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Edward James Martin “Ted” Koppel is a British-born American broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor for Nightline, from the program’s inception in 1980 until 2005. Before Nightline, he spent twenty years as a broadcast journalist and news anchor for ABC. After becoming host of Nightline, he was regarded as one of the most “outstanding” of the serious-minded interviewers on American television. Five years after its 1980 debut the show had a nightly audience of some seven and a half million viewers. His audience was made up of people who appreciated the “plain speaking, articulateness, and topical urgency” his late-night interviews with politicians and celebrities presented.

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