Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel
Edward James Martin "Ted" Koppelis an American broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor for Nightline from the program's inception in 1980 until his retirement in late 2005. After leaving Nightline, Koppel worked as managing editor for the Discovery Channel, a news analyst for NPR and BBC World News America and a contributor to Rock Center with Brian Williams. Koppel is currently a contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth8 February 1940
CountryUnited States of America
At some point, it would probably be time to pull out anyway,
There is nothing precipitous about this, ... It's time to give a new bunch a crack at this.
Even in his last days, he still filled a room.
The whole mood of the country has changed,
She's always been by my side when I needed her,
I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming. It's time to give something back.
I felt a certain amount of embarrassment about doing it (covering the trial) on a regular basis. Every time we did O.J., the ratings went up 10 percent.
There were great moments very early on, great moments in the middle and great moments at the end, ... What I'm proudest of is that we've maintained high standards from beginning to end. I don't think we ever let down standards.
I don't know if everyone will give you a fair amount of time, but I promise you I will.
Why? Because those are desperately important issues, and you need to keep reminding the public,
You have lived up to every syllable of that commitment and I thank you.
For the rest of his life, and I do mean the rest of his life, he always regretted the fact that he had dropped out of school,
My mother was born in the year 1899 and I was sitting there on New Year's Day in 1999 saying, 'God, I wish my grandfather had written a book about life in his time,' ... And then I thought, well, maybe I'll try and do it, and initially I sat down to do it more for the family than anything else.
He was a warm and loving and surprisingly sentimental man.