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{{short description|American late-night news program since 1980}}
{{Other uses|Nightline (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Nightline 2025 Logo.webp
| image_size           = 275
| caption              = 
| alt_name             = {{plainlist|
* ''The Iran Crisis–America Held Hostage'' (1979)
* ''ABC News Nightline''
   }}
| genre                = [[News|News program]]
| creator              = [[Roone Arledge]]
| presenter            = [[Byron Pitts]] (2014–present)<br>[[Juju Chang]] (2014–present)<br>(for past anchors, [[#On-air staff|see section]])
| theme_music_composer = [[Score Productions]] (1979–1997)<br>[[Edd Kalehoff]] (1997–2005)<br>VideoHelper (2005–2014)<br>Matthew Kajcienski and Adam Schoenberg (2018–present)
| open_theme            = 
| end_theme             = 
| composer             = Matthew Kajcienski and Adam Schoenberg<br>(2018–present)
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 38 <!-- March 24, 1980-March 23, 1981 as 1st season -->
| num_episodes         = 
| list_episodes        = 
| executive_producer   = Eman Varoqua (2021–Present)<ref>{{cite news|title=Eman Varoqua Named Executive Producer, ABC News' 'Nightline'|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/eman-varoqua-nightline-executive-producer-abc-news-1235132485/|author=Brian Steinberg|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 24, 2014}}</ref>
| producer             = 
| location             = ABC News Washington Bureau, [[Washington, D.C.]] (1980–2007)<br>[[Times Square Studios]], [[New York City]] (2005–2006, 2009–2025)<br>ABC News Headquarters, New York City (2006–2009, 2025–present)
| camera               = [[Multiple-camera setup|Multi-camera]]
| runtime              = 20 minutes (1980–1981)<br>30 minutes (1981–1983, 2013–present)<br>60 minutes (1983)<br>31 minutes (1983–2011)<br>25 minutes (2011–2013)
| company              = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News Productions]]
| network              = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1979|11|8}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1980|3|21}}
| first_aired2         = {{Start date|1980|3|24}}
| last_aired2          = present
| related              = ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]''
| director             = Paul Verciglio<br>Ron Halper
}}
[[File:Times Square Studios - GMA (48105884053).jpg|thumb|277px|''Nightline'' is broadcast from the [[Times Square Studios]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]].]]
'''''Nightline''''' (or '''''ABC News Nightline''''') is [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]' [[Late night television in the United States|late-night television]] news program broadcast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by [[Roone Arledge]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Roone Arledge Auditorium And Cinema Dedicated April 25|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/00/04/arledge.html|author=Suzanne Trimel|publisher=[[Columbia University]]|date=April 26, 2000}}</ref> the program featured [[Ted Koppel]] as its main anchor from March 1980 until his retirement in November 2005. Its ongoing rotating anchors are [[Byron Pitts]] and [[Juju Chang]]. ''Nightline'' airs weeknights from 12:37 to 1:07&nbsp;a.m., [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]], after ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'', which had served as the program's lead-out from 2003 to 2012.

In 2002, ''Nightline'' was ranked 23rd on [[TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time]].<ref>{{cite web|title=TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tv-guide-names-top-50-shows/|work=[[CBS News]]|date=April 26, 2002}}</ref> The program has won four [[Peabody Awards]], one in 2001,<ref>{{cite web|title=61st Annual Peabody Awards – Award Profile: Nightline|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/nightline|work=[[Peabody Award]]|date=May 2002}}</ref> two in 2002 for the reports "Heart of Darkness"<ref>{{cite web|title=62nd Annual Peabody Awards – Award Profile: Nightline: Heart of Darkness|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/nightline-heart-of-darkness|work=Peabody Award|date=May 2003}}</ref> and "The Survivors,"<ref>{{cite web|title=62nd Annual Peabody Awards – Award Profile: Nightline: The Survivors|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/nightline-the-survivors|work=Peabody Award|date=May 2003}}</ref> and one in 2022 for "The Appointment".<ref>{{cite web|title=82nd Annual Peabody Awards - Award Profile: The Appointment|url= https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-appointment|work=Peabody Awards|date=June 2022}}</ref>

Through a video-sharing agreement with the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]], ''Nightline'' repackages some of the BBC's output for an American audience. Segments from ''Nightline'' are shown in a condensed form on ABC's overnight news program ''[[World News Now]]''. There was also a version of ''Nightline'' for sister cable channel [[Fusion (TV channel)|Fusion]].