''The News with Brian Williams'' (later known as ''The News on CNBC'') was an American news program that premiered on July 15, 1996,

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's first day on the air. It was the first flagship signature news broadcast on both MSNBC and

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. The show was hosted by

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. ''The News'' was a broadcast designed mainly for primetime viewers who might have missed that night's ''

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''. ''The News'' was originally shown at 9:00pm ET on MSNBC until July 6, 2001. It was moved to the 8pm time slot on July 9, 2001. During the

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, ''The News'' was the main program for MSNBC's coverage.

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(and later various hosts such as

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, Forrest Sawyer, and some of the presenters from CNBC and MSNBC) often substituted for Williams during his absence, mainly because of Williams' duties as substitute on ''NBC Nightly News with

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''.

''The News'' on CNBC

In July 2002, MSNBC canceled ''The News'', in order to make room for

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's new MSNBC series. ''The News'' was then only shown on CNBC at 7:00pm ET, and was the main news broadcast on CNBC. Viewership of ''The News'' suffered. In 2002,

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announced that Brian Williams would take over from

on ''NBC Nightly News'' in 2004. In the beginning of 2004, Williams stepped down as presenter of ''The News'', and the show's substitute, John Seigenthaler, took over as the new host of ''The News'', which was renamed ''The News on CNBC''. When Seigenthaler took over on January 19, 2004, ''The News'' moved to the 8:00pm ET time slot. The final edition of ''The News'' was on May 14, 2004, exactly one week after the cancellation announcement. On September 30, 2020, CNBC revived ''The News'' with a new anchor in Shepard Smith (formerly of

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''The News'' on CNBC

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