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** LWT would often close down with an in-vision continuity announcement from a studio showing the LWT Tower at night as a backdrop.
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** LWT would often close down with an in-vision continuity announcement ContinuityAnnouncement from a studio showing the LWT Tower at night as a backdrop.
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* The national anthem playing over some stock footage of the country or a stock photo. Some more editorially adventurous stations played pop music instead.
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* The national anthem playing over some stock footage of the country or a stock photo. Some more editorially adventurous stations played pop music instead. Even though these were shown late at night, in no way was the audio subdued or quiet - many a person sleeping on the couch was probably awoken with a start by their country’s anthem blasting out of their television’s speakers in all its patriotic glory.
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* Rather than leaving viewers with a completely blank screen, the network might display a test pattern overnight.
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* Rather than leaving viewers with a completely blank screen, the network might display a test pattern overnight.for part of the dead air, or completely overnight. In the case of the BBC, this is often where they’d play the iconic [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Card_F Test Card F]]; in the US, the [=SMPTE=] Color Bars were typically used.
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* Public-Access TV might air programming here, or the broadcast feed may be switched to a 24-hour or evening-only channel until the morning sign-on.
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** BBC Alba, a Gaelic channel, ends it's broadcast day with a screen telling people that the channel will return at 5pm.[[note]]4pm on weekends.[[/note]]
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** BBC Alba, a Gaelic channel, ends it's its broadcast day with a screen telling people that the channel will return at 5pm.[[note]]4pm on weekends.[[/note]]
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** ITV channels nowadays no longer closedown at night[[note]]A former exception to this is CITV, which used to end it's broadcast at 9pm prior to it's closedown in 2023.[[/note]], instead they usually play a programme named "Unwind with ITV", a show which is nothing but videos of a calming atmosphere, typically made to get you ready for bed. Prior to this, the ITV Nightscreen would be shown, which gave viewers a look into the next day's programmes. The Nightscreen ended in October 2020.
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** ITV channels nowadays no longer closedown at night[[note]]A former exception to this is CITV, which used to end it's its broadcast at 9pm prior to it's its closedown in 2023.[[/note]], instead they usually play a programme named "Unwind with ITV", a show which is nothing but videos of a calming atmosphere, typically made to get you ready for bed. Prior to this, the ITV Nightscreen would be shown, which gave viewers a look into the next day's programmes. The Nightscreen ended in October 2020.
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* French free-to-air channel La Sept usually signs off by [[https://youtu.be/oxsAAo6deSo?si=AbSFnZpH00Zimf_S shrinking its signature trapezoid into the corner of the screen]] until September 1993 when they rebranded to Sept-Arte.
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* A couple of [[PublicServiceAnnouncement Public Service Announcements]] running back-to-back to fill up a spare minute or two of dead air.
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* A couple of [[PublicServiceAnnouncement Public {{Public Service Announcements]] Announcement}}s running back-to-back to fill up a spare minute or two of dead air.
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* [[{{Infomercial}} Infomercials]] in which a near-forgotten TV actor hawks a miracle vegetable slicer or wondrous hearing aid, all for only a few easy payments...
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* [[{{Infomercial}} Infomercials]] {{Infomercial}}s in which a near-forgotten TV actor hawks a miracle vegetable slicer or wondrous hearing aid, all for only a few easy payments...
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When television networks made the switch from analogue to digital during the 2010s, some of them marked the occasion by reviving their old closedown sequences.
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When television networks made the switch from analogue to digital during the 2010s, some of them marked the occasion by reviving their old closedown sequences. \n For examples in that context, see NetworkFinale, which can be seen as this trope's more permanent counterpart.
