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  • Nine axes Sunday and Nightline

    July 25 2008 2:46pm (UTC+8)  -  Article by Kevin

    The Nine Network today announced the closure of the Sunday program from Sunday August 3, to be replaced by a weekly one hour bulletin on Sunday at 8:00am.

    Nine's nightly late night news program, Nightline, will also wind up tonight, with the Network scheduling more newsbreaks through the evening to provide viewers with regular news updates.

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  • Kevin
    July 25 2008
    3:00pm
    #1 of 12

    Very interesting move by Nine. Sunday has been a dying dog for years, but I don't quite understand the axing of Nightline.

    Still, I'm interested in what the pro-Nine crowd have to say about this. After all, according to them, Nine is supposedly much more committed to news than Seven and Ten :rolleyes:

    The new Sunday morning news bulletin should be interesting... let's hope they don't repeat their recent stupidity and air the Qantas version on Sunday mornings too :P

  • Spiral Media
    July 25 2008
    3:21pm
    #2 of 12

    i dont think they will air the QANTAS news on Sunday. It will be interesting to see....and not a real surprise that Sunday has gone.

  • Kevin
    July 25 2008
    4:11pm
    #3 of 12

    I would never have expected Seven News to be telling their viewers about these two shows being axed, but ATN just did exactly that! :blink:

  • cartman
    July 25 2008
    4:17pm
    #4 of 12

    Kevin said:
    I would never have expected Seven News to be telling their viewers about these two shows being axed, but ATN just did exactly that! :blink:

    Yes I thought that was rather interesting. I suppose it's a good excuse for Seven to have a dig at Nine.

  • Gilbo
    July 25 2008
    4:22pm
    #5 of 12

    Kevin said:
    I would never have expected Seven News to be telling their viewers about these two shows being axed, but ATN just did exactly that! :blink:

    It got a mention in the HSV bulletin as well (just as a voiceover). I'm surprised they didn't take the opportunity to promote Weekend Sunrise in some way.

    [ Edited on July 25 2008 at 4:25pm by Gilbo ]

  • Kevin
    July 25 2008
    4:23pm
    #6 of 12

    Gilbo said:
    It got a mention in the HSV bulletin as well (just as a voiceover). I'm surprised they didn't take the opportunity to promote Weekend Sunrise in some way, but they didn't.

    Good point - usually they would do something like that.

    Cap from Sydney...

    Attachment 7460

    I bet that annoyed Nine (especially with the dots missing on the Nightline logo :P) :)

  • Spiral Media
    July 25 2008
    5:13pm
    #7 of 12

    anyone record the story, or can upload it for a poor fellow like me please!?

  • Firetorch
    July 25 2008
    5:19pm
    #8 of 12

    Kevin said:
    Still, I'm interested in what the pro-Nine crowd have to say about this. After all, according to them, Nine is supposedly much more committed to news than Seven and Ten :rolleyes:


    :rolleyes: Yes because Seven has had a nightly bulletin and Sunday current affairs show in recent years, hasn't it?

    Nine still has 60 Minutes.

    And the quality of Nine News is far superior to Seven News, in at least the Eastern States.

    Kevin said:
    I would never have expected Seven News to be telling their viewers about these two shows being axed, but ATN just did exactly that! :blink:


    They would be the first bulletin I would expect to carry this news. :blink: Why the hell wouldn't you tell your viewers your competitor has thrown their news reputation down the toilet?

  • phileasmann
    July 25 2008
    5:25pm
    #9 of 12

    Firetorch said:
    And the quality of Nine News is far superior to Seven News, in at least the Eastern States.

    *snigger*


    The Sunday program has gone down the toilet, but I will miss Nightline, which is the only time I watch NNN reguarly. I guess I'll go to Seven Late News.

  • cartman
    July 25 2008
    5:27pm
    #10 of 12

    phileasmann said:
    I guess I'll go to Seven Late News.

    That should take all of 3 minutes of your time! :)

  • Smacca
    July 25 2008
    5:56pm
    #11 of 12

    Crazy move to drop Nightline. Ten must be loving this!

    I'll cap the last Nightline tonight and post it here asap.

  • Smacca
    July 26 2008
    12:50am
    #12 of 12

    Wendy Kingston says a final goodbye on Nightline



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