Nine News Content and Appearance (2015-Sept 2020)

PointJules · March 30, 2020, 5:20am

I know some people will give me flak for this, but midday can pretty much be used any time during the middle of the day. Not just 12pm. And 12pm isn’t noon most days, astrologically speaking. Alright, that’s my pedantry.

digitaldan · March 30, 2020, 7:48am

What have you been smoking? Midday is noon - 12pm - end of story.

primetime_tv · March 30, 2020, 8:51am

Midday is 12. Lunch you can move around. No debate.

Radiohead · March 30, 2020, 9:23am

But then some parts of the country are still in Daylight Saving, so midday at the moment is really 11am

PointJules · March 30, 2020, 9:32pm

I’ll only say this: local stations in the US midwest have used “midday” in their newscast titles for their 11 or 11.30 news.

Korero · March 30, 2020, 9:43pm

Nine Lunchtime News?

KICK-IT · March 30, 2020, 10:46pm

Culturally I noticed that in the US too.

In Australia midday as 12.00 noon exactly.

In certain parts of Spain you can say “buenos dias” (good morning) till 12.30/12.45pm too

In other parts of Spain good morning ends at 11.59am (like Australia)

yellow_sock · March 31, 2020, 1:16am

Good morning, and in case I don’t see ya: Good afternoon, good evening, and good night - Mr Truman from The Truman Show

I don’t mind the 11.30am one-hour news service. Apart from Ellen that follows, the 1-3pm schedule are usually repeats anyway.

Leo_Puglisi6 · March 31, 2020, 1:50am

Here’s proof - go to the 2-minute mark of this vid - the Midday News is at 11am

PointJules · March 31, 2020, 7:18am

Having thrown off the discussion, I’ll try to rerail it. Why is there so much competition and fussing around for news in the middle or late in the morning as opposed to when people are actually able to break from work? Over the past couple of decades, we’ve had lots of instances of news at the 11am hour between 7 and 9 while 10 had news splattered between 10 and 12 depending on the year and market.

Radiohead · March 31, 2020, 8:52am

So are you saying that news bulletins at 12pm or 1pm are an untapped market eg. lunchtime viewers that can’t watch the earlier bulletins due to work or other commitments?