The new Nightline marks its five-month anniversary today, and it "no longer makes you feel as if its correspondents were double-parked," David Bauder writes in a great AP feature.

EP James Goldston says he and his colleageus "quickly realized that the show was at its best when we let it breathe a little bit."

Instead of jamming three packages into a 35 minute time slot, producers have tried running two longer pieces and a two-minute "sign of the times" feature. Terry Moran says: "It's beginning to jell with people and it's beginning to jell with us, too."

> Ted Koppel and Tom Bettag wouldn't comment for the piece...

> Mar. 27: Nightline adds a little depth