Ten News 1996

[TV.Cynic]

Update 26 Nov 1996

Late News Bulletin 26 Nov 1996

Opener

Presentation

Canberra

Meet The Press

Cross to Bill Woods on Sports Tonight

Weather

Video

[Qwerty]

I love that theme.

Wouldn’t really work today, but the big booming drums at the start scream authority.

[Squee]

I see they’d ditched the cold opens and modified the intro music by this stage after the 1995 introduction of this package.

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Great theme but the 1994 version has so much more impact, IMO.

[Moe]

Video of that one, I certainly agree.

[jens]

Could not stand this package!!! There were only a couple of things I liked - or tolerated - about it. The music grew on me after about 5 years. (I also disagree with the last poster who said that Sandra’s intro was more punchy. The more bare version of the intro - which was in fact the first version introduced - with just the drums (as shown in slicer’s intro) was way punchier!

I also didn’t mind the backdrop, although I much preferred earlier backdrops in the 90s.

Everything about this package had the feminine touch of Carmel Travers all over it - and not in a good way. That Paintbrush bare yellow - really!?

To top it off, I hated Tracey Spicer’s delivery all through her time at Ten in the national stage. She was so irritating, and I’ve never seen a cringier “goodnight” than the ones she used to give!

Give me Eyewitness News or Ten Evening News from 89, 90, 91, 92 or 93 over this any day!!

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Oh yeah the package as a whole was dire, and I really hated the sets compared to what was up in 1993 and ‘88 (the “Ten News” era) particular.

But that theme … that is the hill I will die on. It is spectacular.

[Zampakid]

A few from my collection:
9/9/1994 with David Johnston

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27/6/1996 with Sandra Sully:

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some technical problems:

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19/5/1996 with Tracey Spicer:

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June 1996 with Tracey Spicer:

[SydneyCityTV]

Graphics wise, I actually thought the Opener of this package was ahead of its time.

Honestly…with a sky blue/navy blue/white colour scheme, more contemporary typefaces and obviously more animated elements (for elements such as the supers, full screen graphics, etc.) + being in widescreen/HD, this design wouldn’t look totally out of place on today’s TV screens IMO!