The News with Shepard Smith

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The News with Shepard Smith
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Genre News program
Presented by Shepard Smith
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes389 (as of April 11, 2022)
Production
Production locationsCNBC Global Headquarters; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Original release
Network CNBC
ReleaseSeptember 30, 2020 (2020-09-30) 
November 2, 2022 (2022-11-02)

The News with Shepard Smith is an American news television program hosted by Shepard Smith that aired on CNBC. [1] The program, which premiered on September 30, 2020, was a general interest news show that aired at 7 PM ET. [2] [3]

Contents

The show was the first hosted by Smith since his departure from Fox News in 2019. [4] On November 3, 2022, CNBC canceled the program after two years, and Smith announced his departure from the network. [5]

The News was the first nightly newscast to air on CNBC since May 2004.

Content

Smith has stated that the program is meant to be "fact-based" and will not include analysis or opinion. [2] Smith has stated of the show: "We’re going to have journalists, reporters, sound and video. We’re going to have newsmakers and experts ... but no pundits." [2]

Episodes

The first episode of the show drew 373,000 viewers, "behind major cable news networks but a boost for CNBC for the time period." [6]

The first episodes of the show were being shot in a temporary studio. This studio is a boxed off area in Studio A at CNBC Global Headquarters. This studio was used until construction on a dedicated set was completed. [7] The new set debuted on October 28, 2020. [8]

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