I looked up the name of the other show that has replaced the BBC; it is World Focus.  I've watched bits of it, and I have to say, ouch.  Really, they have those "let's dress up and pretend to be journalists" production values of Russia Today and Deutsche Welle's Journal.  Hurts to watch this stuff.  But I guess they've positioned themselves as the primary competition for the BBC in America:

NYT: `Worldfocus' Replaces `BBC World News' On Some PBS Stations

"For 10 years, the BBC has largely had to itself the American market for television news that is not United States-centric, thanks to its distribution deal with public television and its cable network BBC America. That changed on Monday with the start of `Worldfocus,' a half-hour nightly newscast being produced and distributed by the New York public broadcaster WLIW, Channel 21," Elizabeth Jensen reports.

"The new competition, available in about 85 percent of the country, brings an extensive juggling of the station lineup for "BBC World News" on public television nationwide. In the New York metropolitan area, the half-hour BBC newscast will no longer be seen on WLIW and its sister station, WNET, Channel 13, where it occupied plum evening spots; the program garnered on average some 60,000 viewers per night on WLIW alone. Instead, viewers will find it on the less-viewed New Jersey Network, at 6:30 p.m., Eastern time."

Here in Chicago, I believe the same has happened.  Another PBS station will now air the BBC World News, and at some crazy hours: 5:30 am and 11:30 pm.  Previously, on the other station, it was in the prime news slots at 6 pm and 10 pm.  

It kind of sucks.  I liked the BBC World News.  They have soothing voices and make some attempt at professionalism.  World Focus ... ooh, it's painful to watch.


Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.