With syndicated news and tabloid programming becoming more the norm in the late 1980s and early 1990s, "Live on 4", like "Evening Magazine", was starting to become of lesser importance to Group W. In 1991, after a 12-year-run, "Live on 4" was dropped after WBZ-TV acquired "A Current Affair" for the 5:30 p.m. time slot (the program previously aired on WFXT). WBZ launched a 5:00 p.m. newscast at that time. When "ACA" moved to WCVB's late night schedule in the fall of 1993 (later moving to WHDH's daytime lineup in 1994), WBZ switched their late afternoon newscast to 5:30 p.m., and began airing the freshman syndicated series "American Journal" (with WBZ alumnus Nancy Glass as anchor) at its 5:00 p.m. lead-in. "American Journal" would itself move to WCVB starting in its second season.