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Fox Business replaces Bartiromo's morning show with a "Big Money" roundtable

Fox Business Network will replace Maria Bartiromo's "Mornings With Maria" with a four-host "Big Money" morning show and has announced other weekday lineup changes.

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Fox Business Network (FBN) has announced a new weekday lineup that replaces Maria Bartiromo's single-anchor morning program with a roundtable show called "Big Money in the Morning(s)". The show will be hosted by Dagen McDowell, Brian Brenberg and Taylor Riggs, with Josh Schafer of Barron's; The Hollywood Reporter says it launches Oct. 12 and runs 6-9 a.m. McDowell and Brenberg's 6 p.m. program "The Bottom Line" will end and be replaced by encore episodes of Larry Kudlow's program.

Riggs, Brenberg and McDowell leave the noon "The Big Money Show", where Cheryl Casone, Marcus Lemonis and Lou Basenese will rotate as hosts alongside current host Jackie DeAngelis. Liz Claman, who anchors "The Claman Countdown", will add a Friday-night program, "Claman's Power Players", at 7 p.m. Eastern, in which she interviews business leaders. Variety reports that FBN has had no regular early-morning anchor since August, when Bartiromo was removed from her program following what is believed to be the divulging of company information to outside parties; The Hollywood Reporter does not give a reason.

Jay Wallace, president and executive editor of Fox News Media, said the changes offer "fresh programming from a seasoned team of journalists", and told Variety executives expect the show to "flow nicely" into Stuart Varney's program and to feel podcast-like. Variety frames the show as a competitor to CNBC's "Squawk Box" and notes that roundtable formats such as "The Five" are among Fox News Media's most successful programs.

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Trade-press business-of-TV coverage: a lineup reshuffle after Bartiromo's departure, with Variety adding competitive and ratings context and The Hollywood Reporter closer to the network announcement.
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Hosts, time slots and the knock-on schedule changes; Variety adds the CNBC rivalry and the roundtable format's success.
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The Hollywood Reporter gives no reason for Bartiromo's exit; Variety gives no launch date or show hours.
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“She was one of the best-known — and vociferous — peronsalities in the Fox News Media stable.” — Variety
“Fox Business Network has set a new weekday programming lineup in the wake of the move to cancel Maria Bartiromo’s Mornings With Maria.” — The Hollywood Reporter

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