{"id":538072,"date":"2026-07-22T05:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/538072\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T05:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:41:17","slug":"network-10-programming-changes-10-news-dropped-from-weekdays-as-5pm-bulletins-extended-to-90-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/538072\/","title":{"rendered":"Network 10 programming changes: 10 News+ dropped from weekdays as 5pm bulletins extended to 90 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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July 22, 2026 \u2014 11:35am<\/p>\n

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Network 10 is dumping its struggling nightly news and current affairs program 10 News+<\/a> from its weekday line-up, although the program will continue to air on Sundays. In its place, the broadcaster will expand its flagship 5pm weeknight news bulletins from one hour to 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

10 News+, which launched as a one-hour format in June 2025 before being trimmed to 30 minutes in January<\/a>, currently airs six nights a week, Sunday to Friday. The changes will take effect on August 10, and 10 News+ will retain its 6.30pm slot on Sundays.<\/p>\n

\"1010 News+ co-hosts Amelia Brace and Denham Hitchcock. The struggling show will now air on Sunday nights only.Janie Barrett<\/p>\n

The ambitious program, hosted by Amelia Brace and Denham Hitchcock<\/a>, replaced nightly panel show The Project<\/a>, which drew larger audiences but became unsustainable due to high production costs. Year-to-date ratings figures for 10 News+ show its perilous state, with the Monday to Friday edition averaging about 151,000 national viewers, while its Sunday edition drew 160,000. The Project, meanwhile, attracted between 238,000 and 357,000 viewers nationally the week before it was axed.<\/p>\n

Ten\u2019s 5pm bulletins have fared better than 10 News+, averaging more than 300,000 viewers this year.<\/p>\n

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Staff were informed of the changes on Wednesday morning by Martin White, Ten\u2019s vice-president of news.<\/p>\n

In a note to his team, White said, \u201cWhile we are still finalising the format, we are making this change because our audience has told us they want more local news. We will still give audiences investigations, exclusives and insight via the 10 News+ team across the week, as well as on Sunday\u2019s dedicated program. This will provide more content for the states and lighten the workload on teams around the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be clear \u2013 we are incredibly proud of all our news bulletins, and the quality journalism we produce daily. Last month, 10 News saw its biggest monthly national total audience since January. Across the year, 10 News\u2019 streaming audience is up 45% on 2025. 10\u2019s Late News is [now attracting] its biggest audiences since its return in 2024. This is a necessary pivot to maximise our resourcing and deliver more local news for our audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TheThe crew for the final episode of The Project on June 26, 2025: Sarah Harris, Carrie Bickmore, Sam Taunton, Dave Hughes, Georgie Tunny and Waleed Aly.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Contrary to recent rumours, Ten confirmed it would not outsource its news production to a rival network, nor would it initiate large-scale job cuts.<\/p>\n

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Fewer than five staff in back-end roles are expected to be made redundant, while the journalists and producers working on 10 News+ will be redeployed to Ten\u2019s early evening bulletins.<\/p>\n

Ten\u2019s 90-minute weeknight bulletins will feature longer-form reporting, with current 10 News+ co-anchor Hitchcock also working on several documentaries. Brace will soon take maternity leave but will remain with Ten\u2019s news division.<\/p>\n

Ten will continue broadcasting local weeknight bulletins in each major city, while maintaining national weekend bulletins. (Perth is now an exception, with Narelda Jacobs presenting a local weekend bulletin in her home state.)<\/p>\n

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\"MichaelMichael Lallo<\/a> is a senior culture writer at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via X<\/a> or email<\/a>.From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 22, 2026 \u2014 11:35am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-538072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}