Bullseye (CNBC TV series)
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Bullseye is a news
and analysis program
that aired on CNBC
at 6 pm
ET
weekday
s from December 8, 2003 to March 11, 2005. Hosted by Dylan Ratigan
, it covered breaking news
stories from business
to pop culture and offered guidance on personal finance
with the help of CNBC reporter Steve Liesman
and his economy charts drawn on "Easel
s". The program had music selected by a CNBC intern called Grecco.
One segment on the show was called Whine & Cheese, where Ratigan served wine and cheese to his guests and talked about the news in business and corporate governance.
On the last episode of the show, on the segment called Bullseye Perspective, Ratigan served as moderator of an economics debate between Lawrence Kudlow
and Paul Krugman
of the New York Times.
Frequent guests included CNBC anchor Rebecca Quick
and brothers and stock traders Jon Najarian and Pete Najarian from Najarian Capital in Chicago, who also appear on the syndicated TV program First Business
on various U.S. TV stations.
On another segment named Bullseye on America, CNBC reporters gave insight into the state of the U.S. economy.
The show was replaced by Jim Cramer's Mad Money
on March 14, 2005.
News
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and analysis program
Television program
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that aired on CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
at 6 pm
12-hour clock
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ET
North American Eastern Time Zone
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weekday
Weekday
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s from December 8, 2003 to March 11, 2005. Hosted by Dylan Ratigan
Dylan Ratigan
Dylan Jason Ratigan is an American television host primarily covering financial markets, the global economy, and politics. He is host of The Dylan Ratigan Show which airs weekday afternoons on MSNBC. He is also a frequent contributor on The Huffington Post.- Early life :Ratigan was born in the...
, it covered breaking news
Breaking news
Breaking news, also known as a special report or news bulletin, is a current event that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming and/or current news in order to report its details. Many times, breaking news is used after the news network has already reported on this story...
stories from business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
to pop culture and offered guidance on personal finance
Personal finance
Personal finance is the application of the principles of finance to the monetary decisions of an individual or family unit. It addresses the ways in which individuals or families obtain, budget, save, and spend monetary resources over time, taking into account various financial risks and future...
with the help of CNBC reporter Steve Liesman
Steve Liesman
Steve Liesman is the senior economics reporter for the cable financial television channel CNBC. He is known for appearing on the CNBC programs Squawk Box and other business related topics on CNBC and NBC and using a paper "easel" while explaining the state of the United States economy.Liesman is an...
and his economy charts drawn on "Easel
Easel
An easel is an upright support used for displaying and/or fixing something resting upon it.-Etymology:The word is an old Germanic synonym for donkey...
s". The program had music selected by a CNBC intern called Grecco.
One segment on the show was called Whine & Cheese, where Ratigan served wine and cheese to his guests and talked about the news in business and corporate governance.
On the last episode of the show, on the segment called Bullseye Perspective, Ratigan served as moderator of an economics debate between Lawrence Kudlow
Lawrence Kudlow
Lawrence "Larry" Kudlow is an American economist, television personality, and newspaper columnist. He is the host of CNBC's The Kudlow Report. As a syndicated columnist, his articles appear in numerous U.S. newspapers and web sites, including his own blog, Kudlow's Money Politic$.-Early...
and Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
Paul Robin Krugman is an American economist, professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics, and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times...
of the New York Times.
Frequent guests included CNBC anchor Rebecca Quick
Rebecca Quick
Rebecca Quick is an American television journalist/newscaster, co-anchorwoman of CNBC's financial news show Squawk Box. Quick is currently based at CNBC’s New Jersey headquarters.-Early life:...
and brothers and stock traders Jon Najarian and Pete Najarian from Najarian Capital in Chicago, who also appear on the syndicated TV program First Business
First Business
First Business is a nationally syndicated financial news and analysis television program, produced by First Business Network LLC, a subsidiary of Weigel Broadcasting, in Chicago...
on various U.S. TV stations.
On another segment named Bullseye on America, CNBC reporters gave insight into the state of the U.S. economy.
The show was replaced by Jim Cramer's Mad Money
Mad Money
Mad Money is an American finance television program hosted by Jim Cramer that began airing on CNBC on March 14, 2005. Its main focus is investment and speculation, particularly in publicly traded stocks...
on March 14, 2005.