List of programs broadcast by NewsNation

This is a list of television programs currently and formerly broadcast by NewsNation and WGN America, a Chicago-based cable channel.

Current programming

News programming

Former programming

Original programming

Original

Acquired

Syndicated series

WB network programming

Newscasts and local programming from WGN-TV

• Bozo's Circus (1978–80)
• John Drury and Newsnine (simulcast of former 10 p.m. newscast; 1978–September 1980)
• Nightbeat (simulcast of former late night newscast; 1978–83)
• Ray Rayner and His Friends (1978–81)
• The Bozo Show (1980–94)
• WGN News at Nine (formerly The Nine O'Clock News; simulcast of 9 p.m. newscast; September 1980–January 30, 2014)
• WGN Midday News (formerly Chicago's Midday News and WGN News at Noon; simulcast of noon-1 p.m. CT portion, 1983–2014)
• Heritage of Faith (1983–92)
• Chicago's Very Own (1988–92)
• $100,000 Fortune Hunt (1989–94)
• People to People (1990–2014)
• U.S. Farm Report (1992–2007)
• WGN Weekend Morning News (Saturday edition, 1992–98; Sunday edition, 1992–94)
• The Bozo Super Sunday Show (1994–2001)
• Illinois Instant Riches/Illinois' Luckiest (1994–2000)
• WGN Morning News (simulcast of morning newscast; September 6, 1994 – 1997 and February 3-December 12, 2014)
• Adelante, Chicago (1995–2014)

Original programming

• Cultivating Life (April 2006 - September 2010)
• The Bob & Tom Show (November 3, 2008 – September 10, 2010)
• Around the World for Free (2009–10)
• WWE Superstars (April 16, 2009 – April 7, 2011)
• Sky Dives (2009)
• All In Zero Hour (2018)

Sports programming

WGN-TV Chicago, through its WGN Sports department, holds the broadcast rights to the following sports telecasts, which were discontinued from airing on WGN America as of December 15, 2014:

• Chicago Bulls NBA basketball games ¹
• Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball games ¹
• Chicago White Sox Major League Baseball games ¹

Short-form programming

• Earl Pitts Uhmerikun (April 2010–November 2011)

Movie presentations

• Family Classics (Sunday afternoons 1962–2000)
• Creature Features (Saturday nights 1970–76)
• WGN Presents (1987-2003)
• WGN Action Theater (Saturday late nights; 1993–2002)
• WGN Matinee Theater (weekend afternoons; 1993–2002)
• Way Back Wednesday (Wednesday evenings; 2007–10)
• Movie Underground (Friday evenings; 2008–10)

Annual specials

• Bozo, Gar and Ray: WGN TV Classics (each Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day)
• Bud Billiken Parade (each August on the second Saturday of the month)
• Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade
• Live from Daryl's House: A New Year's Eve Special (2010)
• McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade (each November)
• MDA Show of Strength (1978–2012; each Labor Day weekend)
• Mummers Parade (tape delay of New Year's Day parade)
• Tournament of Roses Parade (simulcast from sister station KTLA in Los Angeles; each New Year's Day, currently only on WGN-TV)[1]
• Yule Log (each Christmas morning; also aired on most Tribune-owned stations, currently on WGN-TV but not on WGN America)

Religious programming

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