Ted Koppel said yesterday he is leaving ABC News, ending a 42-year career and a quarter-century run as anchor of "Nightline," because he does not want to do it in the live hour-long format the network ...

Suddenly it's double or nothing for "Nightline." Under one proposal making the rounds at ABC News, the award-winning 30-minute news program would be transformed into a younger and hipper hour-long ...

Ted Koppel, who during a quarter-century as the host of "Nightline" on ABC has provided a hard-news alternative to the monologues and banter of Johnny Carson, Jay Leno and David Letterman, will leave ...

Preliminary overnight numbers are in and, thanks to a little help from “Dancing with the Stars” and a hyped exclusive interview with Jesse James, ABC’s “Nightline” saw its best ratings since the ...

Or is it? The much-honored late-night news program will lose the only anchor it has ever had at the end of the year. Koppel said Thursday he will end his 42-year career when his contract expires in ...