Former Fox News anchor Shep Smith will host weeknight CNBC newscast

• Former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith, who made an abrupt exit from the network last year, will host a nightly newscast on CNBC starting in September.
• CNBC announced that Smith's one-hour newscast is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, the time slot he held for many years at Fox before being shifted to the afternoon.
• "I know I found a great home for my newcast," Smith said in a news release.
• Smith, whose non-compete contract with Fox ended at the beginning of the month, was an attractive talent that drew interest throughout the industry. In CNBC he found a clean slate, a network not identified with a political viewpoint.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Shepard Smith, who abruptly quit Fox News Channel last October amid the ascendancy of opinionated programming, will bring a nightly newscast to CNBC this fall.

CNBC announced Wednesday that Smith will anchor a one-hour weeknight newscast at 7 p.m. Eastern, the time slot he held for many years at Fox before being shifted to the afternoon.

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