CBS Boston’s myTV38 is moving its 10 p.m. newscast to 8 p.m., starting Monday, August 29.
CBS Boston’s myTV38 is moving its 10 p.m. newscast to 8 p.m., starting Monday, August 29.
Paula Ebben and Liam Martin will co-anchor the nightly, hour-long newscast. The shift will allow the station's award-winning news team to deliver up-to-the-minute breaking news and political coverage at a time that is most convenient for the market’s viewers.
“WBZ-TV is a 24/7 news operation.” said Mark Lund, President and General Manager of WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV. “We are committed to using all of our broadcast and digital platforms to serve the community whenever and wherever it is most convenient for our audience. The 8 p.m. hour is currently underserved, and with one of the most popular shows in the market (syndicated episodes of ‘The Big Bang Theory'), as its lead-in, we expect the move of myTV38's nightly newscast to 8 p.m. will be well received.”
“We are always looking at ways to improve on how we deliver news.” said Johnny Green, WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV News Director. “No one in the market has an 8 p.m. newscast and in today’s non-stop news environment, we feel this is an ideal time slot for our market’s viewers. With the shift in time, we will also kickoff the newscast with 20 minutes of continuous news coverage, which will allow us to deliver more news and information to our viewers without interruption.”
Effective Monday August 29, the news shift to 8 p.m. will change myTV38’s program schedule (Monday – Friday) as follows: News at 8 p.m. (from 10 p.m.), MyNetwork programming at 9-11 p.m. (from 8-10 p.m.).
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