On the Money (2005 TV program)

This article is about the CNBC program which aired from 2005 to 2009. For other television programs with the same name, see On the Money (disambiguation).
On the Money
Presented byDylan Ratigan (2005–2006)
Melissa Francis (2007)
Carmen Wong Ulrich (2008–2009)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkCNBC
ReleaseOctober 3, 2005 (2005-10-03) –
August 29, 2009 (2009-08-29)
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CNBC's On the Money, hosted by Carmen Wong Ulrich, is a television program that focuses primarily on personal finance, a programming departure from CNBC's "investor focused" weekday programming.

The program premiered on October 10, 2005 with Dylan Ratigan as host. Ratigan was replaced by Melissa Francis in 2007 and remained on CNBC's schedule until October 5, 2007. On September 27, it was announced that the program would be removed from the schedule effective October 10, due in part to low ratings,[1] but the last edition was aired on October 5.[2]

The program was completely revamped and relaunched on August 4, 2008 featuring new CNBC personality Carmen Wong Ulrich[3] The program is now more of a financial advice show, similar to The Suze Orman Show.

On the Money was reduced from a daily 10pm program, to a single Saturday night airing (at 8pm ET) effective June 1, 2009. On August 25, 2009, CNBC announced that it would be canceling the program for the second time, shifting resources to their more successful documentary unit.

This program is not to be confused with the current program On the Money produced by CNBC for broadcast syndication. That program was retitled as On the Money with Maria Bartiromo in January 2013 from The Wall Street Journal Report after the end of the NBC/Dow Jones partnership deal, then cut down to the first part of the title upon Bartiromo's departure from CNBC in late November 2013 for Fox Business Network.

  1. ^ "Inside Cable News :: CNBC announces new primetime schedule :: September :: 2007". Archived from the original on 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
  2. ^ CNBC Programming Changes for Monday, October 8th and Tuesday, October 9th - CNBC News Releases - MSNBC.com
  3. ^ On the Money w/ Carmen Wong Ulrich Premieres Monday, Aug. 4th