I’m pretty sure that even the ABC and most regional broadcasters usually do local news on Good Friday!
Yes, I know it’s just one day and that Ten also does this for like a fortnight or so each Summer (which probably says just how thin resources are in the local newsrooms!)…but does here anyone really think that people in Adelaide & Perth will want to watch inevitably Sydney-centric news coverage on Ten about crowds at the Pyrmont Fish Markets and the Homebush Showgrounds tomorrow night?
Aside from the brief stint of “Ten Evening News” at 6pm in 2011, I don’t think Ten have done local news on weekends (at least on the East Coast) since August 1993 when the then-6pm local bulletins were axed.
For some reason (most likely budgetary, possibly something known by Ten and not anyone else), they’ve never aired a local weekend bulletin at 5pm apart from maybe special occasions.
Same.
I know Ten Eyewitness News: First At Five isn’t in “primetime” (which has actually been cited as a reason for Ten’s lack of promotion for their news service before, if I’m not mistaken) but the last I checked, both Seven and Nine very regularly promote the programs they air at 5pm let alone 6pm!