The Weekend News

The Weekend News, later called as ABS-CBN Weekend News, was a weekend newscast and the first Filipino language weekend newscast aired every Saturday and Sunday aired and produced by ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs from June 29, 1996 to April 28, 2007. When the newscast first aired in June 29, 1996 as The Weekend News, it first used English as its primary language. The newscast switched to Filipino in 1999 after The World Tonight left Channel 2 for ANC the day before, making it the first weekend newscast to broadcast in Filipino. It was relaunched as ABS-CBN Weekend News in July 7, 2001. The newscast ended in April 28, 2007 to make way for TV Patrol Sabado/Linggo.