New Nightline: Iraq, AIDS In Week 1

In his teleconference with reporters yesterday, Nightline EP James Goldston “took pains…to ‘refute utterly’ any speculation that Nightline is headed in a more tabloid-like direction, saying the revamped show will ‘be true to the Nightline tradition,'” Scott Collins notes in today’s L.A. Times.

“Goldston revealed that the first week would feature a three-part story from co-host Cynthia McFadden on AIDS in India, along with reporting from her colleague Terry Moran on the Iraq war. Moran will co-host from Washington, where Nightline has been based since 1980. The third host, who will join McFadden in a new studio in New York’s Times Square, is British broadcaster Martin Bashir.”