on the news at 9:00 <next>

[VicNicSor]

TV announcer: Good evening. WDOL with a late breaking report. Eddie Caputo, repeated accomplice of Charles Lee Ray, has just escaped the Michigan Avenue precinct. More details to follow on the news at 9:00 next.
Child's Play, film

What is "next" here for please?
Thanks.

 

[sdgraham]

It refers to the program that will appear as soon as the announcer shuts up. (or the current program ends)
Edited.

 

[VicNicSor]

It refers to the program that will appear as soon as the announcer shuts up. (or the current program ends)
Edited.

That is, it refers to what follows the word "next"? (in this case, as soon as he says "next", it shifts to some movie)

 

[JulianStuart]

The 9:00 news is the next program after the movie (which ends at or before 9) but in the break the station has provided a hint about "breaking" news.

 

[VicNicSor]

But with or without the word "next", it's already been clearly said that the news is at 9:00, why add "next"?

 

[JulianStuart]

To indicate that there is not any other program between the current one and the news
We have no time context - it could have been said a 7:30 after the movie started at 7 and it tells us the movie ends just before the news.
What is your problem with this word? It simply says the news is the NEXT program(me)

 

[VicNicSor]

Just one question. "Next" in the OP is an adverb, as in "The nine o'clock news will happen next.", am I correct?

 

[JulianStuart]

Or it's an ellipsis from - "which is the next program" in which case it would be an adjective

 

[VicNicSor]

Or it's an ellipsis from - "which is the next program" in which case it would be an adjective

Would you say "next" in the OP acts exactly like these ones (adjectives)?
I shall be 26 years old on Friday next.
I’m seeing him on Tuesday next.
The ceremony will take place on Monday next.

 

[Florentia52]

It's not the same usage.

"Next" in the old-fashioned usage "on Friday next" means "next Friday," not "on Friday, which is coming up next."

 

[VicNicSor]

I see, thank you all!

 

[JulianStuart]

It's not the same usage.

"Next" in the old-fashioned usage "on Friday next" means "next Friday," not "on Friday, which is coming up next."

And that expression uses "on" not "at" - to help distinguish the two in the future

 

[dojibear]

More details to follow on the news at 9:00 next.

This is not a correct sentence. You would not write this sentence. The normal sentence ends with "9:00", and then the announcer says "next" as a single-word comment. As someone points out above, that "next" means "the news (which I just mentioned) is next". And "next" means "after the current show, on this channel".

TV advertisements use anything that works: they aren't required to follow English grammar. And this entire 4-sentence annoucement was an advertisement, trying to convince viewers to stay on this channel when the current program ends, so that they can hear "more details" about the news event. This kind of announcement (pre-announcing some details) is called a "teaser".

 

[JulianStuart]

This is not a correct sentence. You would not write this sentence. The normal sentence ends with "9:00", and then the announcer says "next" as a single-word comment. As someone points out above, that "next" means "the news (which I just mentioned) is next". And "next" means "after the current show, on this channel".

TV advertisements use anything that works: they aren't required to follow English grammar. And this entire 4-sentence annoucement was an advertisement, trying to convince viewers to stay on this channel when the current program ends, so that they can hear "more details" about the news event. This kind of announcement (pre-announcing some details) is called a "teaser".

Applies to many announcements - even the news itself sometimes