Ted Koppel Biography (1940-)

Full name, Edward James Koppel; born February 8, 1940, in Lancashire, England; immigrated to United States, 1953, naturalized U.S. citizen, 1963; son of Edwin (a tire factory owner) and Alice (a singer and pianist) Koppel; marriedGrace Anne Dorney (an attorney), 1963; children: Andrea (a broadcast journalist), Deirdre, Andrew, Tara. Addresses: Office: c/o Nightline, 1717 DeSales St. NW, Washington, DC 20036.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Broadcast journalist
Birth Details: February 8, 1940; Lancashire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Chief diplomatic correspondent, ABC News, ABC, 1971-1980
Anchor, ABC Saturday Night News, 1975-1977
Anchor, The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage (also known as America Held Hostage), ABC, 1979-1980
Anchor, interviewer, reporter, and correspondent, Nightline (alsoknown as ABC News Nightline), ABC, 1980-
Anchor, 20/20, ABC, 1986
Also correspondent on ABC World News Tonight, ABC.
Specials
Correspondent, The People of People's China, 1973
Correspondent, Action Biography: Henry Kissinger, ABC, 1974
Correspondent, ABC News Close-up on Illegal Aliens: The Gate Crashers, ABC, 1975
Correspondent, What's Happened Since, 1975
Reporter/correspondent, 45/85, ABC, 1985
Reporter/correspondent, "Day 444 Revisited," Inauguration '85, ABC, 1985
Host, Learn to Read!, ABC, 1986
Host and moderator, The Media and Human Rights, PBS, 1986
Anchor, The Manipulators: Iron Curtain-Stone Wall-Party Line, ABC,1986
Anchor, "Ronald Reagan," The Jennings-Koppel Report, ABC, 1987
Anchor, "The Persian Gulf: Questions of Policy, Questions of War" (also known as "Questions of Peace, Questions of War"), The Jennings-Koppel Report, ABC, 1987
Anchor, "The Summit in America," The Jennings-Koppel Report, ABC,1987
Anchor, The Blessings of Liberty, ABC, 1987
Anchor, The Koppel Report: Billion Dollar Pie, ABC, 1988
The 46th Alfred I. du Pont-Columbia University Awards, PBS, 1988
Anchor, The Koppel Report: News from Earth, ABC, 1988
Anchor, The Koppel Report: A National Town Meeting on the Legalizationof Drugs, ABC, 1988
Anchor, Covering Politics--Who's to Blame?, ABC, 1988
Host, The Koppel Report: Tragedy at Tiananmen--The Untold Story, ABC, 1989
Host and American team pilot, The Koppel Report: The Blue X Conspiracy, 1989
Anchor, The Koppel Report: Television--Revolution in a Box, ABC, 1989
Anchor, The Koppel Report: D.C.--Divided City, ABC, 1989
Anchor, The Koppel Report: Death of a Dictator, ABC, 1990
The Television Academy Hall of Fame, Fox, 1990
Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter, PBS, 1990
2 Years ... Later, NBC, 1990
Moderator, 21st Century: World without Walls?, PBS, 1990
Host, The Best of Nightline with Ted Koppel, 1980-90, ABC, 1990
Anchor, The Koppel Report: Sex in the Soviet Union, ABC, 1990
Anchor, The Koppel Report: Drugs, Crime & Doing Time, ABC, 1990
Anchor, The Koppel Report: A Town Meeting with Nelson Mandela, ABC, 1990

Anchor, ABC News Town Meeting: A Process Run Amok--Can It Be Fixed?, ABC, 1991
Anchor, Moment of Crisis: Anatomy of a Riot, ABC, 1992
Anchor, Public War/Secret War, ABC, 1992
Memory & Imagination: New Pathways to the Library of Congress,PBS, 1992
Abraham Lincoln: A New Birth of Freedom, PBS, 1992
Anchor, 72 Hours to Victory: Behind the Scenes with Bill Clinton,ABC, 1992
Cohost, The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (also known as The Kennedy Center Honors), CBS, 1993
The 9th Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame, 1993
One on One: Classic Television Interviews, 1993
Moderator, Nightline Viewpoint: The Media and O. J. Simpson, ABC,1994
"The World of Jim Henson," Great Performances, PBS, 1994
"Headlines and Sound Bites: Is that the Way It Is?" The Cronkite Report, Discovery Channel, 1995
Host, The 54th Annual Alfred I. DuPont/Columbia University Awards,1996
Steve Allen's 75th Birthday Celebration, PBS, 1997
Nightline in Primetime: Brave New World, ABC, 1998
Barbara Walters: A Driving Force, ABC, 2000
Great Conventions: 1948 with Roger Mudd, 2000
Anchor, The Clinton Years, 2000
Anchor, The Holy Land: Moment of Crisis, 2001
Anchor, Clear and Present Danger: America Fights Back, ABC, 2001
Breaking the News, 2001
Episodic
"The Nova Quiz," Nova, PBS, 1993
"Ted Koppel 20th Nightline Anniversary," The Oprah Winfrey Show, 2000
Television Work
Series
Editorial manager, Nightline (also known as ABC News Nightline), ABC, c. 1986-
Managing editor, 20/20, ABC, 1986
Also executive producer of multiple episodes of Nightline (also known as ABC News Nightline), ABC.
Specials
Editorial manager, The Koppel Report: News from Earth, ABC, 1988
Editorial manager, The Koppel Report: Tragedy at Tiananmen--The UntoldStory, ABC, 1989
Managing editor, The Koppel Report: Death of a Dictator, ABC, 1990
Executive producer, 21st Century: World without Walls?, PBS, 1990
Editorial manager, Best of Nightline with Ted Koppel, 1980-90, ABC, 1990
Editorial manager, The Koppel Report: Drugs, Crime & Doing Time, ABC, 1990
Editorial manager, Public War/Secret War, ABC, 1992
Managing editor, Nightline in Primetime: Brave New World, ABC, 1998
Managing editor, Clear and Present Danger: America Fights Back, ABC, 2001
Film Appearances
Himself (in archive footage), Koyaanisqatsi, 1983
Himself, The World Is Watching, 1988
Himself (in archive footage), The Panama Deception, 1992
Himself (in archive footage), Beyond "JFK": The Question of Conspiracy, 1992
RECORDINGS
Audio Books
Narrator, Off Camera: Private Thoughts Made Public (audio versionof his 2000 book), Random Audio, 2001
WRITINGS
Television Specials
45/85, ABC, 1985
The Blessings of Liberty, ABC, 1987
The Koppel Report: Tragedy at Tiananmen--The Untold Story, ABC, 1989
The Koppel Report: Death of a Dictator, ABC, 1990
Moment of Crisis: Anatomy of a Riot, ABC, 1992
Other
(Compiler) The Wit and Wisdom of Adlai Stevenson, Hawthorn, 1965
(With Marvin L. Kalb) In the National Interest (novel), Simon & Schuster (New York City), 1977
(With Kyle Gibson) Nightline: History in the Making and the Making ofTelevision (nonfiction), Times Books, 1996
Off Camera: Private Thoughts Made Public, Knopf (New York City), 2000
Contributor to books, including Live from the Trenches: The Changing Role of the Television News Correspondent, edited by Joe S. Foote, Southern Illinois University Press, 1998. Contributor of articles to periodicals, including Forbes and Nation.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors, Volume 103, Gale, 1982
Newsmakers, Issue 1, Gale, 1989

Periodicals

Chicago Tribune, February 7, 1993, Section 5, pp. 1, 6
Columbia Journalism Review, May/June 1996, p. 65
Entertainment Weekly, June 14, 1996, p. 52; March 29, 2002, p. 23
Forbes, September 9, 1996, p. 25; December 1, 1997, p. S92
Los Angeles Times, December 1, 1992
Media Week, August 19, 1996, p. 12
Nation, September 9, 1996, p. 9
Playboy, September, 1995, p. 118
Rolling Stone, January 10, 1991, pp. 61, 76
Time, June 17, 1996, p. 93
TV Guide, April 18, 1981March 24, 1990, p. 23; April 20, 2002, pp.46-49, 55-56
Vanity Fair, January, 1994, pp. 96-99, 128-130; June, 2002, p. 192
Video Age International, November/December 1996, p. 10

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