Saturday Report

"Saturday Report" (more formally titled "CBC News: Saturday Report") is the primary Saturday newscast aired on CBC Television and CBC Newsworld. Jacquie Perrin currently serves as anchor, a position that has rotated frequently among CBC personalities in recent years. Its format has also changed over the years, with a lengthy sports highlights segment - found in few other CBC newscasts - replaced by additional features and panel discussions in 2001.

During the season of "Hockey Night in Canada", the newscast airs nationwide at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT on CBC Television. Otherwise it airs at 6:00 p.m. local time (7:00 AT, 7:30 NT). Additional airings are at 5:00, 9:00 and 12:00 midnight ET on Newsworld. The 9:00 edition is frequently updated from the early-evening broadcast.

Until the late 1990s, the main network also aired a late edition of "Saturday Report" outside of hockey season; this was later reduced to a short update and ultimately eliminated. A similar update continues to air during the first intermission of "HNIC" late games.

Prior to being renamed "Saturday Report" in 1982, the program was called "The Saturday Evening News", and was anchored by Jan Tennant and alternately George McLean. The theme music used the instrumental portion of Joni Mitchell's "Free Man in Paris".

This program is not aired on PGTV because of Cougar View and CKWS because of the Saturday edition of Newswatch at 6:00, anchored by news director Jay Westman.

External links

* [http://www.cbc.ca/saturdayreport/ CBC News Saturday Report website]