Central Eyewitness News

Central Eyewitness News is the flagship newscast of the Central Television Network 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, the Philippines, and Australia. 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 (or either Stephen Galipeau or Bill Beutel), and Monica Malpass (or Roz Abrams) on weekdays, and Béatrice Schönberg on weekends (sometimes Beutel co-anchors her). The weather segment goes to Dean Nightingale (screen name Andre Bernier), sports with Dean Blevins, and entertainment with Cruz Ramirez (although not mentioned in the open). Weekend segment anchor/s include Bernier again in the weather (or in some cases, Storm Field), Steve Persetti for sports, and for entertainment (Tong substitutes Schönberg if she is absent or in special assignment). The voiceover of the show is either Charlie Van Dyke or Scott Chapin.

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/kilometers 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 (as of February 14, 2021) is "News Series 2000" and composed by Frank Gari, the owner of Gari Media Group, and recomposed for CEN-EWN by Ryan Newark. In some cases (or mostly used alternatively on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Sundays), they use Eyewitness News Series 1, which was also used by WABC-TV.

Because of its run, the show had covered many major events around the world, first with the EDSA Revolution in 1986 and the COVID-19 pandemic today. It also covered some deaths of public figures such as Whitney Houston, and many more.

Some of Central's O&Os also cooperate for producing the newscasts. Here are the following stations that help Eyewitness News:


 * SFSF
 * WFAA
 * WCEN
 * KCEN-TV
 * KMOL-TV



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/Ford/Mama Motor Company (for providing the OB vans/news vehicles)
 * Larry Lights (for providing the lighting of the studio)