Or Nine New Laterer?
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OK one more suggestion 
Nine News Last.
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The Latest is different though in that it launched in a ‘regular’ news cycle (though in Summer to take advantage of the BBL lead-in).
‘Nine News Late’ seems to be designed (at least initially) not to allow Seven to have the late news audience all to themselves while the Coronavirus pandemic continues
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If this is actually a permanent addition to the schedule, one reason why it might not be called Nightline is that Nine have just paid for and introduced a brand new graphics package.
This package has much more stock elements that can be used across all bulletins (plain title cards, plain Nine News logo on the big screen) and they’ve already created the night backdrop to work with that package for the COVID-19 late specials. It’s cheaper and easier to just keep using what they’ve got, and they have brand recognition through all bulletins.
I’d love to see the Nightline name return but only if it’s more than just repackaged stories, it needs to have something making it different from regular bulletins to deserve having a different name. Co-branding might be likely in any case, whether a small Nine News logo is attached like The Latest, or if it only appears in the opening card (Nine News logo transitions to the Nightline logo: “This is Nightline, with…”).
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Alternatively they could also call it “Nine News: Nightline”.
Can easily picture/hear Matthew O’Sullivan saying “From Nine News, this is Nightline with Peter Overton”.
From memory, Overton did present Nightline at least once, on 5 May 1997.
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It should be called
NNNNNNNN Late Edition
(New National Nine Network Nightly Nightline News Now)
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What about New National Nine Network Nightly News Now?
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Excellent idea!
Added!
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Very good. Now let’s move on.
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You remember who was reading a random bulletin on night 23 years ago?
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Overton appears to have been on Nightline more than once. He wrote to a fan in 1995 that he had been on Nightline, Today and Daybreak.
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“From memory”? 
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Nine’s attempts at late news have always been pretty lame
6pm stories run again. No format changes, nothing new f fresh or different. The later times lot not taken into consideration at all with regards to tone, pace, content or voice
They really just put in minimal effort and run a very standard bulletin
4pm even is better produced than nines late news
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It’s currently being produced by regional producers. If the bulletin is permanent, I’d expect someone else will EP it.
The World Tonight with Clive Robertson in 1991 was very entertaining. It’s where Alan Jones got one of his early television gigs doing the Crossfire segment. Robertson also revived Beauty and the Beast for this show. Jim Waley’s earlier The World Tonight in 1982 was all international news.
That’s already happening in thousands of homes
How about Smartline?
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@nationalnews do we know that for fact? I don’t believe Nine’s spin posted here
Nines late bulletins have always been lame
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I agree. That show was really hitting its stride when Nine pulled it and replaced it with that Nightline snoozefest with the dour Jim Waley. Robertson was innovating an interesting format but was ultimately nobbled by internal politics as the serious journos complained he was tarnishing the Nine News brand with his hijinx.
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I remember seeing Jim being very stiff and emotionless when presenting Nightline, Sydney news and Sunday. A great journalist no doubt, but not the best presenter.
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