CTV News at 5 (Maritimes)
| CTV News at 5 (Maritimes) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | News |
| Starring | Maria Panopalis Jayson Baxter Cindy Day Steve Murphy Ana Almeida |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Running time | 60 minutes each |
| Production company(s) | CTV Atlantic |
| Release | |
| Original network | CTV Atlantic |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | September 28, 1982 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | atlantic |
CTV News at 5 (formerly known as "CTV News: Live at 5" from September 28, 1982 to February 1, 2017) is a popular hour-long television newsmagazine airing weekdays at 5:00 p.m. on the CTV Atlantic system in the Canadian Maritimes region.
The program was first broadcast in September 1982 as The ATV Evening News: Live At 5. It is loosely based on and named after the now defunct WNBC-TV program Live at Five and was suggested as a concept by CHUM Limited Consultant Jacques De Suze. The program evolved out of its predecessors: I-D or In-Depth, and The Notebook, both of which were also hosted by Live at 5's first host, the late Dave Wright.
Live At 5 became part of the first ninety-minute block of news on a local television station in Canada, the first 5:00 p.m. newscast in the country and the first daily, local television newsmagazine in Canadian television history.
For many years, it was Canada's highest rated local television program based on market share. It remains the most watched television show in the region according to the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement, even ahead of any prime time programming.
The program celebrated its 20th anniversary with a Maritime province tour and a book about the show's history, Live at 5: The Story Behind its Success, written by former co-host Steve Murphy, in 2002.
On August 13, 2012, the first day after CTV's coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics, the program's name was changed to CTV News at 5. The program's style and content have remained the same, however this marks the first change of its name since the program first aired in September 1982.
The 'CTV News At 5' name was reverted to the original 'Live At 5' on the January 17, 2017 edition. However, on February 1, 2017, 'Live at 5' returned to 'CTV News at 5'.
After an update and preview of the 6 p.m. newscast, the program starts with First at 5, a series of 3-4 reports centering on a single topic that is frequently influenced by the news of the day. The next segment is usually an interview of a newsmaker, community leader or celebrity, followed by a health or consumer report. The first 30 minutes is rounded out by the Milestones segment, where the hosts read a list of viewers celebrating 50+ year wedding anniversaries or 100th+ birthdays, accompanied by photos.
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