"ABC News Nightline" (1980)TV series 1980-????

Creator:

Roone Arledge
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Seasons:

unknown

Release Date:

24 March 1980 (USA)

Genre:

News | Talk-Show

Plot:

A nightly discussion of one important news event from earlier that day.

Plot Keywords:

Acronym In Title | Non Fiction

Awards:

19 wins & 13 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Aug. 29	11:35 PM	ABC
Mon. Sept. 1	11:35 PM	ABC

Cast

Vicki Mabrey	...	Herself - Correspondent / ... (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
Martin Bashir	...	Himself - Host / ... (3 episodes, 2005-2008)
Liza Minnelli	...	Herself (3 episodes, 1987-2008)
Ted Koppel	...	Himself (2 episodes, 1981-2005)
Gavin Newsom	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2004)
Cynthia McFadden	...	Herself - Co-Anchor / ... (2 episodes, 2005-2008)
John Kiriakou	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2007)

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Series Directed by
Roger Goodman		(3 episodes, 1993-1995)
Katerina Monemvassitis		(unknown episodes)
Eric Siegel		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Martin Bashir		(5 episodes, 2006-2008)
Vicki Mabrey		(2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Arash Ghadishah		(2 episodes, 2007)
Roone Arledge		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Arash Ghadishah	....	producer (8 episodes, 2007-2008)
Tom Bettag	....	executive producer (4 episodes, 1993-1995)
Curt Worden	....	executive producer / producer (3 episodes, 1994-1999)
Sara Just	....	producer / senior producer (2 episodes, 1993-1995)
Gloria Bailen	....	producer (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Kim Henshaw	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Sarah Rosenberg	....	associate producer / producer (2 episodes, 2006)
Roone Arledge	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Katerina Monemvassitis	....	senior producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Lillian Scheinert		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Mark Molesworth		(4 episodes, 2006-2007)
Bill McCurdy		(4 episodes, 2007)
Gilberto Nobrega		(2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Mike Iannuzzi		(2 episodes, 2006)
Mike Vetterick		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Hugh Elliott		(12 episodes, 2007-2008)
Edgar Max Marmen		(2 episodes, 1998-1999)

Series Production Design by
Charles E. McCarry		(unknown episodes, 1984)

Series Production Management
W. Leon Gittens	....	production manager / executive in charge of production (4 episodes, 1993-1995)

Series Sound Department
Michael Keenan	....	sound (7 episodes, 2006-2007)
John F. Schwally	....	sound recordist: remote production segments (unknown episodes, 1998)
Daniel E. Hagan	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Andrew Tills	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Charles Tomaras	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Keenan	....	additional camera operator / camera operator (2 episodes, 2007)
Bill McCurdy	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 2007)
Russ Marhull	....	camera operator (unknown episodes, 1996)
Jeremy Settles	....	gaffer (unknown episodes, 2005)
Ray Etheridge	....	contributing camera operator: KATU/Portland (unknown episodes)
Thomas Krakowiak	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Max J. Miller	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Mike Vetterick	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Joseph Saba	....	composer: theme music (61 episodes, 2006-2008)

Production Companies

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Other Companies

• Score Productions Inc.  music supervision

Also Known As:

Nightline

Runtime:

30 min | USA:60 min (occasional extended episode) | USA:90 min (occasional extended episode)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Trivia:

In the episode commemorating the 40th anniversary of Jackie Robinson entering the major leagues, L.A. Dodger executive Al Campanis ended his own career by stating that African-Americans lacked "some of the necessities" to be major league managers.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jon Lovitz (2005) (TV)

It's not the same without Ted

I used to be a huge fan of Nightline in the days with Ted Koppel. Nightline used to give you the information about a current issue in the country, then have a couple of experts debate the issue. I thought that it was very interesting and entertaining. But sadly, today, Nightline is nothing more than another news magazine show, and the stories are mostly boring. They mostly talk about stories that are already all over the news. Sadly, this is exactly what happened when Hugh Downs left 20/20, 20/20 used to be all about consumer investigations and undercover stings, today it's nothing more than a myth busting show beside what's already in the news. Most of these stories are already all over the news, and we don't want to hear them again, we want to hear something that's different and interesting!