WPLG presently broadcasts 54½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 8½ hours each weekday and six hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). In regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the second highest local newscast output of any station in the Miami market behind Fox affiliate WSVN (which runs 63½ hours of newscasts each week), and the highest of any ABC affiliate in the nation. In addition, the station produces the hour-long political discussion program "This Week in South Florida", which debuted in 1990; airing Sunday mornings at 11:30 a.m., the program is hosted by senior political reporter Michael Putney.