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Ted and Tyra's Synchronized Exits

Replacements for TV pioneers Koppel and Banks are waiting in the wings. (Mark Mainz - Getty Images)

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ABC News hopes it can fill the void created by the departure of the spectacularly talented, intimidatingly bright, hideously coiffed Koppel with Moran, McFadden and Bashir.

Moran is ABC News's chief White House correspondent and anchor of "World News Tonight Sunday." McFadden is co-anchor of "Primetime Live." Bashir joined ABC in September '04 as a correspondent for "20/20" but is probably best known as the guy who did that astounding documentary on the weirdsmobile Former King of Pop, "Living With Michael Jackson," for the U.K.'s Granada Television. It was sold to ABC, for which it snagged a whopping 27 million viewers during the February 2003 ratings sweep.

In yesterday's announcement and in a chat with The TV Column, "Nightline" Executive Producer James Goldston said they were "three of the most talented journalists working in television."

Which is a wee bit like calling Harriet Miers the very best candidate for the Supreme Court.

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Madeleine Albright is guest-starring on "The Gilmore Girls."

She will be playing herself.

In a red power suit.

In the home of Rory Gilmore and her mom, Lorelai.

In Stars Hollow, Conn.

Chatting very briefly with Rory, who looks up to Albright as a role model.

Possibly a dream sequence.

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