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Questioning Koppel

Network television in the us is obsessed with youth. At least that's part of the reason anchor Ted Koppel offers for making a break after putting in more than 40 years on the platform. Koppel points to the increasing focus on younger viewers - hence talk of replacing Nightline with The Late Show with David Letterman - and to the fact that he didn't feel story selection should be done on the basis of trying to appeal to a younger demo. abc's loss, however, is Discovery's gain.

September 1, 2006

Network television in the us is obsessed with youth. At least that's part of the reason anchor Ted Koppel offers for making a break after putting in more than 40 years on the platform. Koppel points to the increasing focus on younger viewers - hence talk of replacing Nightline with The Late Show with David Letterman - and to the fact that he didn't feel story selection should be done on the basis of trying to appeal to a younger demo. abc's loss, however, is Discovery's gain.