Central Eyewitness News

The Centralist is the flagship newscast of the Central Television Network after the Canada Central-exclusive newscast Newsline), which airs at 7:00PM Atlantic Time (8:30PM Newfoundland Time, 6:00PM EST, 5:00PM Central Time, 4:00 PM Mountain Time, 3:00PM Pacific Time and 7:00AM Philippine Standard Time) on the Central stations across the Federal Republic of St. Lawrence, Mushroom Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and the Philippines. It also airs on NewsWorld, live at 6PM Atlantic (5PM EST)--or 7PM Atlantic (6PM EST) when the newscast begins its nightly run across the network—with hourly repeats until 11:00 pm Atlantic (10PM EST, 9:00PM Central). The previous day's newscast can be seen on the Internet. The anchors are Jean-Pierre Pernaut on weekdays, and Béatrice Schönberg on weekends. The weather segment goes to Dean Nightingale (screen name Andre Bernier), sports with Darrell Cartrip, and entertainment with Cruz Ramirez.

The newscast ran for 45 minutes until it was expanded to a an hour and 30 minutes in the early 1990s, then finally 2 hours in 2001 (following the September 11 attacks). Local newscasts are never broadcast nationally. Stories from local stations that have national importance are taken from the local O&O/affiliate, and a 'national reporter' re-does the story, often from a location hundreds or even thousands of miles from the location of the story. The national reporter always mentions their name and location where they are based at the end of the story, even though that location is often different from the location of the story.

The theme song this newscast use is the one used by CBS O&O KYW-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during its transitional period from its affiliation on NBC to CBS (1994 to 1998).

Sponsors
The sponsors are seen in the credits of the newscast. Here is the list of the newscast's sponsors:


 * Richter Clothing (for JPP's coat and Schoberg's clothing)
 * 1-Up Mushroom Car Insurance Group
 * Galaxy Air
 * Toad Services
 * Graham Malls, Inc.
 * Toyota (for providing the OB vans/news cars)
 * Larry Lights (for providing the lighting of the studio)