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By Paul J. Gough NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - It was, sadly, the miracle that wasn't. For nearly three hours early Wednesday, cable news channels, broadcast networks and East Coast newspapers reported that 12 men survived being trapped in a West Virginia coal mine. CNN and ABC's "Nightline," among others, reported bells ringing at the Sago Baptist Church near the mine, spoke to joyful family members and quoted government officials who gave some details of the rescue 30 hours after...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran journalist Ted Koppel, who built ABC's "Nightline" into an American institution over 25 years, will join the Discovery Channel to make news documentaries, the channel said on Wednesday. Discovery Communications said Koppel, 65, would be managing editor at the channel and would be joined by longtime executive producer Tom Bettag and eight other former "Nightline" staff. Koppel's departure from "Nightline" in November after 42 years with ABC News was part of...

By Barry GarronLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In interviews before he retired last week from ABC and as anchor of "Nightline" for a quarter of a century, Ted Koppel expressed confidence that the new "Nightline," though it might take a different form, would carry on the solid journalistic traditions of the old show.Cynthia McFadden, one of the three co-anchors for the reincarnated "Nightline," pledged Monday night, the new show's first outing, "to do our...

By Paul J. Gough NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - During his 42 years at ABC News and 26-year run on "Nightline," Ted Koppel has seen -- and reported -- it all. As he prepared to anchor his last edition of "Nightline" Tuesday night, Koppel spoke about his experiences as an anchor and reporter for the show long regarded as the smartest news program on TV. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: OF ALL THE EXCELLENT WORK DONE ON "NIGHTLINE," WHAT STANDS OUT THE MOST FOR YOU? Ted Koppel: What I'm proudest...

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ted Koppel, who built ABC's "Nightline" into a TV news institution 25 years ago, starting with the U.S.-Iranian hostage crisis, will leave the show on Tuesday with a low-key broadcast devoted to one of his favorite subjects, a guy named Morrie. For his "Nightline" swan song, Koppel, 65, will look back at a series of interviews he did 10 years ago with college professor Morrie Schwartz, whose struggle with Lou Gehrig's disease and lessons on life...

By Paul J. Gough WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - Less than a week before he departs the airwaves, "Nightline" host Ted Koppel celebrated his 42 years at ABC News Wednesday with a party attended by several hundred colleagues, rivals and family members. Among the attendees at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts were Barbara Walters, Dan Rather, Tim Russert, Charlie Gibson, new "Nightline" co-anchor Cynthia McFadden, former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, Gwen...

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - ABC News said on Monday it will replace departing "Nightline" host Ted Koppel with a trio of anchors including a veteran White House reporter and a British journalist whose Michael Jackson documentary led to the pop star's child molestation trial. Terry Moran, ABC's chief White House correspondent since 1999, will join "Primetime" co-host Cynthia McFadden and former BBC journalist Martin Bashir in the new "Nightline" format debuting on November...

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ending months of speculation, ABC News said on Monday it will replace departing "Nightline" veteran Ted Koppel with a three-host team of British journalist Martin Bashir, White House correspondent Terry Moran and "Primetime" anchor Cynthia McFadden. The new three-anchor format, with Moran based in Washington and McFadden and Bashir in New York, will begin with the program's first post-Koppel broadcast on November 28, ABC said. In another change...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Broadcast journalist Ted Koppel, the face of late-night newscast "Nightline" for a quarter century, will anchor the show for the last time on November 22, but ABC News has not decided who will replace him, the network said on Thursday. Koppel, 65, becomes the latest in a string of veteran network news anchors to sign off in recent months, following Tom Brokaw of NBC, Dan Rather of CBS and Koppel's ABC News colleague, the late Peter Jennings. Koppel, who has...

Please read in paragraph 18 "Dan Rather ended his 24-year career as CBS lead anchor in March" instead of "Dan Rather ended his 24-year career as CBS lead anchor last month." By Cal Mankowski NEW YORK (Reuters) - Peter Jennings, prime-time anchorman for ABC News for more than two decades, has died of lung cancer at his home, the network said. He was 67. The Canadian-born Jennings, host of ABC's "World News Tonight" since 1983, died on Sunday, five months after he announced that he had been...