The National

The National, now officially known as CBC News: The National, is the CBC's flagship national television newscast. It reports on major Canadian and international news stories, airing on CBC Television weekday nights at 10:00 p.m. local time (10:30 p.m. NT).

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CBC - Television - Newscast - Canadian - CBC Television - NT

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The program generally follows a format of news headlines for the first 20 minutes without commercial interruptions, followed by a magazine segment that may include documentaries, feature reports and panel discussions. In exceptional news circumstances, this format may be waived.

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CBC owned and operated stations then repeat the news headline portion of The National at 11:00 p.m. Private affiliates of the CBC do not broadcast this airing. Additional airings, on CBC Newsworld, are at 9:00 p.m. (the initial version that airs live to Atlantic Canada on the main network), 12:00 midnight, and 5:00 a.m., all times ET.

Related Topics:
CBC Newsworld - Atlantic Canada

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