Gharib leaves “Nightly Business Report,” replaced by Herera
Susie Gharib, who has been co-anchor of “Nightly Business Report” for the past 16 years, has left the business news show on public television.
Her last day on the air was Wednesday, a spokeswoman confirmed to Talking Biz News. She is being replaced by long-time CNBC anchor Sue Herera. CNBC bought the show in 2013.
She will be a CNBC contributor and a senior special correspondent for Fortune.
Former “Nightly Business Report” co-anchor Tom Hudson told Talking Biz News:
Susie is a top-notch business journalist who was a wonderful colleague during my time with NBR. She was welcoming as a co-anchor and a great collaborator as we worked together for the three years I was with the program. Susie’s time at NBR spanned the modern markets, from the dot com bubble to 9/11 to the Great Recession. Her steady, sharp and accessible reporting has been a hallmark of business television news for years. I am proud of her and I am eager to see her next journalism endeavor.
I don’t know Ms. Herera except by her work, which is incisive and insightful delivered in an approachable manner in my opinion. I have confidence NBR viewers will welcome her to the program.
Gharib joined “Nightly Business Report” in 1998 after a distinguished 20-year career working at some of America’s most prestigious print and broadcast organizations, including CNBC, NBC, ESPN, and WABC-TV/New York.
Gharib launched her career as a business journalist at Fortune magazine where she was a senior writer and associate editor. Her previous work includes reporter positions at Newsweek, Associated Press and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Here is the note sent out by CNBC senior vice president and editor in chief Nik Deogun:
I am pleased to announce that Sue Herera will expand her responsibilities and join Tyler Mathisen as co-anchor of “Nightly Business Report,” the longest running business news program on television.By just about any measure, NBR has grown significantly since CNBC started producing the public television program nearly two years ago. CNBC’s editorial newsgathering resources has helped NBR become a more vital, interesting and informative program.A key part of NBR’s development and success has been the role of Susie Gharib, who has been affiliated with the program for the past 16 years. Susie is now moving on to an exciting opportunity but I am happy to say that she will remain a contributor to NBR and CNBC.NBR viewers have become very familiar with Sue as she has filled in as host of the show many times in the past 18 months. Sue was one of the first women to break into the world of broadcast business news and in her more than 25 years with CNBC, she has provided viewers with a seasoned perspective on the major stories and issues moving the markets.Sue will start co-anchoring NBR on Jan. 5.
suzie will start as co-anchor on jan 5? It a shame cnbc ruined a unique show with more of the same.
I have watched Susie Gharib for the past 16 years.
I will miss her.
Susie is the queen of stock market hyperbole. “Catepulting”, “skyrocketing”, “plummeting”, “surging”, “cascading”, “spiraling”…to name some of her favorite superlatives.
I won’the miss that.
“Nightly Business Report”, as well as “Wall Street Week” with Louis Rukeyser, used to be shows where one could separate the wheat from the chaff and understand what actually happened during the day, or week, and why. They dug into stories, asked tough questions of guests, showed significant stats like daily volume, breadth, and told the good when it was good, the bad when it was bad, often with investigative reporting. “Wall Street Week” got the shaft, and “Nightly Business Report” has been getting watered down since the firing of Paul Kangas. Susie’s departure ends the process of honest and meaningful reporting. It’s just the same old blabber you can watch on multiple channels 24 hours a day. Nothing special about it.
I miss and loved Susie Gharib. Perhaps, it was CNBC Iranian Spring chortle. I now watch ET (Entertainment Tonite). No longer a fan and I shall remember this at pledge time. I never like CNBC and there related crew and TeaParty antics. I felt Tom Hudson was throw under the NPR bus. I love Paul Kangas. “Wishing you the best of Good Buys!”
For the last two weeks, I have been wondering where Susie Gharib was. It was difficult finding out on google. Anyway, I now know that she is doing something else on CNBC. I don’t dislike Sue Hererra, but I sure do miss Susie. She should have been given the top spot on NBR, period. (In my humble opinion). My, My, things do keep changing.
I missed her the past few weeks and finally had to find out where she was. I enjoyed her reportage and spirit about the market.
I agree, NBR is not the same without Susie Gharib, the replacement does not measure up, not even close.
I will miss Susie and the old format of the show. No longer a fan.
So sorry to see Ms. Gharib is no longer on Nightly Business Report. I’ve always enjoyed her reporting, and will miss her after so many years. I guess Ms. Herera is ok, it will take some time to get used to her. Good Luck to Ms. Gharib in her new job!
she will be missed terribly
welcome sue herrera
Can’t believe that clever lady will not be a part of our evening business news. We will miss her
Seems like the old network gods did another number on us. Good job on reporting this story. It’s a shame to find out this way, like all of us here… and I’m sure many to come. I for one, will be watching less and less, as they eventually get their way. More audience, less “real news”. Ughhhhh. Daily show for finance comes next…. did u hear me programming guy who killed our show! Atleast @#$%# try and create something worth a damn. bahhhhhhh hahahhahahha i missssss u Suzie!!! xoxoxo Juan Rock
I have been wondering why I felt the show was choppy and not as entertaining. I was finally forced to see that Susie Gharib was not on a long vacation. I have no reason to watch Nightly Business Report anymore.
Ms Gharib will be sincerely missed in this household. She was excellent and is just not replaceable. I especially will miss her interviews with some of the smartest business people in the world. I will wish her luck in future endeavors including retirement. Love
This is bull shit !
If I wanted to watch CNBC I would watch CNBC.
Next thing you know those shit heads Santelli and Cabrera will be here.
Paul Kangas and Susie Gharib were refreshingly good, and I will miss them both. I did not know Nightly Business Report is now owned by CNBC. I hope they don’t ruin it.
How sad. Same old story, big hair blonde replacing intelligent classy lady that I can watch every night and never get tired of. Susie Gharib has depths and such unique beauty. She was one of a kind, now replaced by stereotypical. But then, NBR is now CNBC, run of the mill program, won’t be watching it any more.
What can I say— finding out that the irreplaceable Susie Gharib has left NBR, has taken so much of the life out of the program. Whatever CNBC may have done to create a disincentive for her to stay was a huge mistake.
I sure miss Kangas and Gharib, they seemed to have more depth and content. I started watching the show fairly religiously back in the 1980s when a penniless grad student. As a viewer I learned the valuable lesson not to listen to financial experts, time usually showed for the most part how wrong their predictions usually were. Now I watch like once a month. Okay, once every two months.
I am feeling it is time to start to gather information as I begin to want to invest in the market. I turned to an old, faithful program, Nightly Business Report, NBR.
Imagine my disappointment when I tuned in and did not see Susie Gharib! I am not suggesting Sue Herera won’t end up finding her niche, but there’s a reason NBR was as successful. A large portion of the success could be traced to Susie.
I might have to look elsewhere for market news. I don’t watch CNBC for a reason. I don’t want the same on PBS.
I must be the only viewer who only misses Paul Kangas, not Susie Gharib.
Count me in as a big fan of your current duo who will not turn me off as much as Susie did. I think her personality was such that she would be very tough to work with or be interviewed by. Good luck to Sus and Tyler, both very likable and easy to listen to and watch.
Can not believe Susie is not on Night business news, she was great.Dont know if I will watch any more.You have lost a big assist.
I’m still trying to determine why Susie Gharib “left” NBR. Was she pushed out by CNBC ?
Loved watching Susie seems wrong now, with no intensity…guess I was a believer…good luck to all
Wall Street Week used to be the greatest show until CNBC hacked it and now NBR, What a shame! I have moved on!
We will miss watching this awesome lady, Susie Gharib on NBR. I have watched her for many years and enjoyed her style and well as her knowledge. My 17 yr. old has grown very fond of watching her as well, because my daughter and I always sit to watch the new. Good Luck & we will miss you.
I kept hoping over the past 11 months that Susie Gharib would be brought back to her many devoted followers. She really kept the program in focus.
If I had thought CNBC had anything to offer I would have switched to it.
Pretty soon there will be nothing at all to watch on TV. Why do all good things get absorbed by all the dismal managements?
for many years I enjoyed the thorough concise reports from Mr. Kangas and his team. now one more quality organization to be diluted by the banal antics of CNBC. how the talent (the few there are) remain at CNBC is beyond reason. only thing worse than CNBC TV is their website.
very discouraged with NBR. Have watched it for years and appreciated in-depth coverage about the market. Now it is like watching a regular news program. I see repeats of the same stories I just watched on the Nightly News. They’ve lost their edge and I will probably quit watching.
I enjoyed the show How can I speak to Susie? I spoke to her and her husband last year. I am visiting Maine this year. I went to college with her .some time ago