It then went to an hour-long format.
News would expand back to its previous hour-long format on October 25, 2010 (reruns of E!
The second season aired on Mondays only in an hour-long format from 12 January to 31 May 1976.
In 1975 it was expanded to an hour-long format and moved to Friday evenings.
The hour-long format continued until December 2009 and was revived in April 2011.
The adaptation was largely faithful to the book, although condensed to fit in the show's hour-long format and with a different ending.
E4 eventually dropped the show but episodes continued to be broadcast on Channel 4 at 12:30pm, this time in the original hour-long format.
The season premiered on September 26, 2010 with a special 90-minute episode; it returned to its regular hour-long format the following week.
The weeknight show was expanded to an hour-long format August 30, 2010 and began to feature more coverage and additional segments.
Originally thirty minutes in length, the show was expanded to its current hour-long format on November 3, 1975.