 Having acquired CTC in 1987, Network Ten began an overhaul of the news service.Ken Begg was appointed News Director, joining from ABC replacing Bill Muldrew, with the clear brief to 'make the news better'.The Nine Network graphics and news theme were ditched and the bulletin was rebranded "Eyewitness News" aligning with the rest of the network  and a late night locally produced half-hour current affairs program called "This Week" commenced, hosted by David Allen and Niree Creed.