# Shepard Smith getting a new show on CNBC

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**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepard-smith-getting-a-new-show-on-cnbc/914767 "2020-07-08T19:27:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepard-smith-getting-a-new-show-on-cnbc/914767/1 "2020-07-08T19:27:06Z")

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Evening show that starts in the fall. I assume CNN offered him a job too.

> **[BREAKING: Shepard Smith Joins CNBC as Anchor of New Show](https://www.mediaite.com/tv/breaking-shepard-smith-joins-cnbc-as-anchor-of-new-show/)**
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> The speculation game is over. After an abrupt and dramatic exit from Fox News last year, veteran newsman Shepard Smith is set to join CNBC as anchor of an hourlong evening show, the network announced Wednesday. "The News with Shepard Smith," first...

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepard-smith-getting-a-new-show-on-cnbc/914767/2 "2020-07-09T08:40:03Z")

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CNBC’s ratings fall off a cliff after market close. I wish him luck, but I’m not sure this is gonna work. I assume it’s a way to show straight news and not the opinion shows the other networks move to at night.

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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepard-smith-getting-a-new-show-on-cnbc/914767/3 "2020-07-09T19:13:40Z")

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Joy Reid will do 7 on MSNBC replacing Chris Matthews.
