[PATV Scunthorpe]

The alternating contact details don't sit well on the NC, the descenders on characters like 'p' and 'g' sit beneath the red bar.

I do suppose with the reformatting they wanted some visual change, though it does feel like it's changed for the sake of it. Even the small logo change of replacing the condensed version of Reith with normal variant doesn't sit 100% with me.

Though I do like the studio changes, it does make it feel like a late night version of Victoria's former programme.

[all new phil]

Seemed alright to me. I can see what they’re trying to do (ie copy Politics Hub) but it maybe wasn’t quite there. I’m not sure Derbyshire is the one to carry this format, much as I think she’s fab - I think it needs someone a bit… wittier maybe? Not sure. Derbyshire is very straight.

[ginnyfan]

Last few minutes of NewsNight followed by Martine taking over.

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[Omnipresent]

I'm sure things like the camera work and lighting will be tweaked but I think the format will really struggle post election. 10 minutes in and I thought it was starting to drag with no reports to break things up.

[London Lite]

It seems what they've done is take the format of the English regional BBC One politics programmes bar the single VT they air and have turned it into that with a garish sofa cover and overly bright lights.

This format works well for Derbyshire, but I can't say I'll be watching nightly after tonight's edition.

Channel 4 News is now the only real analytical news bulletin left after this.

[DTV]

Public-service broadcasting at its finest. I'd been wondering where to find a horseshoe of pundits and the most 'clippable' politicians discussing the same three stories, so I'm glad the BBC have decided to stand out from both the commercial and internal competition and provide a seventh daily programme doing that. Glad they ditched that dull policy analysis - I don't need to know if a policy works, just hear primarily non-expert voices discuss it in purely political terms.

[RDJ]

Victoria did mention "Election Newsnight" an awful lot, which for the average viewer will probably seem a bit of a temporary format change for the next 6 weeks.

But when the election is over and the format continues in this style, I can't see viewers liking the change at all. Indeed it is the former Victoria Derbyshire show... at 10.30pm, and with a garish bright colour scheme to boot. Not a fan.

[Andrew]

Notice she keeps calling it “Election Newsnight”, presumably trying to suggest this change of format is temporary

Then by mid July everyone will have forgotten it used to have a different format

[Reith85]

The way that Victoria Derbyshire bookended tonight's edition by reminding us that Newsnight is on at 10:30 each weeknight with "live interviews, insight and analysis" almost sounded like a desperate attempt to convince us that the programme is still worth watching.

[chris]

Notice she keeps calling it “Election Newsnight”, presumably trying to suggest this change of format is temporary

Then by mid July everyone will have forgotten it used to have a different format

Or it gives them scope to tweak the format without it looking like they’ve backtracked.