Overview

• Anchored by journalists Amelia Brace and Denham Hitchcock, 10 News+ forgoes sport and weather to focus on in-depth investigations and high-profile interviews.
• The first episode led with a 20-minute probe into Melbourne mum Debbie Voulgaris’s Taiwan drug smuggling case and included a live call with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
• OzTam data showed an average national audience of 291,000 viewers and just 25,000 in Perth, trailing both 7NEWS and ABC reruns in the early-evening slot.
• Social media users slammed the hour-long format as too slow and “boring” for families preparing dinner and helping with homework at 6 pm.
• Network Ten is leveraging its broadcast feed and 10Play streaming platform to rebuild its early-evening news offering amid shifting viewer habits.