Wall Street Week

Wall Street Week
Also known asWall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser (1970-2005)
Wall Street Week with Fortune (2005)
Wall Street Week (2015-16)
Wall Street Week with Maria Bartiromo (2017)
Bloomberg Wall Street Week (2020-Present)
GenreInvestment News
Presented byLouis Rukeyser (1972–2002)
Karen Gibbs (2005)
Anthony Scaramucci and Gary Kaminsky (2015–16)
Maria Bartiromo (2017)
David Westin (2020–present)
Narrated byAlec Webb
Theme music composerDonald Swartz
Opening theme"TWX in 12 Bars"
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerJohn Kenner
Production locationsOwings Mills, Maryland (1970–2002)
New York City (2015-present)
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesMaryland Public Television (1972–2002)
SkyBridge Media LLC (2015-16)
Fox Business Network (2016-17)
Bloomberg Television (2020-Present)
Original release
NetworkPBS
wallstreetweek.com
ReleaseNovember 20, 1970 (1970-11-20) –
June 24, 2005 (2005-06-24)
NetworkFox Business Network
ReleaseMarch 18, 2016 (2016-03-18) –
January 2018 (2018-01)
NetworkBloomberg Television
ReleaseJanuary 20, 2020 (2020-01-20) –
present (present)
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Bloomberg Wall Street Week (WSW), is an investment news and information TV program airing Friday nights on the Bloomberg Television. The original weekly show hosted by Louis Rukeyser aired each Friday evening on PBS in the United States from November 20, 1970, to 2005. The program features a host (or hosts) and guest experts participating in discussions related to the financial markets.

The original show, which was created by Anne Truax Darlington and produced by Maryland Public Television (MPT), debuted on the entire PBS network on November 20, 1970, and was officially titled Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser (W$W) during the 32 years he hosted from November 20, 1970, to March 22, 2002 (the "S" in "Street" was rendered and officially titled in television listings with a dollar sign).

Louis Rukeyser: Host of Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser, which aired on PBS from 1970 to 2002

In June 2002, the show was modified, dropping Rukeyser and changing the name to Wall Street Week with Fortune. Rukeyser went on to host Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street on CNBC (cancelled on December 31, 2004, at Rukeyser's request due to continuing ill health), which was also distributed to PBS stations. Wall Street Week with Fortune, as it was done under the partial aegis of Fortune magazine, was hosted by Geoff Colvin and former Fox News business correspondent Karen Gibbs, ended its PBS run on June 24, 2005.[1]

Wall Street Week was resurrected on April 3, 2015, by SkyBridge Media LLC, an affiliated entity of global investment firm SkyBridge Capital, which was founded by financier and entrepreneur Anthony Scaramucci.[2] The new "Wall Street Week" featured Anthony Scaramucci and Morgan Stanley senior advisor Gary Kaminsky as co-hosts.

In March 2016, the show's licensing rights were picked up by Fox Broadcasting Company and it began airing Friday nights at 8:00pm ET on the Fox Business Network. In April 2017, the show's name was changed to reflect Fox Business naming Maria Bartiromo as the new presenter. In early 2018, Fox Business ceased its production of the Wall Street Week franchise, instead airing a new program titled Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street.[3]

  1. ^ Ives, Nat; Elliott, Stuart (2005-03-24). "'Wall St. Week,' a PBS Staple, Will Go Off the Air in June". The New York Times. p. 8. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  2. ^ Celarier, Michelle (May 16, 2014). "Scaramucci to revive iconic 'Wall Street Week'". New York Post.
  3. ^ Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street (originally Wall Street Week) at IMDb