''CNN Philippines Nightly News'' (titled as CNN Philippines Nightly News with Mitzi Borromeo) or simply ''Nightly News'' was the flagship late night newscast of

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that aired every weeknights 9:00-9:30 pm and replayed Tuesdays-Saturdays at midnight. Undergone several incarnations, it began its airing on July 16, 2012, and was axed on February 12, 2016, to give way to the expansion of ''

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.''

Background

TalkTV/Solar News Channel Era (2012-2014)

Formerly anchored by

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news presenter Nancy Irlanda, the newscast was first known as Solar Nightly News and was launched on July 16, 2012, on Talk TV, by then aired on SBN UHF Channel 21. The launch of the newscast was a result of the formation as Solar Television Network's news and current affairs division, which in turn was brought by the privatization of

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(RPN) by

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. It was carried over upon the channel's rebranding as

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in October 30. ''Solar Nightly News'' was simulcasted on RPN (by then affiliated by Solar Entertainment-operated

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) from January 14 until November 29, 2013, after the network ceased production of its late-night newscast

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due to the retrenchment of the program's production team and other employees of the privatized network. The simulcast was also a replacement of ''

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'' to RPN's news content, as a result of Solar Entertainment's decision to scrap the cable-only limitation of ''American Idol'' season 12 and allow the broadcast to be available to RPN (over-the-air) viewers (in which the original plan was to limit the AI via satellite broadcast to cable viewers while RPN will continue to air Network News at 6 PM). On December 1, 2013, Solar News Channel switched its affiliation to RPN, making it a program at its own right. Nancy Irlanda retired as the newscast's anchor on January 10, 2014; Mitzi Borromeo, anchor of

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program ''

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'' took over by the end of the month. Hilary Isaac joined Borromeo weeks later but left some months later to join '' Daybreak''.

9TV Era (2014-2015)

''Solar Nightly News'' dropped the ''Solar'' branding on July 21, 2014, upon the impending acquisition of Solar Television Network (which turned into

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) to the ALC Group of Companies a month later, with a new titlecard and graphic introduced on August 25, 2014, following channel's rebrand to

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. Mitzi Borromeo was held over as anchor. During the newscast's tenure, it also kept its one-hour runtime.

CNN Philippines Era (2015-2016)

The final incarnation was launched on March 16, 2015, in lieu with the launch of

along with a CNN-themed graphics and a revamped news studio. However, the newscast was cut to a half-hour to make way for the network's current affairs block. It also debuted segments such as Nightly Focus and Heads Up, a peek on the following day's headlines. ''CNN Philippines Nightly News'' was axed on February 12, 2016, as a part of the network's program restructuring to be replaced by an Evening edition of ''Newsroom''.

Final Anchors

*Mitzi Borromeo (2014–2016)

Former anchors

* Nancy Irlanda (2012-2014) * Hilary Issac (2014)

References

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