FOX News Channel Taps Neil Cavuto to Anchor Live Two-Hour Saturday News Program
December 13 2017 - 11:12AM
Business Wire
“CAVUTO Live” to Debut January 20th
FOX News Channel (FNC) will debut a new two-hour Saturday news
program entitled CAVUTO Live (10AM-12 PM/ET) anchored by Neil
Cavuto, announced Suzanne Scott and Jay Wallace, presidents of
programming and news respectively for the network. The new program
will launch on Saturday, January 20th and feature a breakdown of
the major headlines impacting business and politics along with a
rotating panel of industry experts each week. Cavuto Live will
replace the current business block which encompasses four half hour
programs from 10 AM-12 PM/ET.
In making the announcement, Wallace said, “In an era of
unprecedented breaking news, much of it about politics and the
economy, it is imperative that we provide our viewers with the most
live coverage throughout the entire week.”
Scott added, “Neil’s 30 years of experience in covering the
intersection of Wall Street and Washington make him the ideal
candidate to anchor this new programming and we are grateful for
him taking on this added role, now helming 17 hours of live
programming across both FNC and FOX Business Network.”
Cavuto stated, “Our Saturday business block has always
outperformed in the ratings because we bring the best of both FNC
and FBN to this critical daypart. But now, with the news often
hitting throughout the weekend, we owe it to our viewers to provide
real-time reaction on just how these policies and politics impact
our lives, and our finances. As I have always said, it’s not about
the red or the blue, it’s about the green and I am excited to bring
our audience a new, live, two-hour program that delivers the vital
news and analysis our viewers need in this ever-changing political
and economic landscape.”
As one of FNC’s first on-air hires, Cavuto was instrumental in
helping launch the network in 1996 and was also integral in the
creation of FBN in 2007. He currently serves as senior vice
president and managing editor of business news across both networks
and his FNC program Your World with Neil Cavuto (4PM/ET) is the
highest rated business program on television, while his FBN show
CAVUTO Coast to Coast (12-2PM/ET) regularly places within the top
five. In November 2015, Cavuto, along with global markets editor
Maria Bartiromo and Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerry
Baker, moderated FBN’s first-ever Republican presidential primary
debate which delivered a network record of 13.5 million
viewers.
Prior to joining FOX, Cavuto was part of the team that launched
CNBC in 1989. There, he anchored more than three hours of live
daily programming, including the network’s highest rated show,
Market Wrap. He also served as a contributor to NBC’s Today Show
and NBC News at Sunrise. Previously, Cavuto was the New York Bureau
Chief for PBS Television’s Nightly Business Report and Washington
Bureau Chief for Investment Age Magazine.
Cavuto has covered some of the most important business and
political stories of our time, including the 9/11 attacks, the 2008
financial crisis, the 1987 stock market crash, and both Persian
Gulf Wars. He has also reported firsthand on the major economic
policies of every American president since Jimmy Carter, and
covered major corporate scandals from Tyco to Enron. He got his
start in journalism as a reporter for the Indianapolis News and
Star. Before he became a journalist, Cavuto served as an intern in
the Carter Administration.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political
and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been
the most watched television news channel for more than 15 years and
according to a Suffolk University/USA Today poll, is the most
trusted television news source in the country. Owned by 21st
Century Fox, FNC is available in more than 90 million homes and
dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten
programs in the genre.
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