NewsNation
American subscription television network
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| 2025 | NewsNation's programming lineup includes upcoming shows like Scamanda, The Americas, and Betting on Paradise. |
| November 6 2024 | NewsNation and Decision Desk HQ were the first to call the 2024 United States presidential election for Donald Trump. |
| July 2024 | NewsNation discontinues weekend entertainment programming, fully committing to news content. |
| June 1 2024 | NewsNation expanded its all-news format to weekends, completing its transition to a 24/7 cable news network. |
| January 12 2024 | NewsNation hosted a Democratic primary candidates forum featuring Dean Phillips, Marianne Williamson, and Cenk Uygur. |
| 2023 | Tomorrow's World religious programming concluded on WGN. |
| December 6 2023 | NewsNation and The CW co-broadcasted the fourth Republican presidential debate. |
| June 2023 | Ross Coulthart's interview with UFO whistleblower David Grusch earned high ratings for the network. |
| April 24 2023 | NewsNation Now and The Hill shows launched. |
| April 3 2023 | Elizabeth Vargas Reports premiered on the network. |
| April 1 2023 | Overnight drama series and infomercials were replaced with repeats of evening talk and analysis shows. |
| 2022 | The network continued to broadcast a wide variety of programs across multiple genres, including home renovation shows, reality series, and classic television reruns. |
| October 3 2022 | Cuomo show launched on NewsNation. |
| September 19 2022 | Elizabeth Vargas guest anchors NewsNation Prime until September 23, 2022. |
| September 19 2022 | NewsNation Live premiered on the network. |
| September 16 2022 | Marni Hughes makes her final appearance on NewsNation Prime, preparing to host NewsNation Live. |
| July 16 2022 | In the Heat of the Night concluded its final broadcast on NewsNation after multiple periods of syndication spanning from 1995 to 2022. |
| June 27 2022 | Early Morning program launched, which was later cancelled on June 12, 2023. |
| 2021 | Changing Your World with Creflo Dollar ended its broadcast on WGN. |
| September 27 2021 | Morning in America and Dan Abrams Live launched on the network. |
| July 19 2021 | On Balance with Leland Vittert premiered on NewsNation. |
| May 2021 | Nexstar hired Michael Corn as news director, replacing Jennifer Lyons. |
| March 2021 | Jennifer Lyons announced her resignation amid controversy and low ratings. |
| March 1 2021 | Channel relaunches as NewsNation, transforming from a general entertainment network to a dedicated cable news network. |
| March 1 2021 | Banfield show premiered on NewsNation. |
| February 2021 | News director and managing editor quit following the disclosure of Bill Shine's consultant role. |
| January 2021 | NewsNation was added to major virtual MVPD services including YouTube TV, Sling TV, Hulu, and FuboTV. |
| January 25 2021 | Nexstar Media Group announced the relaunch of WGN America as NewsNation, cutting ties with the WGN brand after 43 years. |
| January 14 2021 | Reached carriage agreement with Vidgo to further expand NewsNation's distribution. |
| December 24 2020 | Reached carriage agreement with Sling TV, resolving a three-week impasse with Dish Network and expanding NewsNation's distribution. |
| December 18 2020 | Reached carriage agreement with Hulu to expand NewsNation's distribution. |
| December 11 2020 | Reached carriage agreement with FuboTV to expand NewsNation's distribution. |
| December 1 2020 | Reached carriage agreement with YouTube TV to expand NewsNation's distribution. |
| October 2020 | AT&T TV began carrying the NewsNation channel. |
| September 2020 | WGN America offered unrestricted access to NewsNation's livestream broadcast and rebroadcast as a promotional strategy. |
| September 2020 | Select Nexstar-run MyNetworkTV and independent stations began offering preview simulcasts of the first hour of NewsNation. |
| September 22 2020 | NewsNation achieved its ratings high with anchor Joe Donlon's interview with President Donald Trump, peaking at 218,000 viewers. |
| September 1 2020 | NewsNation launched its television channel and expanded its brand to radio, beginning top-of-the-hour news headline broadcasts on WGN 720 AM and making audio newscasts available nationally through their website and app. |
| September 1 2020 | WGN America launched NewsNation, a three-hour-long prime time newscast aimed at providing straight news programming. |
| September 1 2020 | NewsNation Prime launched as part of the network's initial programming lineup. |
| August 17 2020 | WGN America uploaded a 28-minute behind-the-scenes program about NewsNation on YouTube and Facebook platforms. |
| March 30 2020 | NewsNation premiered the original series 'Almost Paradise' |
| January 15 2020 | Nexstar officially announced the NewsNation program, four months after acquiring Tribune Media's assets. |
| October 2019 | Nexstar management commissioned viewer research showing dissatisfaction with opinion-based programming on cable news channels, leading to the initial concept of NewsNation. |
| September 4 2019 | NewsNation premiered 'Dog's Most Wanted' |
| July 9 2019 | NewsNation acquired the series 'The Disappearance' |
| February 27 2019 | NewsNation acquired the series 'Gone' |
| 2018 | Singsation 1 religious programming concluded. |
| 2018 | NewsNation introduced 'All In Zero Hour' program |
| September 2018 | WGN America reaches approximately 80 million households, representing 62.7% of TV households in the United States. |
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