Business Center (TV series)

American business news program on CNBC

The Money Club
Bullseye

Business Center is business network CNBC's flagship primetime show that aired in 5 to 7 pm ET timeslot, hosted by Ron Insana and Sue Herera, and it was replaced by Bullseye on December 5, 2003.

History

Business Center was only a half-hour program to replace The Money Club, aired from 7 to 7:30 pm ET in 1997.
In c. 2000, it was expanded to 60 minutes, aired from 6:30 to 7:30. It also started airing from the New York Stock Exchange.
In c. 2001, it was expanded to 90 minutes, aired from 6 to 7:30.
In 2002, it was expanded again to 120 minutes, aired from 5 to 7 pm.
In late 2002, 6:30 to 7 pm timeslot was once replaced by Checkpoint CNBC with Martha MacCallum (and later replaced by Tom Costello), and Business Center was restored to 90 minutes.
Ultimately, both Checkpoint CNBC and Business Center were cancelled on December 5, 2003 as they were replaced by Kudlow & Cramer and Bullseye, respectively.

Business Center anchors

Ron Insana and Sue Herera (1999–2003)
Maria Bartiromo and Tyler Mathisen (1997–1999)

Business Center Reporters

Renay San Miguel
Garrett Glaser
Jim Paymar

Worldwide Business Center

Around CNBC's global branches, there are many counterparts of Business Center in the world:

Channel	Program	Still Run?	Presenters	Replacement
CNBC Asia	Business Center	(2000-10-30—2005-02-15)	Martin Soong, Grace Phan	CNBC Tonight
CNBC Australia	Business Centre Australia	(2001-01-01—2004-01-02)	Mark Laudi, Amanda Drury	Business Center
CNBC Europe	Business Centre Europe	(2001-01-15—2001–09)	Sarah Clements (until mid-2001), Emma Crosby (mid-2001 onwards)	N/A
CNBC-TV18	Business Center	(2005—2009)		India Business Hour
CNBC-TV18	India Business Hour	(1999—2005 / 2009—present)		N/A