PTV News Tonight

PTV News Tonight
Title card
Genre	Newscast
Created by	PTV News
Directed by	Leo Docto
Presented by	Charms Espina William Thio Shiela Salaysay
Narrated by	Charms Espina William Thio
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Errylle Agbalog
Producers	Maria Angela 'Chit' Gatan (OIC, News and Public Affairs Division)
Production locations	PTV 4 Studio B, Quezon City
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup
Running time	60 minutes (2020–2024) 30 minutes (since 2024)
Original release
Network	People's Television Network
Release	September 7, 2020 (2020-09-07) – present
Related
PTV News Headlines Rise and Shine Pilipinas Sentro Balita Ulat Bayan

PTV News Tonight is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by PTV. Originally anchored by Joee Guilas, Charms Espina and Catherine Vital, it premiered on September 7, 2020, ^[1] replacing PTV News Headlines. ^[2] Espina, William Thio and Shiela Salaysay serves as currently anchors.

History

PTV News Tonight started airing as a daily nightly news program replacing PTV News Headlines, as part of programming changes in the network's news division. Originally slated for launch by August 3, 2020, ^[3] the planned launch was suspended due to coronavirus infections in the PTV main office. This left the network airing hourly newsbreak PTV Balita Ngayon and the 6pm bulletin PTV News until disinfection operations and personnel recovery happened in September. ^[4]

Anchors

Current

• William Thio (2023-present)
• Charms Espina (2020-present)
• Shiela Salaysay (2024-present)

Former

• Cathy Untalan (2020–2022)
• Joee Guilas ^{[5] [6]} (2020–2023)
• Monique Tuzon (2023-2024)

See also

• List of programs broadcast by People's Television Network
• Ulat Bayan

References

1. Requintina, Robert (September 8, 2020). "PTV Network to debut new studio". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
2. Romero, Alexis. "Duterte pushes for law to make PTV-4 a public service broadcaster". The Philippine STAR .
3. "Start Magazine". Start Magazine. July 6, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
4. "Can PTV Network win the TV ratings game?". Manila Bulletin. September 11, 2020.
5. Caparas, Celso de Guzman (November 10, 2020). "Meet 3 PTV news anchors". Philstar.com. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
6. Requintina, Robert (September 11, 2020). "Can PTV Network win the TV ratings game?". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 16, 2021.