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And So It Goes by Linda Ellerbee5/7/2023 ![]() ![]() “She has helped multiple generations of kids understand the issues of the day, and she helped a lot of parents navigate how to talk about the tough topics, as well,” says Cyma Zarghami, President, Viacom Kids and Family Group. Murrow Award for best Network News Documentary. The series, which tackled issues such as AIDS, cancer, alcoholism and autism, won 10 Emmys, three Peabody Awards and even the Edward R. ![]() ![]() But it was Nick News, which launched in 1991 as a special to help kids understand the War with Iraq, that Ellerbee became most identified with. From there, she and Tessem produced specials for ABC, CBS, HBO, PBS, Lifetime, MTV, MSNBC and others. ![]() After that, she’s closing down Lucky Duck Prods., the company she founded with Rolfe Tessem in 1987.Įllerbee spent more than a decade at NBC News, anchoring news programs like Overnight, before moving to ABC, where she co-anchored the short-lived Our World. Linda Ellerbee, the outspoken television journalist who later became a TV producer and the host of Nickelodeon’s long-running Nick News, announced Tuesday that she was retiring after 44 years in the biz.Įllerbee’s swan song, the special Hello, I Must Be Going: 25 Years of Nick News with Linda Ellerbee, airs Tuesday, Dec. ![]()
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