The News With Shepard Smith, an hour-long program airing Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern. Smith was also named chief general news anchor and chief breaking general news anchor by the business and financial-minded news network, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The announcement comes nine months after the anchor abruptly left his longtime position at Fox News, where he oversaw Shepard Smith Reporting.
Smith had just renewed his contract in 2018 but asked to leave the network after pointing out the often fictional narratives put forth by Fox hosts like Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Jeannine Pirro, who often place allegiance to President Trump above the truth.In a Time interview published in March, Smith said.