| NewsNation Prime | |
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| Genre | News program Current affairs |
| Presented by | Natasha Zouves (2022–present) (for other staff, see section) |
| Theme music composer | Stephen Arnold Music |
| Opening theme | "NewsNation" |
| Ending theme | Same as opening |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 121 |
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| Production locations | WGN-TV Studios, Chicago |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Production company | Nexstar Media Group |
| Original release | |
| Network | WGN America (2020-2021) NewsNation (2021-present) |
| Release | September 1, 2020 – present |
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NewsNation Prime is an American television news program on NewsNation, which premiered nationally on September 1, 2020. Broadcast live from Chicago, the program utilizes the journalistic resources of the 110 television news operations throughout the United States that are operated under the network's corporate parent Nexstar Media Group. The program is designed as an alternative to the opinion-based programs on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News Channel, the top-rated cable news networks in the country in the early 2020s.[1][2]
NewsNation Prime airs Saturdays and Sundays from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. ET. (The program offers a same-night rebroadcast from 10:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. ET in order to align the program with the prime time period in the Pacific Time Zone.) The program combines reporting from its national correspondents and repackaged content from local Nexstar stations.[3]
The program had an hour-long late-evening edition entitled NewsNation Tonight, which aired every weeknight from 11:00 p.m. to midnight ET.
- ^ "Nexstar Media to Launch Prime-Time National Newscast on WGN America, Cable Network Reaching 75 Million U.S. Households". Nexstar Media Group, Inc. January 15, 2020. Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ Channick, Robert. "Chicago cable network WGN America changing its name to NewsNation, going all-in on news". chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Steve. "Review: In debut 'NewsNation' on WGN America promises balance, delivers convention". chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.