ttn

{{Other uses|TTN (disambiguation)}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}

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| image = Episode TTN.jpg

| caption = ttn logo

| alt_name = the total news

| genre = Children's television

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| presenter = Amelia Charlton
Scott Beveridge
Emily Barker
Aimee McKay

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| country = Australia

| language = English

| num_seasons = 5

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| location = Brisbane, Queensland

| runtime = 30 minutes

| network = Network Ten

| first_aired = {{start date|2004|2|3|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2008|12|4|df=y}}

| related = Behind the News

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ttn (the total news) was a 30 minute weekly Australian news program aimed at school-aged (9- to 14-year-old) children produced and broadcast by Network Ten from 2004 to 2008. It presented current issues and events in a way that could be understood and further explored by its intended viewers.

ttn premiered on 3 February 2004. It was created in the wake of an outcry against the cancellation of Behind the News,{{cite news|title=TEN, News join for kids news show|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/30/1075340834480.html|work=The Age|date=30 January 2004|accessdate=2007-12-28}} a long running ABC TV program similar in objective to ttn that was axed for a time due to budget cuts.{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Higgins|title=A stupid decision for the 'clever' country|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/06/1060145722735.html|work=The Age|date=7 August 2003|accessdate=2007-12-28}} ttn itself was axed in December 2008 after five years on air following budgetary constraints.{{cite news|title=Axed: ttn|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/12/axed-ttn.html|publisher=TV Tonight|date=5 December 2008|accessdate=2008-12-05}}

ttn aired every Tuesday each week during the school year. Episodes were supplemented by features and activities printed weekly in News Limited newspapers.