The show premiered on 21 April 1971, almost two years after the premiere of
Jornal Nacional, and replaced
Show da Cidade (
The City Show). Initially it was only shown in the state of the
Rio de Janeiro and was then presented by Léo Batista and Luiz Jatobá. The original idea was for a women's daily magazine, with reports on art, shows and interviews. On 3 June 1974, it began to be broadcast nationally. It was divided in sections and, with the same scenery, it had hosts in
Rio de Janeiro,
São Paulo and
Brasília. The final segment brought local news from affiliated broadcasting stations, such as the TV Ribeirão (now
EPTV); the local news was shown after
Globo Esporte since the 1980s, with the exception of
São Paulo from 1990 to 1994, when they aired
São Paulo Já in the
Jornal Hoje timeslot. ''São Paulo Já's
first edition later shortened the timeslot for room to bring back Jornal Hoje''. SPTV now airs at its original timeslot at 12:00 p.m.
local time since 1996. On 8 August 2019, it was announced that
Sandra Annenberg would present
Globo Repórter and that
Maria Júlia Coutinho would definitely take over the newscast from the end of September of the same year. On 30 October 2025, as part of reorganization of TV Globo's news department announced on 1 September, Tralli presented
Jornal Hoje for the last time due to his move to Rio de Janeiro as main presenter of flagship evening news program
Jornal Nacional, a position previously anchored by
William Bonner for 29 years. Beginning on 31 October 2025, Roberto Kovalick took over his role as main presenter of
Jornal Hoje. ==Opening credits==