Funny box copy for the Swedish Chef’s cereal? That was me. “Dial-a-Muppet” sketches? Me. A statement to the press from Miss Piggy? Me. One of the things I certainly wasn’t focused on as a 27-year-old ...

”Nightline” Tuesday kept Chicago viewers up late. The hourlong session averaged a 14.5 rating, falling off in the last quarter-hour. (In Chicago, a rating point represents 30,000 TV households).

The cast and the conversation on ABC`s ”Nightline” Tuesday in the wake of the Bernhard Goetz verdict in New York was demonstrative of the show at its percolating best. Anchor Ted Koppel had rounded up ...

Ted Koppel sat in Bud Hedinger’s anchor chair on the WFTV-Channel 9 news set. “You look good up there, Ted!” co-anchor Marti Salt shouted from the wings. “I’ll be back Dec. 4th,” Koppel said. “My ...

It's been 45 years since ABC News' iconic late-night show "Nightline" debuted on March 24, 1980. To celebrate the occasion on Monday, past and present anchors dive into its history and enduring appeal ...

Accepting the latest of the countless honors “Nightline” has earned the past 25 years, retiring anchor Ted Koppel seemed a bit peeved. Koppel, on tape, chided the group of television critics for ...

On November 6, 1987, after a devastating stock market crash, the Muppets appeared on a special “Town Hall” edition of ABC’s “Nightline” in segments designed to explain the financial system. I wrote ...

In 1987 I had my first professional job as a writer. I was a computer programmer when I dropped out of college and moved to New York, but a series of the kind of decisions you make in your twenties ...