Verne Gay’s scoop in Newsday is so good:
| ABC News has asked to expand “Nightline” from a half-hour to an hour, with the possibility of going live from Times Square studios (the show has always originated in Washington and is taped earlier on each broadcast day). There also is speculation that the show will not only go “lighter,” to cite the word of one source, but use two anchors — one female and one male. And the male anchor? Sources say Koppel, who has fought the changes, will almost certainly leave ‘Nightline’ before the end of the year, when his contract is up. But now, the name that has been floated as his replacement is George Stephanopoulos. The anchor of “This Week” for the past couple of years, Stephanopoulos has subbed frequently on “Nightline,” and has built his “live” chops on “Good Morning, America.” |
> Will George sweat in the Nightline chair?
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