Ted Koppel closed out 26 years on ABC's Nightline Tuesday by predicting that he won't be missed -- and warning viewers that if they don't give his replacements a fair shot, they'll be punished...
Ted Koppel closed out 26 years on ABC's Nightline Tuesday by predicting that he won't be missed -- and warning viewers that if they don't give his replacements a fair shot, they'll be punished. ''Give this new Nightline anchor team a fair break,'' Koppel implored. ``If you don't, I promise you the network will just put another comedy show in this time slot. Then you'll be sorry.'' Koppel's final words as he vacated the anchor chair on the show he helped found in 1979: 'There's this quiz I give to some of our young interns when they first arrive at Nightline. I didn't do it with this last batch. It's a little too close to home. `How many of you,' I'll ask, 'can tell me anything about Eric Severeid?' Blank stares. 'How about Howard K. Smith or Frank Reynolds?' Not a twitch of recognition. ' Chet Huntley, Jack Chancellor?' Still nothing.
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