News Night

For other news programs with similar titles, see CNN NewsNight and BBC Newsnight.

News Night (alternately titled as News Night kasama si Pia Hontiveros or simply News Night) was the flagship national network news program of CNN Philippines anchored by its chief correspondent Pia Hontiveros. It premiered on March 27, 2017, replacing CNN Philippines Network News. The hour-long newscast, broadcast in English from 2017 to 2022 and after that in Filipino, aired at 6 p.m. on weekdays.

News Night
Also known as	CNN Philippines News Night (2017–24)
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
Country of origin	Philippines
Original languages	English (2017–2022) Filipino (2022–2024)
Production
Executive producer	Erika Factor
Production locations	CNN Philippines Newscenter, Worldwide Corporate Center, Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong, Philippines (2017–2024)
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	CNN Philippines (2017–2024) ALLTV (2022–2023)
Release	March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27) – January 26, 2024 (2024-01-26)
Related
CNN Philippines Network News TV Patrol (ABS-CBN) CNN Philippines Newsroom Balitaan The Final Word with Rico Hizon

The newscast was streamed online on Facebook and simulcast on RPN Radyo Ronda stations and on ALLTV from September 2022 to April 2023.

History

News Night was unveiled on March 7, 2017, as part of a continued program restructuring at CNN Philippines led by president Armie Jarin-Bennett. It replaced CNN Philippines Network News, which had survived two brand changes in nearly five years on the air. The program debuted on March 27, with PNP Chief Ronald dela Rosa as the lead guest on the first edition.

By February 2019, the program's 7 p.m. hour was discontinued on Tuesday and Thursday nights to make way for two weekly programs, Politics as Usual on Tuesday and On the Record on Thursdays. The 7 p.m. edition was ended completely on May 18, 2020, to make way for the launch of News.PH Kasama si Pia Hontiveros as the channel's first Filipino-language primetime newscast.

On September 5, 2022, News Night was reformatted as an hour-long newscast in the Filipino language to compete with other early evening news programs in Filipino such as TV Patrol, Ulat Bayan, 24 Oras, and Frontline Pilipinas.^[1] It aired on the All TV network under a content license partnership with Advanced Media Broadcasting System from September 13, 2022, until April 5, 2023.^[2]

The program aired its final broadcast on January 26, 2024, as CNN Philippines ended its live news operations on the morning of January 29 ahead of the network's closure on January 31.

Anchors

Main anchors

• Pia Hontiveros (2017–2024)

Segment anchors

• Andrei Felix (2020–2024, Sports Desk; also with GTV)
• Sam Sadhwani (2022–2024, Showbiz Spotlight)

Substitute anchors

• 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
• Ruth Cabal (CNN Philippines Anchor & Senior Correspondent)

Former anchors

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

Awards

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

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

See also

• List of CNN Philippines original programming

References

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. Archived from the original on September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.