{"id":1723812,"date":"2022-11-03T17:18:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T21:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1723812"},"modified":"2022-11-03T17:19:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T21:19:01","slug":"cnbc-to-axe-shep-smiths-primetime-newscast-after-just-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnbc-to-axe-shep-smiths-primetime-newscast-after-just-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"CNBC To Axe Shep Smith\u2019s Primetime Newscast After Just Two Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnbc-to-axe-shep-smiths-primetime-newscast-after-just-two-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1723812&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CNBC plans to drop anchor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/shepard-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shepard Smith\u2019s<\/a> evening news show, \u201cThe News with Shepard Smith,\u201d after just two years.<\/p>\n<p>Variety <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/shepard-smith-cnbc-cancel-tv-news-1235422135\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on Thursday that the veteran journalist \u2014 who anchored a mid-afternoon slot for years on <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/former-anchor-shep-smith-slams-fox-news-i-dont-know-how-some-people-sleep-at-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> before moving to CNBC \u2014 was leaving the network, and his time slot would transition to a business-focused report more in line with other programming.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNBC canceling Shep Smith\u2019s news show <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xsR5KQczuZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/xsR5KQczuZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CjuamcBhGK\">pic.twitter.com\/CjuamcBhGK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hill (@thehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1588213443194142721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The move reportedly came at the behest of new network President KC Sullivan, the network\u2019s former chief financial officer who took over for former chief Mark Hoffman in mid-August.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan explained the logic behind the move in a memo to staffers on Thursday, saying that under his leadership, CNBC would \u201cprioritize and focus on our core strengths of business news and personal finance. This is key in our efforts to continue building on our position as the number one global business news brand and to connect with new audiences of all kinds interested in their financial future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to further invest in business news content that provides our audiences actionable understanding of the complex developments in global markets and the implications on institutions, investors and individuals,\u201d the memo continued. \u201cDuring times of flux and uncertainty, our place in the lives of those we touch on-air, online and in person becomes even clearer, and more essential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s broader-range news show was part of an effort to keep business-focused audiences engaged after the closing bell rang \u2014 an effort that included talk shows featuring Donny Deutsch and Dennis Miller and competition shows like \u201cShark Tank\u201d \u2014 but Sullivan has made it clear that he wants to bring the evening shows back into line with the daytime programming.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the new network president had nothing but kind words for the former Fox News anchor.\u00a0\u201cThe quality journalism Shep and his team delivered each weeknight was exemplary and not lost on us or our 7pm audience. \u2018The News\u2019 increased CNBC\u2019s 7pm viewership average and attracted the most affluent audience of any primetime cable news program,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cAt a time when misinformation and disinformation is rampant, \u2018The News\u2019 succeeded in providing audiences with the clearest understanding of the facts. Decisions like these are not arrived at hastily or taken lightly. I believe this decision will ultimately help to strengthen our brand and the value we provide our audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNBC plans to drop anchor Shepard Smith\u2019s evening news show, \u201cThe News with Shepard Smith,\u201d after just two years. Variety reported on Thursday that the veteran journalist \u2014 who anchored a mid-afternoon slot for years on Fox News before moving to CNBC \u2014 was leaving the network, and his time slot would transition to a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1723815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1723812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1723812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1723815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1723812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1723812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1723812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}