Rachael Ray, Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart used her show Monday to clear the air about her recent comments regarding fellow chef Rachael Ray.
Martha Stewart: What Rachael Ray does is "not good enough for me"
"Just for the record, there are no bad feelings between us nor have there ever been," Stewart said apologetically...
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Martha Stewart, Rachael Ray
What Rachael Ray does is "not good enough for me," Martha Stewart tells ABC's Nightline.
In an interview airing Thursday, Stewart says Ray confessed to her that she "cannot...
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Cynthia McFadden and Martin Bashir by Heidi Gutman/ABC
Is there an anchor in the house? An ABC spokesman tells TVNewser.com that Nightline (Weeknights, 11:35 pm/ET, ABC) anchor Cynthia McFadden fell down some stairs in New York's Penn Station yesterday afternoon and was unable to anchor last night's show. Coanchor Martin Bashir was brought in, but he cut his head on something hanging over the World News set and required stitches. So much for Plan B.But the show must go on. Luckily, Terry Moran, the third member of the three-anchor rotation, was nearby and was called in about an hour before the broadcast. He got through the show unscathed. McFadden is expected back in the anchor chair tonight. Bashir is recovering from his injury. — J.R. Whalen
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Question: Welcome back! Now how about some Nightline spoilers!
Answer: I see you guys haven't lost your sense of humor.
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ABC, which on Monday ran an extended World News with limited commercial interruption, will continue its coverage of the shootings at Virginia Tech, the deadliest shooting rampage in American history, tonight with an hourlong edition of Nightline, originating from Blacksburg, Virginia. Then, on Tuesday's Good Morning America, Robin Roberts and Chris Cuomo will anchor from Blacksburg, and David Muir will report from the Virginia Tech campus. Charles Gibson will anchor Tuesday's World News from Blacksburg, an area he covered as a reporter earlier in his career.
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Pregnant shmegnant. ABC News' Elizabeth Vargas has scored a sit-down interview with President Bush, to air on World News Tonight and Nightline on Tuesday, and on Good Morning America on Wednesday. The topics to be covered include W's imminent trip to India and Pakistan, the six-month anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the war in Iraq.
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In the good old days — say, a month ago — Nightline (weekdays at 11:35 pm/ET, ABC) spending a week in war-torn Iraq would have been something truly special. But Ted Koppel is gone, and with him goes a tradition allowing for context and perspective.
Instead, in the first week of a jumbled Nightline makeover, three correspondents/anchors jousted for airtime most nights. In the process, Terry Moran’s first-person stories — highlighted by a ride-along on a dangerous night patrol with U.S. and Iraqi troops — were just part of a very mixed bag.
The new Nightline isn’t terrible, but it no longer seems as essential because it feels so much less distinctive. In look and tone, especially when ill-chosen coanchor Martin Bashir revs up his strident tabloid engine, this Nightline lite resembles an uneasy cross of (yawn) the evening news and (yuck) a 20/20-style newsmagazine. Given its multitop
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Martin Bashir, Cynthia McFadden and Terry Moran
This week Ted Koppel signed off of ABC's Nightline for the final time. Starting Monday the torch will be passed to a new generation of anchors for the respected late-night news show: White House correspondent Terry Moran, Primetime's Cynthia McFadden, and Martin Bashir, the British TV journalist who made his name in the U.S. with his explosive 2003 documentary about troubled pop superstar Michael Jackson. So what will the new Nightline look like? The Biz asked executive producer James Goldston.
TVGuide.com: In recent years, Nightline has often been taped earlier in the evening, but you're going to be live every night. Why do you feel it is necessary to go live again?Goldston: It's a nightly broadcast that makes a point of analyzing what's going on in the world in [the most] informative way possible. For me, that means doing it live. Why wouldn't a show like this be live?
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Question: You're the man to ask: What do you think of Nightline going from a one-topic format to a three-topic format, and of the three new hosts — Martin Bashir, Cynthia McFadden and Terry Moran — and their previous work? Personally, I'd keep the one-topic format and Moran as sole host, and just send McFadden and Bashir home. Your thoughts?
Answer: Sounds to me like you've already made up your mind, but I can't afford to do that. There's no question Ted Koppel's departure leaves a gaping chasm in the landscape of TV news in general and Nightline in particular. The new version sounds a bit busy to me, but perhaps as it evolves, Terry Moran will become more of a central anchor figure. Who can say? I'm not averse to the three-topic format, depending on the news day. I'm betting when a story like Katrina or a Supreme Court appointment comes along, it'll stick to a single-topic focus. (That said, many's the night I would tune in to Nightline for the opening news report but bail before th ...
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Sean McManus
As a boy, Sean McManus stood nearby as his sportscaster father, Jim McKay, reported live on the kidnapping and murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. ABC Sports president Roone Arledge was overseeing the network's extraordinary coverage and would eventually take over the network's news division, building it into an industry leader. So it was hard not to refer to Arledge when McManus, president of CBS Sports since 1996, added CBS News to his portfolio. He takes over for Andrew Heyward on Nov. 7. The Biz recently spoke to McManus about the challenges he faces in his new job.
TVGuide.com: You must be pleased with the comparisons to Roone Arledge, especially because he and your father put ABC News on the map with the Munich coverage.Sean McManus: The biggest event in my father's professional career happened to be a news event, not a sports event, and I was lucky enough to spend that entire period in the stud
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