative programs along with satirical content aimed at English-speaking Hispanic and Latino American adults between

6561-431: Was the highest-rated late-night program that week in total and key demographic viewership. On March 24, 2020, Nightline marked its 40th anniversary; Ted Koppel made a guest appearance, where he discussed his wife's vulnerability to COVID-19 due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and opined that "it's time more than ever in this country to come to the realization that what we need more than anything else,

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