Singapore Tonight

*Singapore Tonight*
Singapore Tonight
Genre	Flagship News
Starring	Syahida Othman (Weekdays), Jill Neubronner (Weekends)
Opening theme	"The News Today" by Clive Lukover
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language	English
Production
Production location	Mediacorp Campus 1 Stars Avenue Singapore 138507
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes (10:00pm until 11:00pm Singapore Time).
Production company	Mediacorp News
Original release
Network	CNA
Release	1 March 1999 –; present
Related
	News Tonight

Last updated January 23, 2025

Singapore Tonight is a Singapore English long-running main flagship daily main evening nightly television news bulletin programme on Mediacorp CNA since its inception which runs daily from 10:00pm to 11:00pm Singapore Time (9:00pm to 10:00pm Jakarta Time) on weekdays, and 10:00pm to 10:30pm Singapore Time (9:00pm to 9:30pm Jakarta Time) on weekends/public holidays, providing a round-up of all the day's events around Singapore, as well as coverage of breaking news and occasional global stories relevant to Singaporeans. The highly rated programme is currently presented mainly by Syahida Othman on weekdays, and Jill Neubronner on weekends along with Channel 5's News Tonight .

History

Up until early July 2008, the show was aired live only in Singapore, with a replay available internationally at stroke of midnight to 12:30am Singapore Time (11:00pm to 11:30pm Jakarta Time). In addition, a few segments of the show are available on the international edition of Asian Home News at 10:30pm until 11:00pm Singapore Time (9:30pm to 10:00pm Jakarta Time) and 11:30pm until stroke of midnight Singapore Time (10:30pm until 11:00pm Jakarta Time).

From 31 March 2014, the programme was expanded to 1 hour to incorporate the Singapore Business segment (previously aired as Business Singapore, and Singapore Business Tonight at 10:30pm Singapore Time) and features two main anchors, Steven Chia and Dawn Tan. John Leong replaced Steven Chia on a permanent basis from 7 November 2014.^[1]

From then on until end–2018, the bulletin was mainly helmed by John Leong and Dawn Tan, with Steve Lai and Glenda Chong occasionally stepping in as relief presenters. During this time, Jill Neubronner started to be a mainstay, helming Singapore Tonight every weekend.

In 2019–2021, the bulletin was frequently helmed by rotating presenters Steve Lai, Glenda Chong and Dawn Tan, with John Leong stepping back from regular presenting duties to become the Supervising Editor in Singapore Desk and therefore serving as an occasional presenter instead. Long time presenter Glenda Chong ended her regular appearances for Singapore Tonight on 16 October 2020 to become the main presenter for Channel 5's main flagship daily main evening nightly television news bulletin programme News Tonight , leaving Steve Lai and Dawn Tan to serve as the 2 main presenters. Business presenter Elizabeth Neo was also added to the bulletin in during that period to helm the Business segment.

On 18 November 2021, long time presenter Steve Lai ended his appearances on Singapore Tonight and began the following week with Asia First. Loke Wei Sue took his place. Hence, the weekday telecasts were mainly presented by Loke Wei Sue and Dawn Tan on weekdays, with the bulletin’s weekend presenter, Jill Neubronner and former Asia Now presenter (currently the main presenter of East Asia Tonight), Otelli Edwards occasionally fronting the bulletin as relief presenters in the absence of either of the main presenter. Main Business presenter Elizabeth Neo also ended her appearances on Singapore Tonight on 31 March 2023 and joined Steve Lai with Asia First starting on the week of 17 April 2023. Her place has since been replaced by either one of the main presenters, or occasionally Roland Lim.

With effect from 15 April 2024, weekdays telecast have been downsized from two presenters to one, with the show being presented solely by Dawn Tan, whose appearance on Asia Tonight have also ended concurrently with the changing bulletin arrangements. Loke Wei Sue in contrast, became the sole presenter for Asia Tonight and therefore serving as one of the relief presenter for Singapore Tonight instead. Other relief presenters on weekdays include Jill Neubronner & Glenda Chong. However, with effect from July 2024, Syahida Othman has since taken over the main presenter role from Dawn Tan on weekdays as Dawn Tan had stepped back from presenting duties to serve as a Supervising Editor. Meanwhile, Jill Neubronner herself remained as the main presenter on Weekends, with Angela Lim stepping in as relief presenter on weekends since March 2024 and Poh Kok Ing also stepping in as a relief presenter on weekends since October 2024.

Singapore Tonight is one of only two main English national newscasts available in Singapore; the other being Channel 5's News Tonight .

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References

↑ "Steven Chia on Instagram: "To the CNA night production crew. Thanks guys! It's been a blast. Without you we'd never look this good."".

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[1] "Steven Chia on Instagram: "To the CNA night production crew. Thanks guys! It's been a blast. Without you we'd never look this good."".

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