CNBC Cancels Shepard Smith’s Nightly Newscast After 2 Years
NEW YORK—CNBC is canceling Shepard Smith’s nightly newscast after two years, with its new president saying he wanted to focus on the network’s core strength of business news.
Smith, who is leaving the network, will have his last telecast sometime later this month. He did not have any immediate comment.
Smith landed at CNBC after abruptly leaving Fox News Channel in 2019, establishing a general interest news show that aired at 7 p.m. Eastern on weeknights.
CNBC said Smith’s show attracted the richest audience of any evening program on cable news—usually a huge selling point. But there clearly weren’t enough viewers….