The program covers a range of news, politics, sport, weather, finance and entertainment, as well as commentary from van Onselen and other contributors.

Occasionally, home viewers are invited on-air to provide opinions as part of a panel discussion.

The program was broadcast from the Sky News centre in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park.

[6] PVO NewsDay replaced live rolling news which was previously hosted by Ashley Gillan, who went on maternity leave.

[9] PVO NewsDay ended on 26 October 2017, with van Onselen becoming a contributing editor at Sky News and reviving weekly format The Contrarians.