ABC Moving ‘Nightline’ Up to Cover Coronavirus

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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ABC is shifting its late night lineup, temporarily moving Nightline to 11:35 p.m. ET as it covers news about the coronavirus outbreak.

Starting March 17, Jimmy Kimmel Live! will run after Nightline for four nights. Kimmel will be in reruns for two weeks.

Nightline will be devoting its show entirely to coverage of COVID-19 and its effects.

The single-subject format returns Nightline to its roots, when it started as a nightly broadcast devoted to the Iran hostage crisis.

When Kimmel first launched, it appeared after Nightline. 

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.