Ted Koppel has found a new home. The former Nightline anchor, along with eight of that
program's old staff members, have teamed with The Discovery
Channel to produce documentaries and other news specials. Koppel left Nightline back in November after 25 years,
but he plans to continue pursuing his passion for news by covering global topics as well as producing other programming
similar to what he's done in the past. Koppel was also
in talks with HBO but stayed away because of it's association with entertainment and not news. Koppel said he wanted
to produce some great programming at Discovery, because at ABC, only "about five percent [of Nightline
episodes per year] were truly great." Koppel will be working on six programs a year for Discovery and we can
expect the first one near the end of Summer 2006. I support this and all because I think it's great that he wants to
keep on truckin', but does anyone actually watch The Discovery Channel other than pausing to watch the open-heart
surgery while channel surfing?Ted Koppel joining Discovery Channel
Ted Koppel has found a new home. The former Nightline anchor, along with eight of that
program's old staff members, have teamed with The Discovery
Channel to produce documentaries and other news specials. Koppel left Nightline back in November after 25 years,
but he plans to continue pursuing his passion for news by covering global topics as well as producing other programming
similar to what he's done in the past. Koppel was also
in talks with HBO but stayed away because of it's association with entertainment and not news. Koppel said he wanted
to produce some great programming at Discovery, because at ABC, only "about five percent [of Nightline
episodes per year] were truly great." Koppel will be working on six programs a year for Discovery and we can
expect the first one near the end of Summer 2006. I support this and all because I think it's great that he wants to
keep on truckin', but does anyone actually watch The Discovery Channel other than pausing to watch the open-heart
surgery while channel surfing?
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1-05-2006 @ 9:03AM
forzaq8 said...
i don't know about you , but i watch the discovery channel for mythbusters and Top Gear , also my father enjoy the police program they have ( he call them real not the phony CSI )
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1-05-2006 @ 10:50AM
Michael said...
The Discovery Channel is one of my favorites (Mythbusters/American Chopper/Extreme Engineering). Other than watching Lost episodes and some football games I stay away from all the crap on the networks.
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