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Business First
- 2Gabriel Macht, Rick Hoffman, Sarah RaffertySet against the high-stakes world of Manhattan corporate law, Suits dives into the lives of two unconventional lawyers, the brilliant college dropout Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) and the tenacious Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht). This legal drama intricately weaves together a balance of gripping cases with the personal struggles of both lead characters, garnering critical acclaim and multiple award nominations throughout its nine-season run. With its clever dialogue, strong ensemble cast, and engaging storylines, Suits has successfully carved out a niche for itself in the ever-competitive landscape of television dramas.More Suits
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- 3Kevin O'Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Daymond JohnBudding entrepreneurs have a shot at making their dreams come true.More Shark Tank
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- 4Thomas Middleditch, Zach Woods, Kumail NanjianiIn the realm of technology-driven comedy, one show stands out as a relatable and clever exploration of the modern start-up culture. Silicon Valley, an award-winning HBO series, delves into the chaotic world of tech entrepreneurship through the eyes of Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch), a software developer with a revolutionary compression algorithm. As Richard encounters cutthroat competition, ruthless investors, and unexpected challenges, the show's ensemble cast, including Erlich Bachman (T.J. Miller) and Jared Dunn (Zach Woods), provides a humorous take on the intricacies of friendship and ambition. With its sharp wit and insightful commentary, Silicon Valley offers an entertaining glimpse into the high-stakes game that fuels our digital age.
- 5Mark KellerUndercover Boss is a reality television series that follows high-level corporate executives who slip anonymously into lower-level jobs within their companies. Each episode showcases a different executive facing revelations and challenges as they work alongside their unsuspecting employees, who believe they are simply training a new hire. The show spotlights themes of leadership, the working-class experience, and the disconnect between management and labor. Since its premiere on February 7, 2010, Undercover Boss has given viewers insight into the personal and operational workings of various businesses, leading to moments of heartfelt appreciation and organizational change.More Undercover Boss
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- 6Tilman FertittaBillion Dollar Buyer (CNBC, 2016) is an American reality TV show. Tilman Fertitta, CEO and owner of Landry's, Inc. travels the nation to sample new and innovative hospitality products while small business owners compete to impress the business mogul and win opportunity to partner with Landry's, Inc.
- 7Amanda Drury, Brian SullivanStreet Signs is an Asian television business program aired in a two-hour format on CNBC Asia. Before the Asian version debuted on March 31, 2014, it was an American television business news program that aired on CNBC at 2:00pm ET. The US version's final episode aired on February 6, 2015, due to Power Lunch returning to a two-hour format.
- 8Neil CavutoYour World with Neil Cavuto, which debuted as the Cavuto Business Report on the network's launch in 1996, is an American business television program appearing on Fox News Channel.
- 9Wilfred Frost, Sara EisenClosing Bell can refer to two CNBC programs, the original Closing Bell on CNBC, and European Closing Bell on CNBC Europe. The show is named after the bell that is rung to signify the end of a trading session on the New York Stock Exchange which occurs at 4:00 pm EST. Many exchanges used to signify end of trading with a gong or bell when they were operated on a open outcry basis. The New York Stock Exchange still uses this system and often invites special guests to ring the bell. The CNBC shows use this name as they cover the period up to the end of trading and review the trading of the day after the market has closed.
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The Profit
Marcus LemonisMarcus Lemonis invests in struggling businesses in efforts to save them. - 11Raya AbirachedWorld Business was a weekly half hour features programme on CNBC presented by Raya Abirached. The show covered recent trends in global business, technology, luxury markets and the business of sport. The programme aired in Europe on Friday nights and in Asia on Saturday mornings. World Business was cancelled after it was revealed that the show's production company was doubling as a public relations firm for Malaysian politicians, including Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud. The Sarawak Report, a blog run by Clare Rewcastle Brown, reported that FBC Media had been receiving payments from Malaysian politicians in return for positive coverage, including carrying puff pieces on the programme to improve Taib's international image.
- 12Melissa LeeFast Money is an American financial stock trading talk show that began airing on the CNBC cable/satellite TV channel on 2006-06-21. Beginning October 10, 2007, it was broadcast every weeknight at 5pm ET, one hour after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, until mid-2011 when it was moved to just four nights per week, Monday through Thursday, to make room for special option and currency trading shows on Friday evenings. On March 22, 2013, it returned to the Friday night slot as a half-hour show, followed by the Options Action half-hour show. The show originates from the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City.
- 13Brian SullivanWorldwide Exchange is a television business news program on CNBC channels around the world. It used to be broadcast live from studios on three continents until May 11, 2012. The global program is anchored by Julia Chatterley, Wilfred Frost & Seema Mody and is produced by CNBC Europe in London. Billed as "the first ever global business news broadcast", Worldwide Exchange began its broadcast on 2005, and is the first CNBC program to be jointly produced by three of the network's regional channels. It airs from 4am to 6am ET on the main CNBC channel and CNBC World in the United States, 10am to noon CET on CNBC Europe, and 4pm to 6pm or 5pm to 7pm Hong Kong/Singapore/Taiwan Time on CNBC Asia. As a result of the success of Worldwide Exchange, a second joint production, Capital Connection, debuted on CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia on March 26, 2007. Worldwide Exchange replaced Wake Up Call, an early morning pre-market program on CNBC US; Morning Exchange, a mid-morning program on CNBC Europe; as well as Asia Market Wrap and CNBC Tonight on CNBC Asia, a daily wrap-up of the top business news in Asia.
- 14Larry Kudlow, Melissa FrancisThe Call was an American TV business program on CNBC, aired from 11AM to 12 noon ET weekdays. Previous programs shown in the same time slot were The Money Wheel with Ted David and Martha MacCallum and Market Watch and Morning Call. The Call offered a clear focus on real-time market coverage at the heart of the trading day.
- 15Matthew TaylorCapital Connection is a television business news programme aired every weekday on various CNBC channels around the world. It is broadcast live from CNBC Asia's Singapore studios anchored by Sri Jegarajah. The second co-anchor, it is also live from CNBC Europe's London studios, and is anchoring by Helia Ebrahimi. A third co-anchor, Yousef Gamal El-Din, joined the show from the network's newly opened Bahrain studio on 14 June 2010. Originally, this leg of the show was only featured from Monday to Thursday, but was later featured every weekday from February 2011 to November 2011, when the Bahrain leg was discontinued altogether. As a result, Capital Connection reverted to two continents. The programme debuted on 2007-03-26 as a result of significant schedule changes at both networks. Billed as "the bridge between Asia and Europe", the show airs from noon to 1pm Hong Kong/Singapore/Taiwan Time on CNBC Asia and from 6am to 7am CET on CNBC Europe. The broadcast also airs on the CNBC World channel in the United States weekdays from midnight to 1am ET.
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The Money Programme
Jeremy ClarksonThe Money Programme was a finance and business affairs television programme on BBC Two which had a long run It was first broadcast on 5 April 1966 and presented by "commentators" William Davis, Erskine B. Childers and Joe Roeber. At this time David Attenborough was the controller of BBC2. The programme has a memorable theme tune, a version of the main title theme from The Carpetbaggers film by Lalo Schifrin. Since the start the programme used a magazine style, but changed to a single subject documentary in 2001. More recently the programme has formed a partnership with the Open University Business School. The Open University provides input into programmes and supplementary materials written by OU Business School academics. On 1 June 2007, an episode of the Money Programme called "Virtual World / Real Millions" became the first full BBC programme to have been broadcast inside the virtual world Second Life. That episode featured an interview with Second Life founder and CEO Philip Rosedale amongst others. This programme was parodied in Series 3 of Monty Python's Flying Circus as the opening sketch of the third episode in that series first airing on the BBC 3 November 1972. - Money, Explained (Netflix, 2021) is an American documentary miniseries. The series goes in depth about money and its many minefields, from credit cards to casinos, scammers to student loans.More Money, Explained
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- 18Dylan RatiganCNBC's On the Money, hosted by Carmen Wong Ulrich, is a television program that focuses primarily on personal finance, a programming departure from CNBC's "investor focused" weekday programming. The show premiered on October 10, 2005 with Dylan Ratigan as host. Ratigan was replaced by Melissa Francis in 2007 and remained on CNBC's schedule until October 5, 2007. On September 27, it was announced that the program would be removed from the schedule effective October 10, due in part to low ratings, but the last edition was aired on October 5. The program was completely revamped and relaunched on August 4, 2008 featuring new CNBC personality Carmen Wong Ulrich The program is now more of a financial advice show, similar to The Suze Orman Show. On the Money was reduced from a daily 10pm program, to a single Saturday night airing effective June 1, 2009. On August 25, 2009, CNBC announced that it would be canceling the program for the second time, shifting resources to their more successful documentary unit. This program is not be confused with the current series On the Money produced by CNBC for broadcast syndication.
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The Celebrity Apprentice USA
Donald Trump, Arnold SchwarzeneggerThe Celebrity Apprentice (NBC, 2008) is an American reality competition show created by Mark Burnett. The show is a variation of the Apprentice series, where the contestants are celebrities and they compete to earn as much as possible for a charity of their choosing. - 20Lawrence KudlowThe Kudlow Report was a news television program about business and politics hosted by Lawrence Kudlow, that aired on the CNBC television channel at 7pm ET until March 28, 2014. The show began airing on January 26, 2009. It is a successor to Kudlow & Company, which aired from 2005 until October 2008. Kudlow & Company was a spinoff of the show Kudlow & Cramer which Kudlow co-hosted from 2002 to 2005. Kudlow & Cramer was called America Now from 2001 to 2002. Transcripts of Kudlow's comments on the program are available on Kudlow's blog, Kudlow's Money Politic$. On October 10, 2007, CNBC moved Kudlow & Company from the 5pm ET to the 7pm ET timeslot, being replaced by Fast Money. During the show's opening, Kudlow recites the "Kudlow creed", summarizing the show's politico-economic inclination: "We believe that free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity!" On March 7, 2014, CNBC announced that "The Kudlow Report" would end its run on the network at the end of March 2014. He will become a senior contributor on the network.
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Forbes on Fox
David AsmanForbes on Fox is an American business analysis program, the third show of the Cost of Freedom business block, on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m. ET on the Fox News Channel. The show is hosted by David Asman. Forbes on Fox is the only one of the Cost of Freedom shows that does not feature any of the "rotating" guest analysts of the block; the show exclusively features the editorial staff of Forbes magazine. - 22Bill GriffethPower Lunch is a television business news program on CNBC, airing between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Eastern Time. It is presented by Tyler Mathisen, Brian Sullivan, Amanda Drury and Melissa Lee. Bill Griffeth anchored the program alone from 1996 to 2002. Caruso-Cabrera joined the program as Griffeth's original co-presented from February 4, 2002, to December 5, 2003, before being replaced by Sue Herera starting on December 8, 2003. Caruso-Cabrera and Dennis Kneale appeared on the show regularly in their respective analyst capacities until both became full co-presenters in 2009. Mathisen joined the program in late 2009, after Griffeth's leave of absence began. Power Lunch used to air for two hours until June 7, 2010, when it moved to 1 ET and had its running time cut in half, from 2 hours to 1 hour, to make room for The Strategy Session at noon ET and the Fast Money Halftime Report at 12:30 ET. The show became a 2-hour program once again on February 9, 2015, as the running time is now from 1-3 p.m. ET, replacing Street Signs, which had its final episode on February 6, 2015.
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- 24Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, George RossCandidates vie to land a job with Donald Trump.
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Bloomberg Bottom Line
Insight at a critical hour of the trading day with careful analysis of what big events mean for investors. - 26
Cashin' In
Cheryl CasoneCashin' In is an American business analysis program, the fourth and last show of the The Cost of Freedom business block, on Saturdays at 11:30 am ET on the Fox News Channel. Eric Bolling took over hosting duties in January 2013. The show was originally hosted by FNC senior business correspondent Terry Keenan until her departure from the network September 2009. Cheryl Casone hosted from September 2009 until January 2013. After taking over the hosting duties, Bolling announced a new direction for Cashin' In: "While we work hard, pay our taxes and just try to make ends meet, law makers from DC to state houses across America are "Cashin' In". We will use this show as a megaphone, calling out Washington for the waste, fraud and abuse of our tax dollars." Bolling delivered this new show message at the end of the 1/26/13 show. - 27
Bulls & Bears
Brenda ButtnerBulls & Bears is an American business analysis program, the first show of the The Cost of Freedom business block, on Saturdays at 10:00 am ET on the Fox News Channel. The show is hosted by FNC senior business correspondent Brenda Buttner. Bulls & Bears features a main cast of panelists, and adds 2-3 additional guests each show from the political and economic spectrum. - 28Liz Claman, Tyler MathisenMarket Watch is a show on CNBC that aired from 10AM to 12noon ET, hosted by Martha MacCallum and Tyler Mathisen, and Bob Sellers and Consuelo Mack. It was replaced by Midday Call on Feb 4, 2002. The show gave viewers the latest business news during the morning trading session. Regular segments included Taking Stock where viewers could phone-in and ask the guest analysts' recommendations on certain stocks.
- 29Clifford "T.I." HarrisThe Grand Hustle (BET, 2018) is an American reality competition television show. A group of sixteen men and women compete for a six-figure salaried position working under Clifford "T.I." Harris, who observes their reactions to situations from his Atlanta mansion.
- 30Peter Jones, Evan Davis, Deborah MeadenDragons' Den (BBC Two, 2005) is a British reality television series. The show allows several entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their varying business ideas to a panel of five wealthy investors, the "Dragons" of the show's title, and pitch for financial investment while offering a stake of the company in return.
