This study aims to analyze the genre characteristics of discourse and the use of tenses in television news. The research questions are as follows: a) Are there differences in the use of tenses according to the move of the news? b) Are there differences in the use of tenses according to the topic of the news? For the analysis, 34 evening newscasts from April 19 to April 26, 2017, of three broadcasters were used. Analyzing the use of tenses according to the news topic, it was observed that in the news reporting events or incidents, the past tense functioned as a representation of the foreground; whereas in the news reporting a social phenomenon, the present tenses represented the foreground. Analyzing the use of tenses according to the move of the news, we observed constant movement of the deictic center. The result of this study shows that tenses serve different functions according to the move within the discourse. Moreover, even within the same discourse genre of news report, the type of the news topic defined the utilization of tenses.