Praça TV


Praça TV is a Brazilian television programming block broadcast on Rede Globo, where time is set aside for local newscasts on affiliated or owned and operated stations. It uses a common logo where the affiliate's branding is utilized on one side of a three-dimensional square, with "TV", the newscast name, or an outline map of the state that station serves on the other side, or showing the map of the Brazilian state, then zooms out, revealing the affiliate's name and TV, and TV turns into an orange or blue rounded rectangle with the numbers 1 or 2. Two timeslots daily are set aside on Globo's schedule; the "First Edition" between 12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and the "Second Edition" from 7:00 p.m. to 7:25 p.m. Monday through Saturday leading into Globo's flagship national newscast, Jornal Nacional. In addition, local time is also set aside during the morning show Bom Dia Brasil for local weather forecasts and headlines, known as Bom Dia Praça. The titles of newscasts vary by market and each affiliate.

History

From 1983 to 1989, Praça TV consisted of the midday and 7:00 p.m. editions, along with a third and roundup of regional stories at midnight. The latter was removed in 1989, along with the midday edition. The midday edition was reinstated on 6 April 1992.
On 3 July 1995, the 7 p.m. edition's scheduling was changed slightly in order to avoid direct competition with SBT's telenovelas.
When Encontro com Fátima Bernardes premiered on 25 June 2012, some Globo affiliates, which had started their Praça TV newscasts at 12:15 p.m. local time and devoted the first fifteen minutes to other programming, began to air them universally at noon with all of the other stations in the network.

Programs