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'''''Nightline''''' was an Australian late-night news bulletin television program produced by ''[[Nine News]]'' for [[Nine Network]]. Introduced in 1985 as a 5-minute late-night news summary before becoming a 30-minute bulletin in 1992, it was cancelled in 2008, then was brought back in 2009 before it was cancelled again in July 2010. It aired at around {{nowrap|11:30 pm}} on weeknights, but was not shown in [[Perth]] or [[Adelaide]]. ''Nightline'' was previously presented by [[Kellie Sloane]]. Its main competitors were ''[[10 Late News|Ten Late News]]'' and [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]'s ''[[Lateline]]'', both of which aired prior to ''Nightline'' at {{nowrap|10:30 pm}}.

The series was patterned [[Nightline|after the version]] that airs on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC (US)]], but that one is different from the Australian counterpart even though at one point both versions used the same opening graphics, which both no longer use.

==History==
In 2007, ''Nightline'' was also broadcast at 10:30pm on ''Nine HD'', an hour before it was broadcast on Nine SD. This only lasted for a short period of time, however.

Nightline was axed on Friday 25 July 2008 due to budget constraints as part of Nine's news and current affairs division.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nine Network takes axe to news shows |url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24076545-2,00.html?from=public_rss |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |date=25 July 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208120840/http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24076545-2,00.html?from=public_rss |archivedate=8 February 2009 }}</ref> [[Wendy Kingston]] presented the final edition.

In May 2009 during the major expansion to the ''Nine News'' brand, ''Nine's Late News'' bulletin was re-introduced into the 11:30pm time slot left vacant by Nightline. ''Nine's Late News'', presented by [[Wendy Kingston]], was first broadcast on Monday 4 May 2009.

In November 2009, ''Nine's Late News'' was re-launched as ''Nightline''. However, after declining audience numbers due to increasing sporting commitments with televising [[Friday Night Football (NRL)|Friday night NRL]] (in the northern states) and [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] in June 2010, the Nine Network permanently retired ''Nightline''. It was replaced with sporting telecasts and more "youth" programming that is borrowed from sister networks [[9Go!|GO!]] and [[9Gem|GEM]], including the continuing of national-produced comprehensive half-hourly news updates presented by reporters who are on shift and is produced from the [[Willoughby, New South Wales|Willoughby]] [[TCN|news studios]], if reporters are from Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth must travel to Sydney to present the news updates. Nine offered Kellie Sloane a redundancy package.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nine axes Nightline program again|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/nine-axes-nightline-program/story-e6frg996-1225887052375from=public_rss|newspaper=[[The Australian]]|date=2 July 2010|accessdate=2010-07-02|first=Caroline|last=Overington|author-link=Caroline Overington}}</ref>

===Presenters===
At the time of ''Nightline''<nowiki/>'s 2010 axing, the presenters were:
* ''News:'' [[Kellie Sloane]]
* ''Weather:'' [[Jaynie Seal]] (Fridays)

At the time of ''Nightline''<nowiki/>'s 2008 axing, the presenters were:
* ''News:'' [[Michael Usher]] (Monday to Thursday) and [[Allison Langdon]] (Friday)
* ''Sport:'' [[Stephanie Brantz]]
* ''Weather:'' Jaynie Seal and [[Mike Bailey (weatherman)|Mike Bailey]]

The past presenters of ''Nightline'' are:
* 1992–2001: [[Jim Waley]] – former [[Sky News Australia]] presenter, now retired
* 2001–2004: [[Hugh Riminton]] – now with ''[[10 News First]].''
* 2004–2005: [[Helen Kapalos]] – now a freelance journalist, and currently the Chairperson of the Victorian Multicultural Commission.
* 2005–2006: [[Ellen Fanning]] – now [[ABC Radio Brisbane]] presenter.
* 2006–2008: [[Michael Usher]] – now the Friday and Saturday co-presenter of ''[[Seven News#Sydney|Seven News Sydney]]'' and host of ''7NEWS Spotlight''. 
* 2009: [[Wendy Kingston]] – as ''Nine Late News'' – reporter and presenter with the Nine Network.
* 2009–2010: [[Kellie Sloane]] – now a Media Commentator.

Other past fill-in presenters of ''Nightline'' included:
* [[Georgie Gardner]] – now the Friday and Saturday presenter of ''[[Nine News Sydney]].''
* [[Jennifer Keyte]] – now ''[[10 News First#Melbourne|10 News First Melbourne]]'' weeknight presenter.
* [[Helen Dalley]] – now freelance journalist.
* [[Leila McKinnon]] – now reporter and fill in presenter for ''[[Nine News]]'' and ''[[A Current Affair (Australian TV series)|A Current Affair]].''
* [[Peter Overton]] – now ''[[Nine News Sydney]]'' Sunday-Thursday presenter.
* [[Ian Ross (newsreader)|Ian Ross]] – deceased, former ''[[Seven News#Sydney|Seven News Sydney]]'' presenter.
* [[Kim Watkins]] – now no longer on television.
* [[Mark Ferguson (news presenter)|Mark Ferguson]] – now the Sunday – Thursday presenter on ''[[Seven News#Sydney|Seven News Sydney]].''
* [[Sharyn Ghidella]] – presenter of ''[[10 News First#Brisbane|10 News First Queensland]].''
* [[Allison Langdon]] – now the host of ''[[A Current Affair (Australian TV program)|A Current Affair]].''

==Format==
Nightline consists of news, sport, finance and weather. Reports were sourced mainly from ''Nine News'' reports nationwide, but the bulletin sometimes also includes reports from ''[[A Current Affair (Australian TV series)|A Current Affair]]'', ''[[60 Minutes (Australian TV program)|60 Minutes]]'' and international news services.

==Presentation==
When ''Nightline'' returned in 2009, it was presented from the ''[[Today (1982 TV program)|Today]]'' set. However, only one camera angle was used, being the plasma screen showing a live night-time shot of the Sydney skyline. The program was presented from [[TCN9]]'s "Studio 3". The backdrop is now of the Nine newsroom. The set is also used for the Early, Morning, Afternoon News bulletins.

In 2006–2008, ''Nightline'''s opening sequence used the same generic city buildings of the ''[[National Nine News]]'' opener, except that they were shown at night instead. ''Nightline'' also used its own arrangement of the ''[[National Nine News]]'' theme.

==See also==
* [[List of Australian television series]]

==References==
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