Fox Business Network is replacing Maria Bartiromo's morning program with a roundtable show called "Big Money," pulling the veteran anchor off the network's early-morning block after more than a decade in the slot. The change reshapes the channel's daytime lineup as it competes for business-news viewers against CNBC and Bloomberg Television.
The new show will use a panel format rather than a single anchor, according to Variety, which first reported the move. Bartiromo, who has anchored "Mornings with Maria" since Fox Business launched the program in 2015, remains under contract with the network and is expected to stay in a different role. Fox has not announced a premiere date for "Big Money."
The shift marks a rare retreat from the solo-anchor format Fox Business has leaned on since its 2007 launch. Roundtable programming is cheaper to produce than a single-host show and gives the network flexibility to rotate guests, a structure that has worked for CNBC's "Squawk Box" and Fox News' "The Five."
Bartiromo joined Fox Business in 2013 after 20 years at CNBC, where she anchored "Closing Bell" and hosted "Market Week." At Fox, she became one of the network's most recognizable faces, interviewing Federal Reserve officials, Treasury secretaries and corporate chief executives during the market's opening hours. Her 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Eastern slot reaches traders and investors before the New York Stock Exchange opens.
Fox Business has trailed CNBC in total daytime viewers for years, though it occasionally beats CNBC in the 25-to-54 demographic during market hours. The network averaged roughly 150,000 total viewers in business day programming in recent quarters, compared with CNBC's roughly 200,000, according to Nielsen data cited by trade publications.
"Big Money" will compete directly with CNBC's "Squawk Box," which has aired since 1995 and remains the dominant pre-market program among institutional investors. Fox has not said who will host the new roundtable or how many panelists will appear regularly.
The change is part of a broader restructuring at Fox Business under network president Lauren Petterson, who took the role in 2023. The network has added streaming-first programming and shifted several hosts between dayparts over the past two years.
Bartiromo's contract runs through 2026, according to people familiar with the matter, and she is expected to continue contributing to Fox News' weekend programming. Neither Fox Business nor Bartiromo has commented publicly on the move.
