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CNBC is an American business news channel owned by the
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, a unit of
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's
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. The network broadcasts live business news and analysis programming during the morning,
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, and early-evening hours, with the remaining hours (such as weekday
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and weekends) are filled by business-related
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and
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programming, as well as occasional
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presentations. CNBC operates an accompanying financial news website, CNBC.com, which includes news articles, video and
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content, as well as subscription-based services. CNBC's headquarters and main studios are located in
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, while it also maintains a studio at the Nasdaq MarketSite in
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, New York City. CNBC was originally founded in April 1989 as the Consumer News and Business Channel, a joint venture between
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and
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. Following its 1991 bankruptcy, NBC acquired the competing Financial News Network (FNN) and merged it into CNBC, and acquired Cablevision's stake in CNBC to give it full ownership. In addition to its U.S. operations, CNBC operates the international branches
CNBC Europe Consumer News and Business Channel Europe (referred to on air simply as CNBC) is a business and financial news television channel which airs across Europe. The station is based in London, where it shares the Adrian Smith (architect), Adrian S ...
and
CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a Singapore-based Business journalism, business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is a pan-Asian branch of the U.S.-based CNBC. The channel initially launched on 20 June 1997 out of Ho ...
, and is involved in other international affiliates via joint ventures and franchise arrangements. In 2023, CNBC had higher total day and primetime viewership than its chief rival,
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, but finished behind Fox in trading day viewership. CNBC launched an
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known as CNBC+ in 2025, which starts at $14.99 a month and $99.99 a year.


History

CNBC's roots date back to the founding in 1979 of the Satellite Program Network (SPN), which showed a low-budget mix of old movies and instructional and entertainment programs. The channel later changed its name to Tempo Television. After initially signing a letter of intent to acquire Tempo,
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opted for a deal to lease the channel's
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in June 1988. On this platform, and under the guidance of Tom Rogers, the channel was relaunched on April 17, 1989, as the Consumer News and Business Channel with
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anchoring this first broadcast. NBC and
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initially operated CNBC as a 50–50
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, and it was headquartered in
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. Sue Herera and Scott Cohn joined CNBC at its inception. CNBC had considerable difficulty getting cable carriage at first, as many providers were skeptical of placing it alongside the longer-established Financial News Network. By the winter of 1990, CNBC was in only 17 million homes – less than half of FNN's potential reach – despite the size of NBC, its parent. After an accounting scandal, FNN filed for
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on March 2, 1991, and put itself up for sale. After a bidding war with a
Dow Jones & Company Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (also known simply as Dow Jones) is an American publishing firm owned by News Corp, and led by CEO Almar Latour. The company publishes ''The Wall Street Journal'', '' Barron's'', '' MarketWatch'', ''Mansion Global'' ...
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consortium, CNBC was awarded FNN by a bankruptcy judge for $154.3 million on May 21, 1991, and merged the two operations. CNBC hired around 60 of FNN's 300-person workforce, including Joe Kernen who is still with the channel, joined CNBC at that time. Other former FNN's workforce were hired by
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. The deal increased the distribution of the network to over 40 million homes. Cablevision sold its 49.5% stake in CNBC to NBC upon completion of the deal.
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was hired as the president of CNBC in August 1993, tasked by NBC CEO Bob Wright with turning around the struggling network. Ailes resigned in January 1996 due to disagreements with management including the decision by NBC management to form a joint venture with
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that included the rebrand of "
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" as
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. Under the leadership of Ailes, annual revenue at CNBC rose from $43 million to $110 million. In June 1995, CNBC launched the
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-based
CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a Singapore-based Business journalism, business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is a pan-Asian branch of the U.S.-based CNBC. The channel initially launched on 20 June 1997 out of Ho ...
, and
CNBC Europe Consumer News and Business Channel Europe (referred to on air simply as CNBC) is a business and financial news television channel which airs across Europe. The station is based in London, where it shares the Adrian Smith (architect), Adrian S ...
, headquartered in
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, in March 1996. In December 1997, CNBC formed a strategic alliance with Dow Jones, including content sharing with
Dow Jones Newswires Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (also known simply as Dow Jones) is an American publishing firm owned by News Corp, and led by CEO Almar Latour. The company publishes ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Barron's'', ''MarketWatch'', ''Mansion Global'', ' ...
, ''
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'',
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, and ''
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'' and the rebranding of the channel as "a service of NBC and Dow Jones". As part of the agreement, Dow Jones merged their competing business news channels—London-based European Business News and Singapore-based Asia Business News—into CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia respectively, with CNBC shutting down its Hong Kong–based operation and relocating the new CNBC Asia to ABN's Singapore studios. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, CNBC's ratings increased sharply along with the stock market, often beating those of
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during market hours. The highest daytime viewership of the network in 2000 was 343,000. However, after the burst of the
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, CNBC's viewing figures declined in tandem. In 2002, CNBC's ratings fell 44% and were down another 5% in 2003. The network's ratings steadily fell until bottoming in Q1 2005, with an average viewership of 134,000 during the day. From 2001 to 2006, the CNBC website was operated by MSN. In August 2003, CNBC signed a deal to provide weather content from
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. In October 2003, CNBC moved its world
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from Fort Lee (which became the new home of
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flagship station
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) to a new
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production studio in
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. NBC Universal reacquired full control of loss-making CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia from Dow Jones at the end of 2005. The licensing agreement between Dow and CNBC U.S. remained intact, until it expired in 2012. CNBC reported annual revenues of $510 million in 2006. In September 2006, CNBC launched the FTSE CNBC Global 300
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in conjunction with
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. The index includes the fifteen largest companies from each of the sectors of the
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as well as the thirty largest companies from
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. Profits at CNBC exceeded $333 million in 2007, making CNBC the second most profitable of NBC Universal's thirteen cable channels in the United States, behind only the
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. Ratings hit an all-time high in 2007. CNBC Africa was launched on June 1, 2007. On October 22, 2007, CNBC introduced the "CNBC Investor Network", a network of
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s stationed in the operating departments of various independent financial institutions across the United States, allowing traders to be interviewed instantaneously as news breaks. In December 2007, CNBC formed a content partnership with
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. In January 2008, CNBC formed a content partnership with ''
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'', which was seen as an attempt by both parties to take on increased competition from News Corporation. In May 2008, CNBC formed a content partnership with AOL. Average daytime viewership (6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) reached a seven-year high of 310,000 viewers in the first quarter of 2008. Ratings plummeted in 2009 as the network aired bad economic news resulting from the
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. In January 2010, the launch of the
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channel SBS-CNBC marked the fifteenth CNBC-branded channel worldwide. In July 2010, BT signed a five-year contract with CNBC Europe to distribute content from its London headquarters to sister sites in Europe and the US. In 2011, CNBC won an award at the International Broadcasting Convention for its CNBC 4D: Interactive motion tracking that allows CNBC presenters to interact with 3D graphics, using technology from Unreel, Brainstorm, Motion Analysis. In June 2012, CNBC expanded its partnership with Yahoo! Finance in an effort to reach more online viewers. That month, CNBC.com had 6.5 million unique visitors in the United States while Yahoo! Finance had 37.5 million. In 2013, host Maria Bartiromo left CNBC for
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in part because Fox offered her $5–6 million per year compared to the $4 million per year that she made at CNBC. Also that year, CNBC took over production of the popular public television program '' Nightly Business Report'' from NBR Worldwide, a subsidiary of Atalaya Global Management. The company publishes annual lists, including the CNBC Disruptor 50 since 2013 and the CNBC25 since 2014. On January 6, 2015, CNBC changed the way it calculates ratings, switching from
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to a system by Cogent Research to calculate the viewership of its business day programming by surveying financial advisers and investors, with the goal of providing a more accurate measurement of the network's out-of-home viewership; Nielsen is still used to track the viewership of its entertainment programming. In October 2015, a Republican Party candidates debate hosted by CNBC was seen by 14 million viewers—the highest viewership of a CNBC program to-date. On January 10, 2016, CNBC announced a new partnership with Indonesian broadcaster Trans Media to form
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. By 2017, Fox Business had overtaken CNBC as the most watched daytime business news network. CNBC's online video operations generated an all-time high of 1.92 billion total digital video starts across platforms in 2020. In 2020, CNBC hired former
Fox News Channel The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City, U.S. It is owned by Fox News Media, which itself is ow ...
anchor
Shepard Smith David Shepard Smith Jr. (born January 14, 1964) is an American former broadcast journalist. He served as chief general news anchor and host of '' The News with Shepard Smith'' on CNBC, a daily evening newscast launched in late September 2020; b ...
to host a new evening newscast on the channel, '' The News with Shepard Smith'', which premiered that September. It was positioned as an objective, "fact-based" national newscast. In September 2021, CNBC signed a new multi-platform deal with
Jim Cramer James Joseph Cramer (born February 10, 1955) is an American television personality, author, entertainer, and former hedge fund manager. He is the host of ''Mad Money'' on CNBC, and an anchor on ''Squawk on the Street''. After graduating from Ha ...
; in addition to his existing television roles, the agreement includes the co-development of live events and digital content through his company Cramer Media (replacing his previous arrangement with
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, which Cramer had co-founded, and sold to The Arena Group in 2019), including a direct-to-consumer subscription service. In January 2022, the subscription service launched as the "CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer", which includes commentaries, stock picks, and monthly online meetings. The service operates alongside another CNBC subscription service, "CNBC Pro", which similarly provides exclusive content and over-the-top streaming of CNBC's networks. In August 2022, Mark Hoffman stepped down as president of CNBC after 17 years at the network, being succeeded by NBCUniversal president of global advertising and partnerships KC Sullivan. Under Sullivan, the network began to refocus its programming to broaden appeal to its core business audience, including a promise of more business-related documentaries in primetime, and cancelling the low-rated ''The News with Shepard Smith'' in November 2022 in favor of the new financial news program ''Last Call'' with Brian Sullivan, which premiered in January 2023, and ran until July 18, 2024. On December 11, 2023, CNBC underwent a major rebranding, updating its logo for the first time since 1996 (adopting the updated NBC peacock and corporate typeface introduced a year prior), and revamping its on-air graphics with a simpler
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. The two-tiered stock ticker CNBC had historically used was replaced with a single scroll, with major indices now displayed in a strip below the stock ticker. In March 2024, CNBC announced plans to add its personal finance brand “Make It” to weekend programming. Make It offers personal finance tips, career guidance, and other forms of advice-based content to consumers. According to CNBC, Make It-branded content (which launched in 2016) forms CNBC.com’s largest vertical. In April 2024, CNBC celebrated its 35th anniversary on the
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. In November 2024, a Brazilian affiliate known as Times Brasil launched as CNBC's first local franchise in South America. It was founded by Douglas Tavolaro, who had originally founded CNN Brasil. On November 20, 2024, NBCUniversal announced its intent to spin off most of its cable networks, including CNBC, as a new publicly-traded company controlled by Comcast shareholders. It is currently unclear how the spin-off will affect CNBC, including whether it will still be able to use NBC News resources or the NBC brand. CNBC had largely operated autonomously from NBC News until
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became head of the
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in 2020, after which the network began to engage in some resource sharing with the division.


Physical stores

CNBC has a licensing partnership with Paradies Lagardère to operate retail locations in United States airports branded as CNBC News, CNBC Express, and CNBC SmartShop. The stores sell CNBC-branded merchandise as well as snacks and drinks. The CNBC stores first launched in 2001, when the company announced plans to open as many as 100 airport shops in the United States. As of 2024, CNBC airport stores continue to expand, with a Pensacola International Airport location unveiled in Florida that November.


Criticism

CNBC has been criticized for allegedly amplifying
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and
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markets, particularly in the run-up to the
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and the
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a decade later. In response to these criticisms, CNBC anchors have pointed to the size of the market and noted that influencing it is "a little out of our reach".
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on
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's ''
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'' has been a vocal critic of CNBC and some of its personalities, beginning after comments were made by Rick Santelli. Despite the lack of direct comments by the network, several personalities have defended their predictions and comments. CNBC was accused by the Obama administration of "cable chatter"—the excessive and sometimes brutal discussion on a particular topic, often one-sided.


Performance of Jim Cramer's stock picks

Regarding CNBC's '' Mad Money'' host
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, a 2007 article in ''
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'' stated that "his picks haven't beaten the market. Over the past two years, viewers holding Cramer's stocks would be up 12%, while the Dow rose 22% and the S&P 500 16%."


High definition

On October 10, 2007, CNBC HD, a
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of CNBC, was launched, first on
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. On October 13, 2014, coincidentally the 11th anniversary of CNBC's relocation to its current facilities in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, CNBC switched to a full 16:9 letterbox presentation, in line with
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and
CNBC Europe Consumer News and Business Channel Europe (referred to on air simply as CNBC) is a business and financial news television channel which airs across Europe. The station is based in London, where it shares the Adrian Smith (architect), Adrian S ...
.


Gallery

File:Fleet Place.jpg, CNBC Europe's headquarters in Fleet Place,
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Programming

Current notable programming (as of April 2025) * ''
Closing Bell ''Closing Bell'' can refer to two CNBC programs: the original ''Closing Bell'' on CNBC (which debuted on February 4, 2002) and ''European Closing Bell'' on CNBC Europe (which was cancelled on December 18, 2015). The show is named after the be ...
'': Scott Wapner * ''Closing Bell Overtime'': Morgan Brennan,
Jon Fortt Jon Fortt (born December 12, 1976) is an American journalist and the co-anchor of CNBC's Closing Bell, Closing Bell Overtime broadcast. He previously co-anchored ''TechCheck''. He is the creator and host of Fortt Knox, a technology, leadership ...
* '' Fast Money'': Melissa Lee (host), Guy Adami, Tim Seymour, and Karen Finerman (panelists) * '' Fast Money Halftime Report'': Scott Wapner * '' Mad Money'':
Jim Cramer James Joseph Cramer (born February 10, 1955) is an American television personality, author, entertainer, and former hedge fund manager. He is the host of ''Mad Money'' on CNBC, and an anchor on ''Squawk on the Street''. After graduating from Ha ...
* ''Money Movers'': : Carl Quintanilla and Sara Eisen * '' Power Lunch'': Kelly Evans and Brian Sullivan * ''
Squawk Box ''Squawk Box'' is an American business news television program that airs from 6 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Zone, Eastern time on CNBC. The program is co-hosted by Joe Kernen, Rebecca Quick, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Since debuting in 19 ...
'': Joe Kernen, Rebecca Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin * ''
Squawk Box Europe ''Squawk Box Europe'' (from May 2011 to April 2025, billed on-screen as just Squawk Box) is a television business news programme on CNBC Europe, aired from 8-11am Central European Time, CET (7-10am Western European Time, WET) each weekday. It also ...
'': Steve Sedgwick, Julianna Tatelbaum and Karen Tso (produced by
CNBC Europe Consumer News and Business Channel Europe (referred to on air simply as CNBC) is a business and financial news television channel which airs across Europe. The station is based in London, where it shares the Adrian Smith (architect), Adrian S ...
; third hour only) * '' Squawk on the Street'': Carl Quintanilla, David Faber, Sara Eisen, and
Jim Cramer James Joseph Cramer (born February 10, 1955) is an American television personality, author, entertainer, and former hedge fund manager. He is the host of ''Mad Money'' on CNBC, and an anchor on ''Squawk on the Street''. After graduating from Ha ...
* ''The Exchange'': Kelly Evans * '' Worldwide Exchange'': Frank Holland


Non-business-programming, including Reality television

* '' American Greed'' * '' Blue Collar Millionaires'' * '' Business Nation'', anchored by award-winning journalist David Faber. Each edition of the program covers three stories; a mixture of profiles, investigative pieces and features. The format of the show is structured similarly to
HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American pay television service, which is the flagship property of namesake parent-subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is based a ...
's '' Real Sports''. * '' Cleveland Hustles'' * '' CNBC on Assignment'' (for example, '' The Age of Wal-Mart'') * '' Cover to Cover'' * '' Dateline'' (aired during the overnight hours on Tuesday through Saturday) * ''
Jay Leno's Garage ''Jay Leno's Garage'' is an American web and former television series about motor vehicles, primarily cars and motorbikes starring Jay Leno, the former host of ''The Tonight Show''. Originally a web series for NBC.com, a special aired on CNBC in ...
'' * '' Restaurant Startup'' * '' Secret Lives of the Super Rich'' * '' Staten Island Hustle'', a revival of former NBC game show ''
Deal or No Deal ''Deal or No Deal'' is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which (launching the format) was the Dutch '' Miljoenenjacht'' (''Hunt/Chase for Millions''). The centerpiece of this format is the final round (a ...
'' * '' The Car Chasers'' * ''The News with
Shepard Smith David Shepard Smith Jr. (born January 14, 1964) is an American former broadcast journalist. He served as chief general news anchor and host of '' The News with Shepard Smith'' on CNBC, a daily evening newscast launched in late September 2020; b ...
'' - described as being "non-partisan" and "fact-based". * '' The Partner'' * '' The Profit'' * ''The
Suze Orman Susan Lynn "Suze" Orman ( ; born June 5, 1951) is an American financial advisor, author, and podcast host. In 1987, she founded the Suze Orman Financial Group. Her work as a financial advisor gained notability with ''The Suze Orman Show'', which ...
Show'' * '' Trash Inc: The Secret Life of Garbage'' (2010) * '' Treasure Detectives'' * '' West Texas Investors Club''


Sports

CNBC occasionally serves as an outlet for
NBC Sports NBC Sports is an American programming division for NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, that is responsible for sports broadcasts on their broadcast network NBC, the Cable television, cable channels NBC owns, and on Peacock (streaming service) ...
programming, and essentially acts as an overflow feed when
USA Network USA Network (or simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. It was launched in 1977 as Madison Square Garden Sports Network, one of the first national sports ...
is broadcasting sports events. Mainly, this has occurred on weekends, especially the afternoon, and sports coverage is purposefully kept away from any part of the American
trading day In business, the trading day or regular trading hours (RTH) is the time span that a stock exchange is open, as opposed to electronic or extended trading hours (ETH). For example, the New York Stock Exchange is, as of 2020, open from 9:30 AM East ...
on weekdays. Consistent programming includes the
Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...
and the
Olympics The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competit ...
. Generally, during weekdays CNBC airs coverage from 5-8PM ET, following business coverage. During weekends, CNBC carries much more extensive sports coverage.


History


=AMA Supercross

= In 2022, ten
AMA Supercross Championship The AMA Supercross Championship (commercially known as Monster Energy AMA Supercross) is an American motorcycle racing series. Founded by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1974, the AMA Supercross Championship races are held from ...
races aired on CNBC.


=College football

= In 2016 and 2017, CNBC aired The Game, the annual
college football College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, firs ...
game between
Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
and
Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
as part of NBC Sports'
Ivy League The Ivy League is an American collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference of eight Private university, private Research university, research universities in the Northeastern United States. It participates in the National Collegia ...
television contract. In 2022, CNBC is scheduled to air the first ever ''HBCU New York City Football Classic'' between
Howard University Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and accredited by the Mid ...
and
Morehead State University Morehead State University (MSU) is a public university in Morehead, Kentucky, United States. The university began as Morehead Normal School, which opened its doors in 1887. The Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics, a two-yea ...
.


=Cycling

= In 2015, CNBC aired portions of the 2015 UCI Road Cycling World Championships. In 2020, CNBC aired Stage 14 and Stage 15 of the
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
. In 2022, CNBC aired stage 8 of the
Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...
. In 2022, CNBC will air portions of the Women's Tour de France.


=Formula 1

= In 2016, CNBC aired the Russian Grand Prix.


=Golf

= In 2001, CNBC began a four-year deal to televise events from the Senior PGA Tour, either live or tape delayed, with early-round coverage broadcast on cable feeds of Pax. CNBC president Bill Bolster stated that the decision was meant to help reduce CNBC's reliance on paid programming on weekends. PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem also felt that golf and business audiences were "extremely compatible" with each other. In 2019 and 2021, CNBC aired coverage of the final two days of the Amundi Evian Championship, as part of the
LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly ...
. It will do the same in 2022. In 2024, due to inclement weather, CNBC aired coverage of the Travelers Championship, using CBS announcers and graphics.


=Horse racing

= In 2012, CNBC aired the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes and the
Arkansas Derby The Arkansas Derby is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in April at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is currently a Grade I race run over a distance of 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs) on dirt. In 2004, t ...
. In 2021, CNBC aired portions of the
Royal Ascot Ascot Racecourse is a dual-purpose British racecourse, located in Ascot, Berkshire, England, about 25 miles west of London. Ascot is used for thoroughbred horse racing, and it hosts 13 of Britain's 36 annual Flat Group 1 races and three Gra ...
and Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series. In 2022, CNBC aired the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes from Gulfstream and the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes from Santa Anita, as part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby.


=IMSA

=


=IndyCar

= In 2016 and 2017, CNBC aired
IndyCar IndyCar, LLC (stylized as INDYCAR), is an auto racing sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization sanctions two racing series: the premier IndyCar Series with the Indianapolis ...
races from Mid-Ohio. In 2017, CNBC also aired the IndyCar race from Toronto. In 2024, due to inclement weather causing the USA Today 301 to go under a red flag, CNBC aired the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterrey. Also, due to coverage of the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, CNBC aired the first Iowa Speedway race of the doubleheader weekend.


=Major League Baseball

= Beginning with the
1997 World Series The 1997 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1997 season. The 93rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians and the National ...
, NBC would utilize CNBC for their post-game analysis programming.


=NASCAR

= In 2016, CNBC broadcast several
NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. It is considered to be one of the top ranked motorsports organizations in ...
races (as part of the ''
NASCAR on NBC ''NASCAR on NBC'' (visually branded as ''NBC NASCAR'' in logos shown within on-air graphics and network promotions) is the branding used for broadcasts of NASCAR races that are produced by NBC Sports, and televised on several NBCUniversal-owned ...
'' package) due to scheduling conflicts with other NBCUniversal channels during the
2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
. In 2021, CNBC aired the
NASCAR Xfinity Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level NASCAR Cup Series, Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a Undercard, support ...
race from Watkins Glen. In 2020, the 2020 YellaWood 500 was bumped to CNBC after the race ran long and it interfered with other programming On August 28, 2022, due to a rain out the previous night, CNBC aired the 2022 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at 10AM ET. The race was originally intended to be shown on NBC in primetime.


=National Basketball Association

= During the
NBA Finals The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern and Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven series to determine the league ...
, additional coverage would be immediately available on CNBC, in which the panelists provided an additional half-hour of in-depth game discussions, after the NBC broadcast network's coverage concluded. Beginning in the 2005–06 season, CNBC showed coverage of the
NBA playoffs The NBA playoffs is the annual Playoffs, postseason Tournament#Knockout tournaments, tournament of the National Basketball Association (NBA) held to determine the league champion. Since 1949, the four-round, best-of-seven tournament is held afte ...
, produced as part of the NBA on NBC package.


=National Hockey League

= Beginning in the 2011–12 season, CNBC showed coverage of the
National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...
's
Stanley Cup playoffs The Stanley Cup playoffs () is the annual elimination tournament to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup, and the league champion of the National Hockey League (NHL). The four-round, best-of-seven tournament is held after the NHL's regular s ...
, produced as part of the '' NHL on NBC'' package.


=Olympics coverage

= During NBC's coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics, CNBC simulcasted coverage of the Olympics Triplecast as a whip around format with no audio. Beginning in
2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
, CNBC has carried portions of NBC's coverage of the
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...
outside of business day hours. The frequent delegation of
curling Curling is a sport in which players slide #Curling stone, stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take t ...
coverage to CNBC during the
2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...
helped the sport gain a cult following among the business community. Generally, during weekdays CNBC airs coverage from 5-8PM ET, following business coverage. During weekends, CNBC carries much more extensive Olympic coverage.


Summer Olympics


2000 Summer Olympics

CNBC's
2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
coverage focused heavily on boxing. Combined with
MSNBC MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts r ...
, the networks carried 176 original hours of Olympic programming.


=2004 Summer Olympics

= CNBC carried 111 hours of Olympic programming during the
2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
. While CNBC continued its focus on Boxing on weekdays, during weekends CNBC also featured coverage of beach volleyball, soccer and taekwondo.


=2008 Summer Olympics

= CNBC carried 95.5 hours of Olympic coverage during the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
. CNBC focused on Boxing during the prime time 5-8PM ET slot, but also carried softball, tennis, weightlifting, wrestling and badminton during the overnight hours.


=2012 Summer Olympics

= CNBC carried 73 hours of Olympic coverage during the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, focusing exclusively on boxing.


=2016 Summer Olympics

= CNBC carried 42 hours of Olympic coverage during the
2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
. Coverage focused on basketball, volleyball, archery, cycling, rugby, water polo and wrestling.


=2020 Summer Olympics

= CNBC carried 124.5 hours of Olympic coverage during the
2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
. Coverage focused on diving, beach volleyball, skateboarding, rowing, canoeing, archery, water polo and rugby.


Winter Olympics


=2002 Winter Olympics

= CNBC used the same format as the 2000 Summer Olympics for the
2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...
, however instead of focusing on Boxing, the network focused on Hockey. CNBC and MSNBC combined for 207 hours of programming.


=2006 Winter Olympics

= CNBC carried 61 hours of Olympic programming during the
2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...
. CNBC focused on curling during weekdays and hockey during weekends.


=2010 Winter Olympics

= CNBC carried 100.5 hours of Olympic coverage during the
2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...
. CNBC mainly focused on curling, but also carried coverage of Ice Hockey and biathlon.


=2014 Winter Olympics

= CNBC carried 36 hours of Olympic coverage during the
2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...
, focusing exclusively on curling.


=2018 Winter Olympics

= CNBC carried 46 hours of Olympic coverage during the
2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...
. Coverage focused on hockey and curling.


=2022 Winter Olympics

= CNBC carried 80 hours of Olympic coverage during the
2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ...
. Coverage focused primarily on curling and ice hockey.


Premier Lacrosse League

Because of a
NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. It is considered to be one of the top ranked motorsports organizations in ...
delay, the 2021 Premier Lacrosse League All-Star Game aired on CNBC.


Rugby

CNBC currently airs matches from Six Nations Championship Rugby, both live and on tape delay.


Soccer

CNBC has participated in NBC's '' Championship Sunday'' effort to broadcast all matches on the final day of the
Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...
soccer season. In the past, CNBC has served as an alternate home for Premier League coverage. During the 2020-21 FA Women's Super League season, CNBC aired 10 matches.


USFL

In 2023, during the first quarter of a game between the New Orleans Breakers and the
Memphis Showboats The Memphis Showboats were an American football franchise in the United States Football League. They entered the league in its expansion in 1984 and made the 1985 playoffs, losing in the semifinal round to the Oakland Invaders. Perhaps the ...
, lightning strikes in the Memphis area forced a weather delay which lasted 3 hours. Due to local and primetime programming coming up on NBC, NBC and the USFL announced that the game would resume on CNBC.


Notable former programming


Weekly, weekend and other programming

*
American Le Mans Series The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consisted of a series of Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le M ...
races (inaugural 1999 season only, as part of agreement with
NBC Sports NBC Sports is an American programming division for NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, that is responsible for sports broadcasts on their broadcast network NBC, the Cable television, cable channels NBC owns, and on Peacock (streaming service) ...
) * Champions Tour golf (moved to
Golf Channel Golf Channel (also verbally referred to as simply "Golf" or "NBC Golf") is an American sports television network owned by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Founded in Birmingham, Alabama, it is currently ba ...
) * '' CNET'' * '' DLife: Your Diabetes Show'' (2005–2013, using weekend paid programming time) * ''Last Call'' (cancelled July 18, 2024) * '' Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street'' (ended its run on December 31, 2004, at Louis Rukeyser's request due to illness) * ''
Market Watch This is a list of programs broadcast by CNBC. CNBC is an American basic cable, internet and business news television channel owned by NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast. It was originally established o ...
'' * ''Market Week with Maria Bartiromo'' (renamed ''After Hours with Maria Bartiromo'' and then ''Special Report with Maria Bartiromo''—cancelled in 2004) * ''
National Geographic Explorer ''National Geographic Explorer'' (or simply ''Explorer'') is an American documentary television series that originally premiered on Nickelodeon on April 7, 1985, after having been produced as a less costly and intensive alternative to PBS's '' ...
'' (moved to
MSNBC MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts r ...
and then to the
National Geographic Channel National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney Enter ...
) * '' Nightly Business Report'', a 30-minute weeknight business newscast hosted by Sue Herera and Bill Griffeth and distributed to U.S.
public television Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) is radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service with a commitment to avoiding political and commercial influence. Public broadcasters receive f ...
stations. Launched in 1979, CNBC assumed production of the series in 2013 and ended production in December 2019. * '' On the Money'' - originally launched in 1970 as The Wall Street Journal Report, ended production in December 2019 * '' Real Personal'' * ''
Squawk Alley ''Squawk Alley'' was an American business news program that aired on CNBC from 11:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m Eastern Time. It premiered on May 19, 2014 and ended on April 9, 2021. It was broadcast live Monday through Friday from a trading-floor set ins ...
'' * '' TechCheck'' * ''The Big Idea with
Donny Deutsch Donald Jay Deutsch (born November 22, 1957) is an American branding and marketing professional, television personality, and former chairman of advertising firm Deutsch Inc. He joined his father's advertising firm, David Deutsch Associates, in 19 ...
'' * ''The
Charles Grodin Charles Sidney Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021) was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host. Known for his deadpan delivery and often cast as a put-upon straight man, Grodin became familiar as a supporting acto ...
Show'' (moved to MSNBC in 1998) * ''
The Dick Cavett Show ''The Dick Cavett Show'' is the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks, including: * ABC daytime, (March 4, 1968 – January 24, 1969) originally titled ''This Morning'' * ABC prime time, Tuesday ...
'' * '' The McLaughlin Group'' * ''The
Suze Orman Susan Lynn "Suze" Orman ( ; born June 5, 1951) is an American financial advisor, author, and podcast host. In 1987, she founded the Suze Orman Financial Group. Her work as a financial advisor gained notability with ''The Suze Orman Show'', which ...
Show'' * ''
Tim Russert Timothy John Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's '' Meet the Press''. He was a senior vice president at NBC News a ...
'' * ''
Tom Snyder Thomas James Snyder (May 12, 1936 – July 29, 2007) was an American television personality, news anchor, and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows '' Tomorrow'', on NBC in the 1970s and 1980s, and '' The Late Late Show'' ...
'' * ''Topic with
Tina Brown Christina Hambley Brown, Lady Evans (born in England on 21 November 1953), is a journalist, magazine editor, columnist, broadcaster, and author, with dual British/United States citizenship. She is the former editor in chief of '' Tatler'' (197 ...
'' * ''
Ushuaia Ushuaia ( , ) is the capital city, capital of Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina. With a population of 82,615 and a location below the 54th parallel south latitude, U ...
'' * '' Weekend Squawk Box''


Non-business programming

* '' 1 vs. 100'' * ''
Deal or No Deal ''Deal or No Deal'' is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which (launching the format) was the Dutch '' Miljoenenjacht'' (''Hunt/Chase for Millions''). The centerpiece of this format is the final round (a ...
'' * '' Dennis Miller'' * ''
Late Night with Conan O'Brien ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the second installment of the ''Late Night (franchise), Late Night'' franchise originally established by David Letterman. Hosted by Conan O'Brie ...
'' * '' The Apprentice'' ** '' The Apprentice: Martha Stewart''


See also

* CNBC Ticker *
List of CNBC personalities This is a list of current and former on-air staff of the American business news channel CNBC. Current on-air staff Staff are based at CNBC's global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, Englewood Ciffs, New Jersey, U.S., unless stated otherwise. ...


References


External links

*
CNBC Internet Archive
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