News Night (Philippine TV program)

CNN Philippines News Night (alternately titled as News Night with Pia Hontiveros or simply News Night) is the flagship national network newscast program of CNN Philippines, anchored by its Chief Correspondent Pia Hontiveros. The half-hour newscast airs at 6:00 PM on weekdays, while it's 7:00 PM slot was replaced by Filipino-language newscast News.PH.

This article is about CNN Philippines primetime newscast, formerly known as Network News. For the defunct CNN news program of the same name, see NewsNight with Aaron Brown. For the UK TV news programme, see Newsnight.
CNN Philippines News Night
GenreNewscasts
Live television
Created by
Developed by
Presented byPia Hontiveros
Narrated byPia Hontiveros
Country of originPhilippines
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodesN/A (airs daily)
Production
Executive producerErika Factor
Production locationsCNN Philippines Newscenter, Worldwide Corporate Center, Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City Philippines
Running time30 minutes (2017–present)
60 Minutes (2017–2020)
Release
Original networkCNN Philippines
Picture format
Audio formatStereo
Original releaseMarch 27, 2017 (2017-03-27) –
present
Chronology
Preceded byCNN Philippines Network News
Related shows

History and development

News Night was first unveiled at an intimate network meeting on March 7, 2017 as a replacement for CNN Philippines Network News and as a part of CNN PH President Armie Jarin-Bennett's continuing program restructuring. Prior to the reformat, Network News had been the sole holdover from its premiere under Solar News but had been embattled by mounting viewer criticism over retaining the name despite the network-affiliation rebranding thrice during its near 5-year run.

Network promotional material tagged News Night as a newscast that goes "above and beyond the headlines".

News Night premiered on March 27, 2017, replacing Network News at its prime 6:00 pm slot. The newscast name and format was derived from the defunct CNN news program of the same name anchored by Aaron Brown from 2001 to 2005.

by February 2019, Tuesday and Thursday 7pm editions give way for the channel's weekly current affairs programs Politics as Usual (which airs on Tuesdays) and On The Record (which airs Thursdays). In May 18, 2020, the 7pm edition was finally ended to give way for the return of News.PH Kasama si Pia Hontiveros as a first Filipino-language primetime newscast.

Inaugural broadcast

Its first guest on its inaugural broadcast is PNP Chief Ronald dela Rosa. Dela Rosa talked to Hontiveros about the government's second attempt on its war on drugs.

Special editions

During news of urgent nature such as scheduled events, severe weather and breaking news, News Night runs two hours. However, when the most dire situations warrant, News Night will serve as a lead-in to uninterrupted coverage at 8:00 pm. This was notably applied during the Battle of Marawi. Hontiveros anchored for a cumulative of four hours monitoring the unfolding situation until 10:00 pm, breaking away for SportsDesk, before Mitzi Borromeo took the anchor chair at 10:30 pm.

Anchors

Main Anchor

Substitute Anchors
  • Mai Rodriguez
  • Ruth Cabal (CNN Philippines Anchor and Senior Correspondent)
  • Pinky Webb (CNN Philippines Senior Anchor and Correspondent)
  • Ina Andolong (CNN Philippines Senior Correspondent)
  • David Santos (CNN Philippines Senior Correspondent)

Former Anchor
  • Mico Halili (2017, Sports Desk)
  • Paolo del Rosario (2017–2018, Sports Desk)

Segments
  • Business Report
  • World Headlines
  • CNN Philippines Investigates
  • Regional News
  • Voices
  • Weather Report
  • Connect
  • Sports Desk
  • Entertainment

Awards
KBP Golden Dove Awards (Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas)
  • 2017 - Ka Doroy Broadcaster of the Year - Pia Hontiveros

References
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