The AP’s Frazier Moore weighs in:
| The good news: “Nightline” carries on. The bad news: We barely recognize it. Befitting 25 years of serious, thoughtful journalism under departed anchor Ted Koppel, the revamped “Nightline” in its first week shunned celebrity fluff and murder-trial shenanigans. But at the same time, “Nightline” shifted into full default mode. Forget groundbreaking. There is nothing innovative, or even distinctive, about this generic new model. Devoid of its Koppel-era personality, “Nightline” has become a program with none. |
And that’s just the beginning…
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