TV & VIDEO - Oct. 20, 1987

ABC hopes to broadcast Ted Koppel’s “Nightline” from Cuba and Nicaragua during the week of Nov. 2. The trip by Koppel & Co. apparently hinges on the availability of Cuban leader Fidel Castro for a broadcast. In addition, “Night-line” producers are working to set up an interview featuring both Sandinista and contra leaders, perhaps on Nov. 5, the day the Central American peace plan, authored by Costa Rica President Oscar Arias, goes into effect. As planned, the broadcasts, would air during the first week of the November “sweeps,” one of the critical Nielsen ratings months that set local advertising rates.