Inside Edition

===History===
[[File:David Frost Rumsfeld interview cropped.jpg|thumb|[[David Frost]], host of the pilot episode and the first three weeks]]
The program was created by John Tomlin and Bob Young, whose concept was picked up by [[King World Productions]] (which [[CBS Corporation]] – itself having acquired King World through its December 2005 split from [[Viacom (1952–2006)|Viacom]] – folded into CBS Television Distribution in September 2007; both CBS and Viacom would re-merge as [[ViacomCBS]] in 2019) in the winter of early 1988, for a debut during the 1988–89 television season. When ''Inside Edition'' first premiered in January 1989, the program's format originally took on a high-brow approach, focusing on general news and [[investigative journalism]]. The first anchor of the program was [[David Frost]], who was demoted to a correspondent role after approximately three weeks, due to poor ratings under the original concept.<ref>{{cite news |title='Inside Edition' Boss has Chilling News for David Frost |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yN4cAAAAIBAJ&pg=5000%2C1276209 |newspaper=[[The Pittsburgh Press]] |via=[[Google News]] |date=February 3, 1989}}</ref>

In February of that year, Frost was replaced as main anchor by [[ABC News]] reporter [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]]. By then, the program had shifted towards a mix of tabloid crime stories, investigations and celebrity gossip. In point of fact, ''Inside Edition'' was one of the original "Big Three" [[tabloid journalism]]-style newsmagazines of the early 1990s on American television – alongside Fox's ''[[A Current Affair (American TV program)|A Current Affair]]'' and Paramount's ''[[Hard Copy]]'' – which fiercely competed with each other in syndication during that period (and is the only one that remains on the air). In addition to being one of the first American broadcasters to cover the dismantling of the [[Berlin Wall]], O'Reilly obtained the first exclusive interview with murderer [[Joel Steinberg]] and was the first television host from a national current affairs program on the scene of the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]].

an Australian version was produced by [[Network 10|Network Ten]] and was presented by veteran journalist [[Peter Luck]] and ran for two years.
[[File:Bill O'Reilly at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia (cropped).jpg|thumb|307x307px|[[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]], host from 1989 to 1995]]
In September 1992, the program launched a [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] newsmagazine, ''Inside Edition Extra'', which was co-produced by King World and then [[CBS]] affiliate [[WHDH (TV)|WHDH]] (channel 7, now an independent station), which broadcast its parent series in the [[Boston]] market. [[Tom Ellis (journalist)|Tom Ellis]], who had previously served as an anchor at WHDH, served as host of the program. Unlike its parent show, ''Inside Edition Extra'' was not able to attain high ratings and was canceled at the end of the 1992–93 season; it would be replaced by ''[[American Journal]]'', which went on to a longer five-year run.

In July 1994, O'Reilly began expressing a desire to leave ''Inside Edition''. In March 1995, a little over six years after the show premiered, O'Reilly would leave the program.<ref>Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', p. 148.</ref> [[Deborah Norville]], who at the time was a weekend anchor for [[CBS News]] and who had previously been known for her brief stint as co-anchor of ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' on NBC, was chosen to take over.
[[File:Deborah Norville, 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Deborah Norville]], host since 1995]]
By the late 1990s, as its similarly formatted syndicated competitors had already begun waning in the ratings, the program tweaked its format in an effort to retain viewers. While its focus continued to revolve partly around entertainment and crime stories, it also began phasing in additional hard news content (consisting of select major headlines of given warranty and other notable general news and legal-related stories) as well as lifestyle and [[human-interest story]] features. In the late 2000s, as video sharing websites such as [[YouTube]] came into prominence, ''Inside Edition'' began incorporating [[viral video]] in most broadcasts, either those in relating to a news story covered in that day's edition or, more commonly, humorous or amazing videos (including clever marriage proposals, people and animals displaying interesting talents or stunts, active military personnel returning home from duty surprising family members and [[practical joke]]); videos of the latter type are typically included in the "D" block which closes each broadcast.