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Sandra Sully takes the early shift

Sandra Sully will be front TEN's new 6:30 bulletin for Sydney viewers next year.

Sandra Sully will be front TEN’s new 6:30 bulletin for Sydney viewers next year.

TEN has been revealing local hosts for each state as part of its roadshow to sponsors around the country this week. The 6:30pm bulletin will offer more local news than News at Five.

The line-up for TEN next year is as follows:

Sydney:
News at Five: Bill Woods and Deb Knight
6:30 pm: Sandra Sully

Brisbane:
News at Five: Bill McDonald and Georgie Lewis
6:30 pm: Bill McDonald

Perth:
News at Five: Still to be confirmed
6:30 pm: Narelda Jacobs (moving from the News at Five)

Adelaide:
News at Five: Belinda Heggen
6:30pm local bulletin: Rebecca Morse

That only leaves Melbourne, to be announced at at the final event tonight.

TEN is also yet to reveal who is fronting its 6pm national bulletin which promises a more in-depth news-based programme. TEN’s Director of News Jim Carroll told Mediaweek it wouldn’t be Jennifer Byrne, as peviously rumoured. Could Hugh Riminton get the gig?

TEN’s Programming Launch in Sydney last night also avoided any announcement of a new vehicle for Hamish and Andy, in keeping with the duo’s statements that nothing had been decided on their future. It did show footage of the two making a special in Delhi.

Source: Mediaweek

40 Responses

  1. As much as I love Jennifer Byrne, I don’t think she would be a great newsreader only because of the fragmented and mundane (for lack of a better word) nature of it. She’s more suited to in-depth stuff, interviewing and/or opinion pieces.

  2. I always thought that the News at Five offers more than enough local news, I didn’t realise that they needed the 6:30pm bulletin to show even more. All the news bulletins in general focus very little on international news, probably aside from SBS and ABC.

  3. “There has been no suggestion Sandra is leaving Late News.” I hope she stays on for the Late News too. It can be a good way to finish off the evening and the repartee between her and Brad McEwan adds to the experience.

  4. Andrew says:
    September 16, 2010 at 12:06 pm
    Is George Donikian gone now from Adelaide?

    He’ll read 6:30 Melbourne as Adelaide news has been based there since late 90’s

    He reads Melbourne weekend news sometimes now plus adelaide news moving back next year

  5. Jay Jay, no-one is asking people to watch “2.5 hours of news” here. The fact that most of the local 5pm stories will be recycled again at 6:30 suggests this. It’s the 6am strategy of offering commercial news content that isn’t as dumbed-down as what Nine & Seven are doing. A TEN spokesperson said this last week in The Australian where they see a gap opening up in ‘serious’ (??) news that Nine & Seven used to do at 6pm many years ago. I think it’s a great & different idea, & for me, it makes TEN the less evil commercial network out of the three. Airing endless repeats of The Simpsons at 6pm *is not* a ratings strategy, but instead a slow death.

    As for news offered by ABC & SBS, you know as well as me that most loyal TEN viewers have not even heard of these networks. 🙂

  6. I think channel 10 are making the right move with the demographic shift. Many people who grew up watching 10 in the 90’s/00’s are now having children etc. 7/9 offerrings seem aimed at baby boomers – gen x (and older gen y’s) miss out. The new 10 and 11 combined will have the majority of TV time at our house.

  7. @Neil – yes I figured that one out but who wants to watch 2.5 hours of news? No demographic. If people are really in to the news they will watch ABC or SBS. I give this 3 months before they cut it to 1 hour

  8. @ Neil and Maverick – well good luck to ch 10 if they think they can get the rusted on oldies back from 7 & 9!

    Bit rude of them, are they not basically saying we don’t like our long-term, loyal demographic anymore and we are now going to trash you in favour of 40’s and over?

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