TCN Tonight

TCN Tonight is an American news program broadcast six nights a week on The Chance Network since June 21, 2021. 
== History ==
The idea for an early evening newscast on the network first came up in 2017, ten years following the launch of TCN News This Morning. Tentative titles for the program included Robin Roberts Tonight (Roberts was considered as a hostess), TCN News This Evening, TCN News Before Nightcap, and TCN News Nation. 
On May 9, 2021, the network announced that TCN Tonight would debut on June 21 that year, with former congressional correspondent and contributor Donna Lake anchoring. Later that month, reporter Chip Bartlow was named anchor of the Saturday edition. 
The newscast debuted on Monday, June 21, 2021, airing in the 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time slot. The Saturday edition launched on June 26, with the aforementioned Bartlow hosting, Kirstin Crowther with weather forecasts, and Bronwyn Carson providing sports updates near the end of the show. 
The newscast is aired live on weeknights from the TCN Television Center (referred to in opens as the "TCN Headquarters"), and pre-recorded from a studio in Los Angeles on Saturdays.
Plans for a Sunday edition have not yet been announced.
== Format ==
The show begins one minute before the scheduled start time, with a "TCN Tonight Preview"; this is followed by a commercial for the network's sponsor at the time (such as Glade or McDonald's), then the newscast open. About 7 minutes of headlines are read, followed by a commercial break; then, a weather and sports update before another break. The show closes with a financial report, followed by a pop culture story from Nicky Roach. 
== Theme ==
Like Nightcap, the weekday editions use 615 Music's News One V.1 for opens, bumpers, and closes. However, the Saturday evening edition utilizes the updated News One V.2.