''Power Lunch'' is a television business news program on

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, airing between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

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. It is presented by Tyler Mathisen,

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, and

Kelly Evans Kelly Evans (born July 17, 1985) is an American journalist and co-anchor of '' Power Lunch'' on the CNBC business news channel. She was previously based in CNBC Europe's London, England, headquarters from May 2012 to May 2013 and is now based in ...

History

Bill Griffeth Bill Griffeth is an author and retired TV news anchor. Early life and education In 1980, Griffeth received a bachelor's degree in journalism from California State University, Northridge. While a student there, Griffeth co-hosted a weekly intervi ...

anchored the program alone from 1996 to 2002. Caruso-Cabrera joined as Griffeth's original co-presenter from February 4, 2002 to December 5, 2003, before being replaced by Sue Herera, who debuted three days later. Caruso-Cabrera and Dennis Kneale appeared regularly in their respective analyst capacities until both became full co-presenters in 2009. Mathisen joined the program on December 14, 2009, after Griffeth's leave of absence began. ''Power Lunch'' originally aired for two hours (noon to 2 ET) until June 7, 2010, when it moved to 1 ET, with its run-time cut to 1 hour, making 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, with run-time then from 1-3 p.m. ET, replacing ''

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'' (which aired its final edition three days prior). Sullivan and

Amanda Drury Amanda Drury (born 5 May 1973) is an Australian journalist and news anchor for CNBC, hosting finance and business programming from New York City. She was the co-host of the US version of ''Street Signs'' until its end on February 6, 2015 and ...

, both of whom previously co-anchored ''Street Signs'', joined the program the same day, along with current '' Fast Money'' and ''

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'' host

. They replaced Herera, who left three days earlier. Caruso-Cabrera rejoined the program for her third stint as co-presenter on January 19, 2016 after Amanda Drury's departure from CNBC U.S. (in the case of the latter, she rejoined

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as a

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-based correspondent that July). On March 12, 2018,

Sara Eisen Sara Aliza Eisen (born August 7, 1984) is a financial news anchor for CNBC. Education Eisen attended New York University as an undergraduate and completed her graduate studies at Northwestern University. Career Eisen worked for Bloomberg Telev ...

(previously co-anchor of ''

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'' and later co-anchor of '' Squawk on the Street'', now co-anchor of ''

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'') and Brian Sullivan swapped their respective anchor roles, with Eisen moving to ''Power Lunch'' and Sullivan moving to ''Worldwide Exchange''. On November 30, 2018, Eisen and

swapped their respective anchor roles, with the former moving to ''

'' and Evans moving to ''Power Lunch''. On January 7, 2019 ''Power Lunch'' was halved in length due to the launch of a new program, ''The Exchange'', presented by

. Consequently, ''Power Lunch'' is once again a 60-minute program, running between 2 pm and 3 pm ET. On October 13, 2014, ''Power Lunch'' was launched in full

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high-definition as part of CNBC's network-wide switch to a full 16:9

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Overview

This program examines the businesses, people, and trends that influence

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, in addition to real-time market coverage at roughly the midway point of the U.S. trading day.

Present segments

*CNBC 101: Bob Pisani presents the "CNBC 101" segment on Thursdays. *News Update: News headlines from outside the world of business, broadcast at 2.30pm ET. *Econo Smackdown: Seen during the first hour with

Steve Liesman Steve Liesman (born May 21, 1963) is an American journalist, senior economics reporter for the cable financial television channel CNBC. He is known for appearing on the CNBC programs ''Squawk Box'' and other business related topics on CNBC and ...

(in studio) and Rick Santelli (in

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). *Trader Triple Play: Seen on Fridays during the second hour as three Wall Street traders join the program (either via satellite or in-studio) to talk about the three key economic diaries in which investors and viewers need to know for the coming week. *Markets Minute By Minute: A guest (or two guests) join the program to tell viewers and the show's anchors what is moving the markets. *Around the Watercooler: This is a segment in which the anchors talk about the day's biggest topics (inside and outside the business world) from behind their respective desks.

Past segments

*Dow Jones Halftime Report: Presented by Bob O'Brien and Ray Hennessey (both

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employees at the time), highlighting winning or losing sectors of the trading day. *Making Money Now: Seen during the second hour of the program from April to August 2005, ending with the "Lightning Round" (which was unrelated to the most popular segment on '' Mad Money'') in which the stock pickers had 15 seconds to decide if the stock given by the anchors are a buy, sell, or a hold. This segment was discontinued as of September 2005. *Power Poll: Moved to the ''

'' in April 2005, and was renamed the ''Closing Bell Poll''. This segment was discontinued on ''Closing Bell'' at the end of 2005. *Power Topic *Power Lesson *Stock Specials: This segment, which was discontinued as of September 2005, featured

Joe Kernen Joseph Richard Kernen (born January 6, 1956) is an American news anchor who is the co-host of ''Squawk Box'' on CNBC. Early life and education Kernen grew up in Western Hills, Cincinnati and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1974. He hol ...

highlighting the day's stocks. *By Request *Fast Money Halftime Report: This segment, which featured

and her ''Fast Money'' panel highlighting a winning or losing sector of the day, spun off as a separate TV show of its own on June 7, 2010, when it debuted. *Your Digital Life This segment, which featured

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in a humorous skit, ran from 2007 to 2011, and featured the latest in technology.

Current anchors

* Tyler Mathisen (December 14, 2009 – present) *

(February 9, 2015 – present) *

(December 3, 2018 – present)

Former anchors

*Judge Tanya Acker (now with '' Hot Bench'') *

(1996-November 25, 2009) (previously with ''

'', later moved to ''

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'', the latter of which ended on December 27, 2019) * Sue Herera (December 8, 2003 – February 6, 2015) (previously with ''Nightly Business Report'', now CNBC news update anchor) *Dennis Kneale (2009-June 8, 2010) *

(February 9, 2015 – January 15, 2016) (rejoined

-based correspondent in July 2016) * Brian Sullivan (February 9, 2015 – March 9, 2018) (now with ''

'') *

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Michelle Caruso-Cabrera (born February 9, 1967) is an American politician and journalist. She was a regular CNBC contributor for two decades, including as co-host of '' Power Lunch'' and ''Worldwide Exchange''. She unsuccessfully ran for the Dem ...

(2002-2003; 2009-2013; January 19, 2016 – August 22, 2018) *

(April 4, 2018 – November 30, 2018) (now with ''Closing Bell'')

Special editions

Power Brunch

In the week of October 4, 1999, ''Power Lunch'' became ''Power Brunch'', because they broadcast the show live from

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that week.

Big Road Show

In May 2005, ''Power Lunch'' went on the road for its week-long ''Big Road Show''. Bill Griffeth hosted these week-long special editions from

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, Phoenix,

Dallas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...

, and

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(Sue Herera was on maternity leave when these editions aired).

Making Money Across America

On September 7, 2007, ''Power Lunch'' began airing an eight-week series titled, "Making Money Across America", which concluded on October 26, 2007. These special road shows were aired on Fridays as this program visited eight U.S. cities over as many weeks. The dates and cities were: *September 7:

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(Bill Griffeth and Sue Herera co-hosted from the

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) *September 14:

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...

(Griffeth hosted from the Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, on Fisherman's Wharf) *September 21:

Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

(Herera hosted from the Anschutz Family Sky Terrace of the

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) *September 28:

St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

(Griffeth was at Kiener Plaza in the city's central business district) *October 5:

Charlotte Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

(Herera co-hosted from Wachovia Plaza) *October 12:

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region o ...

(Griffeth was on the

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of the

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) *October 19:

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since ...

(Griffeth was in the network's Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey studio, while Herera was live from

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in Philadelphia) *October 26:

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origin ...

(Griffeth was at the

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)

Worldwide ''Power Lunch''

Around CNBC's global branches, there are many counterparts of ''Power Lunch'' in the world:

References

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