The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest global crisis in decades. The whole world has faced the emergence of a new strain of coronavirus that is spreading among humans. The ban on gatherings, travel restrictions, and adherence to strict epidemiological measures have certainly influenced the change in media routines. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the content of prime time daily news programmes to determine the main features of reporting on pandemic on the three national television broadcasters in Croatia. The analysis included various forms of reporting in Dnevnik 2 on the Croatian public broadcasting service and two commercial television broadcasters Dnevnik Nove TV and RTL "Danas". The sample of the analysis includes news about the pandemic of these programmes from March and April and October and November in 2020. These specific periods were chosen because they marked the first and the second waves of the crisis. The results of the research show that the interview is the most common form of reporting on coronavirus. It is in this form that a new editorial practice has emerged due to the emergence of the virus. Namely, due to extraordinary circumstances, live reporting was mostly used to conduct an interview with a guest. A hybrid form of report is also often used, which combines news from different regions of Croatia or a report with news from several countries around the world. In the context of the coronavirus, the most common topics were the economy and education. The pandemic has brought a number of new practices in these domains such as working from home and online learning. This analysis also confirmed that the main source of information on all three televisions is the National Civil Protection Headquarters. Besides them, doctors, epidemiologists and ministers often appear as a source of news. According to the observed characteristics of reporting, the main hypothesis was confirmed - there is no significant difference in reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic on public service (HTV) and commercial television broadcasters (Nova TV and RTL).