News Night (Philippine TV program)

Nightly newscast

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.

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News Night

Current title card of News Night used since September 13, 2022.

Also known as| CNN Philippines News Night (Since 2017)
Genre| News broadcasting
Live television
Created by|

* Nine Media Corporation
* Radio Philippines Network

Developed by|

* CNN Philippines
* CNN International

Presented by| Pia Hontiveros
Narrated by| Pia Hontiveros
Opening theme| "News" in the album News One package by 615 Music
Country of origin| Philippines
Original languages| English (2017-2022)
Filipino (Since 2022)
Production
Executive producer| Erika Factor
Production locations| CNN Philippines Newscenter, Worldwide Corporate Center, Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong, Philippines (Since 2017)
Running time| 60 minutes (2017–2022; since 2022)
Original release
Network| CNN Philippines (since 2017)
ALLTV (2022–2023)
Release| March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27) –
present
Related

* CNN Philippines Network News
* TV Patrol (ABS-CBN)
*   * Newsroom
* Balitaan
* The Final Word

CNN Philippines News Night (alternately titled as News Night kasama si Pia Hontiveros or simply News Night) is the flagship national network news program of CNN Philippines, anchored by its Chief Correspondent Pia Hontiveros. The hour-long newscast, which broadcasts in the Filipino vernacular, airs at 6:00 PM on weekdays.

The show is streaming online on Facebook and is also simulcast on RPN Radyo Ronda stations. Previously, it was simulcast on ALLTV (which serves as the pre-program of flagship program Wowowin), until April 5, 2023.

## History and development[edit]

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 were 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 7 pm 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). On May 18, 2020, the 7 pm edition was finally ended to give way for the return of News.PH Kasama si Pia Hontiveros as the first Filipino-language primetime newscast.

On August 31, 2022, the network announced the return of News Night in 1-hour format (6 pm to 7 pm) and will be broadcast in the Filipino language which was aired on September 5, competing with other Filipino-language newscasts such as A2Z/ANC/Kapamilya Channel/TeleRadyo Serbisyo's TV Patrol, PTV's Ulat Bayan, CLTV36's Balen at Balita, TV5/One PH's Frontline Pilipinas, IBC's Tutok 13, UNTV's Ito Ang Balita, Net 25's Mata ng Agila, SMNI's Newsblast and GMA Network/GTV's 24 Oras.[1]

On September 6, CNN Philippines partnered with Advanced Media Broadcasting System to broadcast News Night on its flagship television station ALLTV, which debuted from September 13, 2022 until April 5, 2023.[2]

### Inaugural broadcast[edit]

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

### Special editions[edit]

During news of urgent nature such as scheduled events, severe weather and breaking news, News Night runs two hours. However, when the direst 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[edit]

### Main Anchor[edit]

* Pia Hontiveros (since 2017)

### Segment Anchors[edit]

* Andrei Felix (since 2022, Sports Desk; also with GTV)
* Sam Sadhwani (since 2022, Showbiz Spotlight)

### Substitute Anchors[edit]

* Mai Rodriguez
* Ruth Cabal (CNN Philippines Anchor and Senior Correspondent)
* Pinky Webb (CNN Philippines Senior Anchor and Correspondent)
* Rico Hizon (CNN Philippines Senior Anchor and Director of News Content Development)
* David Santos  (CNN Philippines Senior Correspondent)
* Menchu Macapagal

### Former Anchors[edit]

* Nicolette Henson-Hizon (2017, Connect; former of CLTV36)
* Mico Halili (2017, Sports Desk; now with Cignal TV)
* Paolo del Rosario (2017–2018, Sports Desk; now with One News)

## Segments[edit]

* Business Report
* World Headlines
* CNN Philippines Investigates
* Regional News
* Voices
* Above And Beyond
* Weather Report
* Connect
* Beyond The Lead
* Sports Desk
* Showbiz Spotlight (formerly Entertainment)
* #PopCulture.PH

## Awards[edit]

KBP Golden Dove Awards (Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas)

* 2017 - Ka Doroy Broadcaster of the Year - Pia Hontiveros

## See also[edit]

* List of programs broadcast by CNN Philippines

## References[edit]

1. ^ "PROGRAMMING ADVISORY 🚨 Beginning Monday, Sept. 5, News Night and The Final Word will be extended to one hour". Facebook. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
2. ^ "CNN Philippines enters into content license partnership with ALLTV". CNN Philippines. Retrieved September 7, 2022.

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Evening television newscasts in the Philippines

| A2Z|

* TV Patrol
* TV Patrol Weekend

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ANC|

* Top Story
* Top Story Weekend
* TV Patrol
* TV Patrol Weekend

CNN Philippines (RPN)|

* News Night
* CNN Philippines Newsroom Weekend

GMA Network|

* 24 Oras
* 24 Oras Weekend

GTV|

* 24 Oras
* 24 Oras Weekend

IBC|

* Tutok 13

Kapamilya Channel|

* TV Patrol
* TV Patrol Weekend

| Net 25|

* Mata ng Agila
* Mata ng Agila Weekend

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One Media Network|

* Newsforce

One News|

* The Big Story
* One Balita Weekend

One PH|

* One Balita Pilipinas
* One Balita Weekend
* Sa Totoo Lang
* Frontline Pilipinas

PTV|

* Ulat Bayan
* Ulat Bayan Weekend

SMNI News Channel|

* SMNI Newsblast
* Weekender World

TeleRadyo Serbisyo|

* TV Patrol
* TV Patrol Weekend

TV5|

* Frontline Pilipinas
* Frontline Pilipinas Weekend

UNTV|

* Ito Ang Balita

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CNN Philippines (RPN) programming

Local news|

* Updates (since 2015)
* Happening Now (since 2016)
* New Day (since 2016)
* Newsroom (since 2015)
* Newsroom Ngayon (since 2017)
* Balitaan (since 2016)
* News Night (since 2017)
* The Final Word with Rico Hizon (since 2020)
* Sports Desk (since 2012)
* Sports Desk Weekend (since 2017)
* Newsroom Weekend (since 2017)
* The Exchange with Rico Hizon (since 2020)
* Malacañang Press Briefing (since 2020)

Current affairs|

* Medtalk Health Talk with Dr. Freddie Gomez (since 2018)
* On the Record (since 2016)
* One on One (since 2021)
* Politics as Usual with Pia Hontiveros (since 2019)
* The Story of the Filipino (since 2016)
* The Source with Pinky Webb (since 2016)

Informative|

* CHInoyTV (since 2021)
* Drive (since 2014)

Foreign shows|

* Amanpour (since 2018)
* Anderson Cooper 360 (since 2020)
* CNN Newsroom (since 2017)
* Hollywood Express (since 2014)
* This is Life with Lisa Ling (since 2018)

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