Ten Eyewitness News Late
| Ten Eyewitness News: Late | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 'Ten Late News (1994–2013) |
| Genre | News |
| Presented by | Hugh Riminton |
| Theme music composer | Les Gock |
| Opening theme | Ten Eyewitness News Theme |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 23 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Network Ten |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 21 January 1991–30 September 2011 4 June 2012 – 23 May 2014 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Ten Eyewitness News |
Ten Eyewitness News: Late is an Australian late night television news program, broadcast on Network Ten and it aired at 10.30pm on weeknights. The bulletin was hosted by Hugh Riminton with sport presented by Victoria Murphy.
Network Ten began airing national late night news bulletins as part of the network's coverage of the First Gulf War in January 1991, which made extensive use of its rights to carry CNN material. Originally called Ten Evening News: Crisis in the Gulf, the bulletin's first host was veteran newsreader Eric Walters, who was also presenting the 6pm weeknight bulletin in Sydney at the time.
Walters presented Ten Late News for four months, after which, Good Morning Australia news presenter Anne Fulwood took over as presenter of what had now become Ten Second Edition News. The program's straightforward style and format was a clear point of difference with competing programs on rival networks, Seven's chat show Tonight Live with Steve Vizard (which included short news bulletins) and Nine's The World Tonight with Clive Robertson, quickly drawing attention and viewers. Ten's late night news would gradually introduce its own elements including business reports with Robert Gottliebsen and weather forecasts with Ray Wilkie.
Over the next few years, rival networks introduced their own late night news programs, such as the Nine Network's Nightline and Seven Nightly News: Late Edition, initially competing directly with Ten's bulletin. In November 1995, Anne Fulwood resigned from Network Ten to join the Seven Network to present Seven Nightly News: Late Edition - her replacement was Sandra Sully, who would go on to host Ten Late News for most of the next 16 years.
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