Initially being aired during special occasions since its inception, the weekend editions premiered on May 9, 2004 at 6:30 ᴘ.ᴍ. and May 15, 2004 at 7:30 ᴘ.ᴍ. as "TV Patrol Sabado" and "TV Patrol Linggo", respectively, with Ces Oreña-Drilón and Henry Omaga-Díaz as its first anchors. At the beginning both editions were complemented by "The Weekend News" as ABS-CBN's weekend newscasts with TV Patrol Sabado and TV Patrol Linggo as the early-evening newscast and The Weekend News as the late-night newscast until the latter was canceled three years later. During this period, the weekend editions used to occupy middle evening time slots between 8:00 and 10:00 ᴘ.ᴍ. Ces Oreña-Drilón left the weekend edition for "ABS-CBN Insider" in 2005 and was replaced by Bernadette Sembrano.