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Nightline

American late-night television news program
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Summary

Nightline is a television series[1]. Nightline ranks in the top 9% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,669 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Roone Arledge[3]
  • Award received: Peabody Awards[4], Anexo:Premios Ondas 1985[5]
  • Instance of: news program[6]
  • Genre: news broadcasting[7]
  • Cast member: Ted Koppel[8], Martin Bashir[9], Cynthia McFadden[10], Terry Moran[11], Bill Weir[12], Juju Chang[13], Byron Pitts[14]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[15]
  • Commons category: Nightline[16]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[17]
  • Original broadcaster: ABC News[18], American Broadcasting Company[19]
  • Country of origin: United States[20]
  • Publication date: November 8, 1979[21]
  • Start time: November 8, 1979[22]
  • Distributed by: Hulu[23]
  • Official website: http://www.abcnews.com/nightline[24]
  • Location of creation: Times Square Studios[25]
  • Title: America Held Hostage[26], Nightline[27]
  • Duration: 60 minutes[28]
  • Number of seasons: 38[29]
  • Camera setup: multiple-camera setup[30]
  • Social media followers: 1,180,934[31], 1,199,765[32], 1,135,964[33], 1,125,233[34]

Why It Matters

Nightline has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Nightline is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What awards did Nightline receive?

Honors received include Peabody Awards[4] and Anexo:Premios Ondas 1985[5].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . live.dbpedia.org. Retrieved . live.dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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