NBCUniversal tried to harness two Fox News anchors in the recent past and failed. Now the company no doubt hopes the third time’s the charm.
The company’s CNBC on Wednesday evening launched former Fox News daytime anchor Shepard Smith in a new 7 p.m. news hour that, as Smith himself described it, aims to give viewers “journalists and experts, not opinions and pundits.” The business-news network clearly has some ambition for the new program. It hired a well-known producer, Molly Kordares, from “CBS Evening News,” lured Sally Ramirez, a top news executive from a major-market CBS affiliate in Houston, and assigned one of its veterans, Sandy Cannold, to oversee the project.
Several Fox News personalities who have left that outlet have gained new recognition for their newsgathering or anchoring skills, including Major Garrett and Catherine Herridge at CBS News and Alisyn Camerota at CNN. But NBC News has...
The company’s CNBC on Wednesday evening launched former Fox News daytime anchor Shepard Smith in a new 7 p.m. news hour that, as Smith himself described it, aims to give viewers “journalists and experts, not opinions and pundits.” The business-news network clearly has some ambition for the new program. It hired a well-known producer, Molly Kordares, from “CBS Evening News,” lured Sally Ramirez, a top news executive from a major-market CBS affiliate in Houston, and assigned one of its veterans, Sandy Cannold, to oversee the project.
Several Fox News personalities who have left that outlet have gained new recognition for their newsgathering or anchoring skills, including Major Garrett and Catherine Herridge at CBS News and Alisyn Camerota at CNN. But NBC News has...
- 10/1/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
CNBC’s “The News With Shepard Smith” will premiere Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. Et.
In a Monday announcement, the business network also revealed that Sanford Cannold will serve as senior executive producer and Sally Ramirez is joining the network to be the executive producer of the show, which will air each evening for one hour and be broadcast from CNBC’s Englewood Cliffs, N.J., headquarters.
“The News” will have encore presentations which air at 12 a.m. Et and 4 a.m. Et.
Also Read: Shepard Smith to Join CNBC As Host of Evening News Program
“In my more than 30 years in journalism, there has never been a better or more critical time to launch a non-partisan, fact-based evening newscast,” said Smith in a statement released Monday. “From the ongoing pandemic to the election and the economy, the mission of this program is to cover the most important news of...
In a Monday announcement, the business network also revealed that Sanford Cannold will serve as senior executive producer and Sally Ramirez is joining the network to be the executive producer of the show, which will air each evening for one hour and be broadcast from CNBC’s Englewood Cliffs, N.J., headquarters.
“The News” will have encore presentations which air at 12 a.m. Et and 4 a.m. Et.
Also Read: Shepard Smith to Join CNBC As Host of Evening News Program
“In my more than 30 years in journalism, there has never been a better or more critical time to launch a non-partisan, fact-based evening newscast,” said Smith in a statement released Monday. “From the ongoing pandemic to the election and the economy, the mission of this program is to cover the most important news of...
- 8/24/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Shepard Smith’s nightly CNBC newscast will premiere on Sept. 30, with Sanford Cannold as senior executive producer and Sally Ramirez as executive producer.
The 7 Pm program will broadcast from CNBC’s headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The network announced in July that Smith would be joining the network, after 23 years at Fox News. He also serves as chief general news anchor and chief breaking general news anchor and as executive editor of the newscast.
Cannold has 19 years of experience with CNBC, most recently as executive producer of The Exchange and Power Lunch and, before that, as executive producer of Squawk Box. Ramirez comes to CNBC from Khou in Houston, Texas, a CBS affiliate, where she was executive news director.
The newscast marks an effort by CNBC to gain a newsier following in the evening hours, which are dominated by runs of reality programming like Shark Tank.
Dan Colarusso, CNBC’s senior VP of news,...
The 7 Pm program will broadcast from CNBC’s headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The network announced in July that Smith would be joining the network, after 23 years at Fox News. He also serves as chief general news anchor and chief breaking general news anchor and as executive editor of the newscast.
Cannold has 19 years of experience with CNBC, most recently as executive producer of The Exchange and Power Lunch and, before that, as executive producer of Squawk Box. Ramirez comes to CNBC from Khou in Houston, Texas, a CBS affiliate, where she was executive news director.
The newscast marks an effort by CNBC to gain a newsier following in the evening hours, which are dominated by runs of reality programming like Shark Tank.
Dan Colarusso, CNBC’s senior VP of news,...
- 8/24/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
CNBC plans to join the early-evening cable-news fray in a bigger way come late September.
The NBCUniversal-owned business-news outlet said it would launch “The News With Shepard Smith,” billed as a “newscast providing deep, non-partisan coverage and perspective on the day’s most important stories,” at 7 p.m. on September 30, placing the network in more direct competition with rivals like CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC and Fox Business News, all of which offer broader news or opinion programming at that time. CNBC at present starts to air reality-competition programming and documentary series after 7 p.m.
“In my more than 30 years in journalism, there has never been a better or more critical time to launch a non-partisan, fact-based evening newscast,” said Smith in a prepared statement. “From the ongoing pandemic to the election and the economy, the mission of this program is to cover the most important news of the day with depth and clarity.
The NBCUniversal-owned business-news outlet said it would launch “The News With Shepard Smith,” billed as a “newscast providing deep, non-partisan coverage and perspective on the day’s most important stories,” at 7 p.m. on September 30, placing the network in more direct competition with rivals like CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC and Fox Business News, all of which offer broader news or opinion programming at that time. CNBC at present starts to air reality-competition programming and documentary series after 7 p.m.
“In my more than 30 years in journalism, there has never been a better or more critical time to launch a non-partisan, fact-based evening newscast,” said Smith in a prepared statement. “From the ongoing pandemic to the election and the economy, the mission of this program is to cover the most important news of the day with depth and clarity.
- 8/24/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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