Inquirer News Tonight
| Inquirer News Tonight | |
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| Genre | News program |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 825 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Bill Knoedelseder (1994–1996) |
| Production location | Philadelphia |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
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| Production company | KR Video |
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| Network | WPHL-TV |
| Release | September 24, 1994 – December 29, 1996 |
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| The Philadelphia Inquirer | |
Inquirer News Tonight is an American local television newscast for the Philadelphia area that aired from September 26, 1994, to December 29, 1996. Produced by KR Video—a subsidiary of Knight-Ridder, publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer—in association with local TV station WPHL-TV, Inquirer News Tonight intended to combine the journalism resources of The Inquirer with a television news format. The program suffered from substantial internal turmoil—including an eight-month boycott by newspaper staffers—as well as KR Video's inexperience at translating the newspaper into a TV newscast; its ratings were low, and its revenues were well below projections. The partnership was dissolved at the end of 1996, and WPHL-TV retained the on-air personnel and continued producing local newscasts through 2005.