day ▁air ings ▁were ▁tempor arily ▁cancel led ▁by ▁W N BC ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁newspaper ▁strike , ▁while ▁special ▁new sc asts ▁ran ▁in ▁their ▁place ; ▁the ▁strike ▁ultimately ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁a ▁ 3 0 - min ute ▁new sc ast , ▁The ▁Press man – R yan ▁Report , ▁anch ored ▁by ▁G abe ▁Press man ▁and ▁Bill ▁Ryan . The ▁extra ▁length ▁may ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁the ▁prototype ▁for ▁their ▁event ual ▁two - hour ▁News Center 4 . ▁ ▁The ▁Saturday ▁night ▁air ings ▁of ▁Movie ▁ 4 ▁came ▁to ▁an ▁end ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 9 6 5 ; ▁the ▁following ▁week , ▁week end ▁r er uns ▁of ▁The ▁Ton ight ▁Show ▁took ▁their ▁place . TV ▁Guide , ▁New ▁York - Met ropol itan ▁Edition , ▁January ▁ 9 – 1 5 , ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁ ▁There after , ▁Movie ▁ 4 ▁generally ▁a ired ▁week days ▁only . ▁ ▁After ▁W N BC - TV ' s ▁early - even ing ▁local ▁new sc ast ▁was ▁expanded ▁from ▁ 3 0 ▁minutes ▁to ▁an ▁hour ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁Movie ▁ 4 ▁moved ▁to ▁its ▁final ▁time ▁slot ▁of ▁ 4 : 3 0 ▁to ▁ 6 ▁pm , ▁where ▁it ▁remained ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁its ▁run . ▁ ▁Open ing ▁and ▁closing ▁them es Movie ▁