The News with Shepard Smith

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]

The News with Shepard Smith
Genre	News program
Presented by	Shepard Smith
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	537
Production
Production locations	CNBC Global Headquarters; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Original release
Network	CNBC
Release	September 30, 2020 (2020-09-30) – November 2, 2022 (2022-11-02)

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]

See also

• List of programs broadcast by CNBC
• List of 2020 American television debuts
• NewsNation Prime (another fact-based newscast, but aired every weekend, on NewsNation)