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"America Held Hostage" (1979)

Referenced in

"Saturday Night Live: Teri Garr/Mick Fleetwood's Zoo (#9.5)" (1983)
 -  Mentioned by Dion Dion
"The Golden Girls: Strange Bedfellows (#3.7)" (1987)
 -  The show is mentioned by name.
"The Larry Sanders Show: The Flirt Episode (#1.6)" (1992)
 -  Mentioned by Larry
"Cheers: Sunday Dinner (#11.12)" (1993)
 -  Cliff plans to send videotape footage to the show.
"The Simpsons: Lady Bouvier's Lover (#5.21)" (1994)
 -  Homer shouts "Now I can buy 70 transcripts of Nightline!"
Jeffrey (1995)
 -  Sterling mentions this show
The Late Shift (1996) (TV)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
The Peacemaker (1997)
Slaves to the Underground (1997)
 -  Ca. 38 minutes into the film, there is talk about host Ted Koppel and some of his guests on the show.
Wag the Dog (1997)
Primary Colors (1998)
The Corruptor (1999)
"The West Wing: The Fall's Gonna Kill You (#2.20)" (2001)
 -  C.J. and Abbey talk about the President receiving a shot prior to appearing on the show.
Home Room (2002)
 -  Diane wants to watch Leno and Alicia makes a comment about why not Letterman or Nightline
People I Know (2002)
 -  mentioned in film
Live from Baghdad (2002) (TV)
 -  dialogue
Stuck on You (2003)
 -  Walt imitates Ted Koppel
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jon Lovitz (2005) (TV)
 -  Mentioned by Yasser Arafat
"The West Wing: The Ticket (#7.1)" (2005)
 -  In the campaign strategy meeting, there is a suggestion that Leo do a mea culpa on Nightline or 20/20.
Domino (2005)
 -  Ted Kopel's show is mentioned along with other programs.
"Saturday Night Live: Alec Baldwin/Shakira (#31.8)" (2005)
 -  Mentioned on Weekend Update
"Boston Legal: Shock and Oww! (#2.18)" (2006)
 -  Candy Springtime mentions the show in dialog with Denny and Denise.

Featured in

The World Is Watching (1988)
Roger & Me (1989)
Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy (1992)
The Panama Deception (1992)
 -  Clips from "Nightline" are featured.
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
"Baseball" (1994)
Spin (1995)
 -  Various clips w/ Ted Koppel are featured.
The Big One (1997)
Pink Floyd The Wall Redux (2002)
 -  A clip from a Ted Koppel interview is shown in a montage sequence.
TV Guide 50 Best Shows of All Time: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002) (TV)
Portræt af Eva Cassidy (2004) (TV)
 -  Segment of Nightline included in documentary.
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
 -  clip
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-09-03)" (2008)
 -  Features clips from an undated show.

Spoofed in

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
"Saturday Night Live: Joe Mantegna/Vanilla Ice (#16.10)" (1991)
 -  Spoofed in Nightline skit
"Saturday Night Live: Mariel Hemingway/Blues Traveler (#21.1)" (1995)
 -  Spoofed in Nightline skit
"Saturday Night Live: David Alan Grier/Silverchair (#21.8)" (1995)
 -  Spoofed in Nightline skit
"Saturday Night Live: Steve Forbes/Rage Against the Machine (#21.17)" (1996)
 -  Spoofed in Nightline skit
"Saturday Night Live: Rob Lowe/Spice Girls (#22.17)" (1997)
 -  Spoofed during cold opening
"Saturday Night Live: Jeff Goldblum/En Vogue (#22.20)" (1997)
 -  Spoofed during cold opening
"Saturday Night Live: Rudy Giuliani/Sarah McLachlan (#23.7)" (1997)
 -  Spoofed in Nightline skit
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy (1998) (V)
"Saturday Night Live: Ben Affleck/Fiona Apple (#25.13)" (2000)
 -  Spoofed during the cold opening
"South Park: Free Hat (#6.9)" (2002)
 -  The boys appear on Nightline to talk about their movement
"Saturday Night Live: Megan Mullally/Clay Aiken (#29.11)" (2004)
 -  Spoofed during cold opening
"Saturday Night Live: Colin Firth/Norah Jones (#29.14)" (2004)
 -  Spoofed during cold opening

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