Newscaster of the Year | 2017

Best news programme: The Briefing
Best regional news programme: STV News at Six
Best news channel: BBC World

Best regional presenter: John MacKay
Best national presenter: Alastair
Best worldwide presenter: Karin Giannone / Peter Dobbie / Kamahl Santamaria / David Eades

Most improved in 2017: Yalda Hakim and the ever sublime Ben Bland
Biggest disappointment in 2017: BBC Outside Source continues to baffle me.
Hard as Nails: Lyse Doucet
Most missed but not necessarily deceased: Zeinab Badawi

Best weather presenter: Tomasz
Best music package: ITV News
Best graphics package: BBC World

Best business programme: Biz Live
Best business presenter: Sally Bundock

Overall top of the pops: Alastair Stewart

TV Forumer of the Year: Roberto Francis

Best news programme: BBC News at 10
Best regional news programme: ITV News Meridian
Best news channel: Sky News
Best regional presenter: Sally Taylor
Best national presenter: Alastair Stewart
Best worldwide presenter: Kamahl Santamaria
Hard as Nails: Kay Burley
Best weather presenter: Carol Kirkwood
Best music package: CBS Evening News
Best graphics package: Sky News
Best business programme: Business Live
Best business presenter: Aaron Heselhurst
Overall top of the pops: Alastair Stewart
TV Forumer of the Year: Skygeek

Best news programme: ITV news at ten
Best regional news programme: Utv live
Best news channel: BBC news

Best regional presenter: Kylie Pentelow
Best national presenter: Charlene White
Best worldwide presenter: Karin Gianone

Most improved in 2017: James O Brien
Biggest disappointment in 2017: Victoria Derbyshire
Hard as Nails: George Alagaih
Most missed but not necessarily deceased: Sandy Gall

Best weather presenter: Lucy Martin
Best music package: ITV News
Best graphics package: France 24

Best business programme: Biz Live
Best business presenter: Steph McGovern

Overall top of the pops: Piers Morgan

We might as well just give the award to Alastair Stewart now though hadn't we!

Best news programme: ITV News at Ten
Best regional news programme: Granada Reports
Best news channel: Al Jazerra

Best regional presenter: Lucy Meacock
Best national presenter: Mary Nightingale
Best worldwide presenter: Felicity Barr

Most improved in 2017: Tom Bradby
Biggest disappointment in 2017: The continued decline of the news channels
Hard as Nails: John Irvine
Most missed but not necessarily deceased: Mark Austin

Best weather presenter: Tomasz Schafernaker
Best music package: ITV News
Best graphics package: Wales Live


Overall top of the pops: Alastair Stewart

TV Forumer of the Year: VMPhil


I think we've found Piers Morgan's account - or the Russians are meddling in this too! Not something I ever though I'd see here but was thinking yesterday actually in this post-Paxman world he's probably the one interviewer who isn't afraid to hold people to account.

Best news programme: Afternoon Live
Best regional news programme: BBC London News
Best news channel: Sky News
Best regional presenter: Riz Lateef
Best national presenter: Kay Burley
Best worldwide presenter: Rico Hizon

Most improved in 2017: Sarah-Jane Mee
Biggest disappointment in 2017: All Out Politics
Hard as Nails: Stuart Ramsay.
Most missed but not necessarily deceased: Lorna Dunkley

Best weather presenter: Tomasz Schafernaker
Best music package: BBC News
Best graphics package: Sky News

Best business programme: Business Live
Best business presenter: Aaron Heslehurst

Overall top of the pops: Mark Austin

TV Forumer of the Year: skygeek

Best news programme: The Pledge
Best regional news programme: STV News at 6
Best news channel: Sky News
Best regional presenter: Kylie Pentelow
Best national presenter: Kay Burley
Best worldwide presenter: no vote
Most improved in 2017: Claudia-Liza Armah
Biggest disappointment in 2017: The goldfish bowl
Hard as Nails: Susanna Reid for obvious reasons
Most missed but not necessarily deceased: Stephen and Gillian partnership
Best weather presenter: Laura Tobin
Best music package: Good Morning Britain
Best graphics package: Sky News
Best business programme: Business Live
Best business presenter: Steph McGovern
Overall top of the pops: David Dimbleby for QT and his last election overnight
TV Forumer of the Year: no vote

Best news programme: ITV News at Ten
Best regional news programme: STV News at Six
Best news channel: Sky News

Best regional presenter: John McKay
Best national presenter: Alastair Stewart
Best worldwide presenter: Lester Holt

Most improved in 2017: Alex Beresford, used to be quite wooden but now has proved himself not only as a sparring partner of Piers Morgan, but also a competent presenter.
Biggest disappointment in 2017: BBC Newsroom Live, slightly pointless unlike Afternoon Live
Hard as Nails: Piers Morgan & Susanna Reid
Most missed but not necessarily deceased: John Stapleton & Laura Tobin

Best weather presenter: Laura Tobin
Best music package: Good Morning Britain 2017
Best graphics package: ITV News at Ten

Best business programme: Business Briefing
Best business presenter: Sally Bundock

Overall top of the pops: Alastair Stewart

TV Forumer of the Year: No vote

Best news programme: 100 Days/100 Days+/Beyond 100 Days
Best regional news: ITV News London
Best news channel: BBC News Channel

Best regional presenter: Lucrezia Millarini
Best national presenter: Tom Bradby
Best worldwide presenter: Christian Fraser

Most missed but not necessarily deceased: Maxine Mawhinney

Best weather presenter: Joanna Donnelly
Best music package: ITV News
Best graphics package: BBC News

Overall top of the pops: Alastair Stewart

TV Forumer of the Year: Skygeek

Best news programme: BBC News at Ten
Best regional news programme: BBC Look East (East) (despite the knackered set)
Best news channel: BBC News channel

Best regional presenter: Roger Johnson
Best national presenter: Huw Edwards (or) Julie Etchingham
Best worldwide presenter: Lucy Hockings

Most improved in 2017: Rita Chakrabarti
Biggest disappointment in 2017: Sky News' continuing glass box saga
Hard as Nails: Laura Kuensberg
Most missed but not necessarily deceased: Komla Dumour

Best weather presenter: Louise Lear
Best music package: BBC News (Afternoon Live)
Best graphics package: Channel 4 News

Overall top of the pops: Simon McCoy

TV Forumer of the Year: 2 infact. Media Boy and noggin. Their insights and knowledge are excellent. Thank you for continuing to post!

Best news programme: BBC News at 10
Best regional news programme: BBC South Today
Best news channel: BBC News

Best regional presenter: Sally Taylor
Best national presenter: Martine Croxall
Best worldwide presenter: Karin Giannone

Most improved in 2017: Rachel Horne
Biggest disappointment in 2017: Outside Source continues to be a waste of primetime on the News Channel
Hard as Nails: Emily Maitlis
Most missed but not necessarily deceased: Komla Dumor

Best weather presenter: Louise Lear
Best music package: BBC News
Best graphics package: ITV News

Best business programme: Business Live
Best business presenter: Ben Thompson

Overall top of the pops: Emily Maitlis

TV Forumer of the Year: nodirG kraM

Best news programme: Channel 4 News
Best regional news programme: Spotlight
Best news channel: BBC News Channel

Best regional presenter: Kylie Penatlow
Best national presenter: Simon McCoy
Best worldwide presenter: Hala Gorani, CNNI

Most improved in 2017: EuroNews. It's made massive improvements since being partnered with NBC.
Biggest disappointment in 2017: The Sky News studio that debuted this year, really poor design
Hard as Nails: George Alagiah.
Most missed but not necessarily deceased: Zeinab Badawi

Best weather presenter: Philip Avery, BBC
Best music package: ITV News
Best graphics package: DW-TV, aka Deutshce Welle.

Best business programme: Quest Means Business, CNNI
Best business presenter: Richard Quest

Overall top of the pops: Alastair Stewart

TV Forumer of the Year: No vote

Honourable mentions as well to STV News for excellent work with STV News Tonight and the studio used for both that programme and Scotland Tonight; 3 News in Ireland for an impressive new set for their news programmes; and NHK World, for their Newsroom Tokyo programme and set.

Since I don’t have access to the UK I will produce an Americanized version of this list. I was also unable to come to a single answer for some of them. I also added a category as political programme.

Best news programme: NBC Nightly News (includes weekend editions)
Best political programme (thought I’d add this category): The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, Deadline: White House, Velshi & Ruhle (can’t decide which is better)
Best regional news programme (I’ll stay local in Baltimore) : WBAL-TV 11 News (all editions)
Best news channel: MSNBC (I’m biased as I am a liberal but its ratings have improved significantly this year)
Best international channel: BBC World News

Best regional presenter: no opinion as all of WBAL’s are great.
Best national presenter: Lester Holt
Best worldwide presenter M&F: Ben Bland (both during news and business), Katty Kay

Most improved in 2017: Brian Williams – after his public downfall he’s reminded me that he’s excellent at breaking news and political news.
Biggest disappointment in 2017: Charlie Rose – never would have expected there would be allegations against him.
Hard as Nails: Stephanie Ruhle (you should see her during interviews with politicians she doesn’t let them spin or change the topic)
Most missed but not necessarily deceased: Jose Diaz-Balart (Even though he’s on Noticiero Telemundo daily and on NBC Nightly News: Saturday when its not preempted by sports. I still miss his weekday show on MSNBC)

Best weather presenter: no comment
Best music package: The Mission – the special report cut gives me chills.
Best graphics package: NBC Owned & Operated’s Look N and the forthcoming Telemundo equivalent:



Best business programmes: BBC Business Live and Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst
Best business presenter M&F: Sally Bundock and obviously Aaron Heslehurst

Overall top of the pops: Brian Williams (I like his personality and style)

TV Forumers of the Year: deejay, noggin, Hatton Cross and Inspector Sands (all for answering my questions and being patient by explaining how things work across the pond)