Kennedy Coverage

Network specials and coverage of Ted Kennedy's death are being announced. Here's a rundown: ABC News ABC News will broadcast an hour special on the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy, anchored by Charles Gibson from Hyannis Port, MA and Diane Sawyer in New York. The ABC News Special, "Remembering Ted Kennedy," will air at 10:00 PM tonight. Coverage of Senator Kennedy's passing will also be featured on "World News with Charles Gibson," originating from Hyannis Port; "Nightline," anchored by Cynthia McFadden; ABC News Radio, and on ABC News NOW throughout the day, as well as on tomorrow's "Good Morning America." ABCNEWS.com has dedicated a special section, "Ted Kennedy: A Remarkable Life" available here. CBS News CBS News will look back at the life and legacy of Senator Edward "Teddy" Kennedy with the primetime special "Ted Kennedy, The Last Brother," anchored by Katie Couric tonight (8:00-9:00 PM) on the CBS Television Network. Featuring exclusive footage culled from CBS News' archives, the program is an intimate look at Kennedy - both the public face and the private man - as told through intimate interviews and candid moments captured over the last 40 years. CNN Throughout the day, CNN lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer joins regular, dayside programming from Washington D.C. with interviews and reports about the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy. Guests include former Sen. Birch Bayh (D-IN), President Jimmy Carter, former Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN.), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ.) Theodore Sorenson, former adviser to President John F. Kennedy, former Sen. John Warner (R- Va.) and more. Contributing to the coverage will be senior congressional correspondent Dana Bash, senior political correspondent Candy Crowley and chief national correspondent John King. At 7pm ET, CNN will air the HBO documentary "Teddy in His Own Words," which "chronicles Senator Kennedy's remarkable life from his childhood through his speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention." The two-hour special will be hosted by Campbell Brown. NPR From 2:00PM to 3:00PM (ET), NPR congressional correspondent Andrea Seabrook will host an hour-long call-in special. Seabrook will interview guests about Kennedy's life of service and influential career in the Senate, and invite questions from the audience. Guests include Congressman Barney Frank, former U.S. Senator John Sununu, professor and scholar Ronald Walters and Thomas Oliphant, who covered Kennedy for 40 years for the Boston Globe. Listeners may join the conversation by calling (800) 989-8255 or sending an email to talk@npr.org Beginning at 7:00PM (ET), NPR will explore Kennedy's life - his role as a legislative lion in the Senate; his focus on civil rights, and on fighting for the disenfranchised; and his personal life and struggles - in an hour-long program. Host Linda Wertheimer will be joined by a roundtable offering political analysis on the legacy Kennedy leaves behind, with legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, senior news analyst Juan Williams, health policy correspondent Julie Rovner and political editor Ken Rudin. MSNBC MSNBC will present a first look at "The Kennedy Brothers: A Hardball Documentary," tonight at 9 p.m. ET and tomorrow, Thursday Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. ET. "Headliners and Legends: Ted Kennedy" at 11 PM tonight. *We'll continue to update as we learn 'em.

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