This article is about the Canadian television newscast. For the indie
rock band, see The National . For other uses, see The National .
The National, now officially known as CBC News: The National, is the CBC's
flagship national television newscast. It reports on major Canadian and
international news stories, airing on CBC Television weeknights at 10:00
p.m. local time (10:30 p.m. NT).
The program generally follows a format of news headlines for the first 20
minutes followed by a magazine segment that may include documentaries,
feature reports and/or panel discussions. The first commercial
interruption usually comes about 20 minutes into the program. In
exceptional news circumstances, the regular format may be waived.
CBC owned-and-operated stations used to repeat the news headline portion
of The National at 11:00 p.m.; this practice ended in October 2006, when
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