Inquirer News Tonight is an American local television newscast for the Philadelphia area that aired from September 26, 1994, to December 29, 1996.

On January 10, 1994, P. Anthony Ridder announced the formation of KR Video and its intent to launch what was at the time known as The Inquirer News Hour to air on WPHL-TV (channel 17).

[4] These included KR Video general manager Dick Moore, who had been a news director at WSB-TV in Atlanta and WSOC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina;[6] In addition, the program intended to use Inquirer journalists, crediting their stories and in some cases interviewing them.

[4] A storage area at WPHL-TV's studio was converted into a newsroom, while Tribune-owned WGNX in Atlanta shipped its old news set to Philadelphia for modification and reuse;[7] Moore bought a double-wide trailer to provide more office space.

The Inquirer's television critic, Jonathan Storm, expressed concern over the incompatibility of the two media partners and found wild variance in the quality and texture of stories prepared by the TV staff, stories delivered by the not-camera-trained newspaper staff, and "often disastrous" mixes that failed to adequately translate the newspaper writing for television.

[23] The Flyers made the playoffs in the 1994–95 NHL season, and the Phillies held the best record in the National League through June, providing a strong lead-in for Inquirer News Tonight and raising its ratings averages.

[31][32] The contract was renewed with the program cut to a half-hour beginning June 26, 1996; this was seen to negatively impact the original vision for a quality, newspaper-like newscast product.

[33] On December 16, the arrangement was announced to end, with WPHL-TV retaining three-fourths of the staff to continue to produce a 10 p.m. newscast minus integration with The Inquirer.

Newspaper management noted that they had underestimated production costs;[21] industry sources estimated Knight-Ridder lost $10 million on the venture,[34] Moore noted the lack of a sound business plan, and founding executive producer Bill Knoedelseder said, "My opinion is that Knight-Ridder tried to play in a thousand-dollar poker game with a hundred dollars.