6PM with George Negus

6.30 with George Negus
6.30 with George Negus logo
Also known as	'6PM with George Negus (until 4 April 2011)
Presented by	George Negus (Monday - Thursday) Hugh Riminton or Hamish Macdonald (Friday)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	200
Production
Executive producer(s)	Tony Ritchie
Producer(s)	Ten News
Production location(s)	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	Network Ten
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	24 January – 28 October 2011
Chronology
Followed by	The Project

6.30 with George Negus was an Australian television current affairs program broadcast on Network Ten. It aired at 6:30pm from Monday to Friday and was presented by George Negus (Monday - Thursday) and Hugh Riminton or Hamish Macdonald (Friday) from the TEN studios in Pyrmont, Sydney.

It premiered at 6pm on 24 January 2011. On 19 October 2011 network TEN officially announced that 6:30 with George Negus had been cancelled as a result of low ratings. The final episode of the series aired on 28 October 2011 in what was the show's 200th episode. The series was replaced by an extended version of The 7PM Project which was consequently retitled as The Project.

In August 2010, Network Ten announced that it would spend an additional $20 million per year to strengthen its news and current affairs output. Those changes included launching a 6pm national current affairs program, followed by local half-hour news bulletins at 6:30pm.

On 8 October 2010, it was announced that George Negus would leave SBS's Dateline to join Network Ten. Negus confirmed a day later that he would be hosting Ten's new 6pm program. The first edition of 6PM with George Negus aired on Monday 24 January 2011.

In March 2011, Network Ten announced that it would be moving the program to 6:30pm in an effort to address persistently poor ratings for its early evening schedule. The changes, introduced on Monday 4 April 2011, led to Ten's local news bulletins at 5:00pm being extended by a further 30 minutes with Negus' program in direct competition with the Nine Network's A Current Affair and the Seven Network's Today Tonight.