New Day (2016 TV program)


CNN Philippines New Day was the English-language morning newscast of CNN Philippines, patterned after its U.S. counterpart. It replaced CNN Philippines Headline News and premiered on February 15, 2016, as part of a major programming revamp following the appointment of Armie Jarin-Bennett as managing editor of CNN Philippines.
The show aired weekdays from 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM and was originally anchored by Headline News holdover Amelyn Veloso, Claudine Trillo, CNN Philippines Sports Desk morning edition anchor Andrei Felix, and Atty. Karen Jimeno. The final anchors include Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo, Christine Jacob-Sandejas, Paolo Abrera, Dr. Freddie Gomez, and Jamie Herrell.
New Day was the last CNN Philippines live program, airing until January 29, 2024, when the network ceased its live news operations ahead of its closure on January 31, 2024. It was replaced by Ted Failon at DJ Chacha, later Gud Morning Kapatid where Failon, Chacha, Felix and Cabal are also the hosts, on RPTV in the same timeslot on following months.

Premise

The newscast's tagline is "Where we bring all the news you need and more", wherein the program will give a daily dose of relevant headlines, nationally, locally or internationally, as well as news from business, health, sports, entertainment, tech, trends, lifestyle and more to start your day right. It also offers one-on-one interview with different people to tackle latest topics.

History

First on-air and changes (2016–2020)

CNN Philippines New Day premiered on February 15, 2016, replacing Headline News as English morning news program of CNN Philippines air at earlier 6 am slot, instead of 7 am It is the second localized edition of a program of CNN Philippines after the successful launch of CNN Philippines Newsroom. In October 2016, one of its anchors, Atty. Karen Jimeno left the newscast as she was appointed as Department of Transportation Officer, leaving Veloso, Trillo and Felix alone but she is still included in OBB. In February 2017, Veloso and Trillo left the show and was replaced by Claire Celdran, James Deakin, Christine Jacob-Sandejas and Angel Jacob as new anchors, leaving Felix the only remained mainstay in the news show. Meanwhile, Claire Celdran left the show and the morning edition of Newsroom focusing more family time, but returned to the network to anchor the Weekend edition of Newsroom, but later left the said newscast. Also, Angel Jacob left the show as she focuses on her program, Leading Women and she was replaced by Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo, Mike Alimurung, and Dr. Freddie Gomez.

COVID-19 change and Revamp (2020–2024)

On March 17, 2020, production was halted on March 18, 2020, due to the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The show resumed its programming on April 13, 2020, in a 30-minute morning newscast solo anchored by Tanjuatco-Trillo. By October 19, Broadcaster and TV Host Paolo Abrera joins Tanjuatco-Trillo, Felix and Jacob-Sandejas. Along with his departure, a new OBB and logo, and theme song was also unveiled and it became a 1-hour morning news program aired from 6:00 am to 7:00 am, instead of its original timeslot from 6:00 am to 7:30 am.

Anchors

Final anchors

  • Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo
  • Christine Jacob-Sandejas
  • Paolo Abrera
  • Dr. Freddie Gomez
  • Jamie Herrell

    Former anchors

  • Andrei Felix
  • Karen Jimeno
  • Amelyn Veloso†
  • Claudine Trillo
  • Angel Jacob
  • Claire Celdran
  • James Deakin
  • Mike Alimurung

    Guest anchors

  • Ruth Cabal
  • Rina Andolong-Chavenia
  • Joyce Ilas
  • Anjo Alimario
  • David Santos
  • Rico Hizon

    Segments

  • Global Headlines
  • Regional News
  • Business Report
  • Sports Desk
  • The Doctor is In
  • Technology
  • Talk
  • Weather Forecast
  • Entertainment
  • Traffic Center