Fox Business is changing its primetime schedule

Fox Business Network is changing its primetime programming lineup, moving toward an entertainment-focused offering “that celebrates American industry and ingenuity,” reports Alex Weprin of The Hollywood Reporter.

Weprin writes, “The new ‘FBN Prime’ lineup will debut Sept. 20, with new episodes Monday-Wednesday, and replays on Thursdays.

“As a result of the new lineup, FBN’s 8 PM show, Kennedy, hosted by Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery, will shift to 7 PM, replacing a rerun of Larry Kudlow’s afternoon program. The new shows will also replace reruns of The Evening Edit at 9.

“The new programming will include How America Works, which will be narrated by former Dirty Jobs and CNN host Mike Rowe, and will showcase workers who are involved in maintaining the country’s key infrastructure; American Dream Home, hosted by Cheryl Casone, a House Hunters-esque home buying program; American Gold: The Legend of Bear Gulch, which follows a family in Montana hunting for gold.

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.