The News with Brian Williams 5411165 200722001 2008-03-25T04:21:48Z Mrschimpf 255060 {{Infobox Television | show_name = The News with Brian Williams | image = [[Image:Thenews.jpg|275px]] | format = [[News]] | runtime = One Hour | starring = [[Brian Williams]]<br>[[John Seigenthaler]] | country = [[United States]] | network = [[MSNBC]] (1996-2002)<br>[[CNBC]] (2002-2004) | num_episodes = appx. 2,030 | first_aired = [[July 15]], [[1996]] | last_aired = [[May 14]], [[2004]] }} [[Image:Thenews128.gif|right||thumb|The logo of "The News on CNBC".]] '''''The News with Brian Williams''''', which debuted on [[July 15]], [[1996]] (the day MSNBC first signed on the air), was the former flagship signature news broadcast on both [[MSNBC]] and [[CNBC]]. The show's anchor was [[Brian Williams]]. ''The News'' was a broadcast designed mainly for primetime viewers who may have missed that night's [[NBC Nightly News]].<br> ''The News'' originally aired at 9pm ET on MSNBC from [[July 15]], [[1996]] to [[July 6]], [[2001]]. It moved up to the 8pm time slot on [[July 9]], [[2001]]. During the [[Decision 2000]] election coverage, ''The News'' was the main program for [[MSNBC]]'s coverage.<br> [[John Seigenthaler]] (and later various anchors such as [[Soledad O'Brien]], [[Forrest Sawyer]], and some of the anchors from CNBC and MSNBC) often substituted for [[Brian Williams]] during his absence, mainly Williams' duties as substitute on [[NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw]].<br> == The News on CNBC == In July of [[2002]], [[MSNBC]] canceled ''The News'', in order to make room for a new show during primetime. ''The News'' now aired only on [[CNBC]] at 7pm ET, and was the main news broadcast on [[CNBC]]. Viewership on ''The News'' suffered.<br> In [[2002]], [[NBC]] announced that [[Brian Williams]] would take over from [[Tom Brokaw]] on [[NBC Nightly News]] in [[2004]]. In the beginning of [[2004]], Williams stepped down as anchor of ''The News'', and the show's substitute, [[John Seigenthaler]], took over as the new anchor of ''The News'', which was renamed, ''[[The News on CNBC]]''. When Seigenthaler took over the anchor chair on [[January 19]], [[2004]], ''The News'' moved down to the 8pm ET time slot. The final edition of ''The News'' aired on [[May 14]], [[2004]], exactly one week after the cancellation announcement. ==See also== * ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'' {{MSNBC Programs}} {{DEFAULTSORT:News with Brian Williams, The}} [[Category:MSNBC programs]] [[Category:CNBC programs]]