The Rundown (TV programme)

The Rundown is a Euro Republican children's news programme, which has run continuously since 6 September 1993. Originally shown on Club3, it now airs on 3C, and specials air occasionally on Cartoon Network & Disney Channel. The show has close ties with similar UK show Newsround.

Broadcasts
On weekdays, the main edition of The Rundown is broadcast on the 3C block on TV3 (simulcast on the 3C channel) with a 15-minute bulletin at 5:45 p.m.

In addition, bulletins also air on weekdays at other times. Two 5-minute morning versions are shown at 07:30 & 08:15 on the 3C channel & FOX.

Weekend bulletins are also broadcast on the 3C channel. The Saturday edition includes ten-minute bulletins at 8am, noon and 6pm. The Sunday edition includes five-minute bulletins at 10:00 am and 12:10 pm and a ten-minute bulletin at 1:45 pm. In addition, a 30 minute weekend highlights show is produced for TV8.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, weekday bulletin times were altered to 9:15 am, 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm due to all schools closing in the Euro Republics.

30-minute version
In addition to the main TV3 & 3C versions, a weekly 30-minute version is made for TV8. It goes out live on the channel Fridays at 9:00pm and is repeated during Saturday & Sunday on TV8 & the 3C channel. It usually takes the best stories from across the week and combines them into one programme.

Rundown Extra
A variation on the regular format of The Rundown is a series of short (typically 15-minute) documentary films, previously broadcast under the title The Rundown Grounded but now called "Rundown Extra", which have been a regular feature since the late 1990s. Two or three series of these documentaries air during the year, which replace the regular bulletins on one day of the week.

Rundown Extra episodes in recent years have included:


 * Under The Line: a series of five documentary films dealing with child poverty. The programme won the 2006 Royal award for best children's programme and the 2007 ERTA children's award for best factual programme.
 * Split in Half: a dramatised documentary revolving around a child's experience of their parents' divorce.
 * All Stabbed Up: a look at knife crime from a child's point of view. (ERTA nominated)

More recent editions of Rundown Extra include documentaries on racism, periods, the US-Mexico border wall, bullying, obesity, cancer, autism, internet safety & the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on children.

The Showbiz Rundown
A 5-minute light-hearted entertainment news round-up was part of the Club3 Channel's launch in March 1996.

The Sports Rundown
A Friday/Saturday sports magazine show introduced in September 2005 (when C3 was rebranded as The Fix). It aired on Friday nights on The Fix channel at 19:00 & repeated on ZTV the next morning.

The Rundown Review of The Year
A half-hour review of the year special is produced for broadcast during the Christmas/New Year period. The first review of the year was a review of 1995, broadcast on 29th December, 1995.