Varney & Co.
Varney & Co. | |
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Also known as | Varney & Company |
Genre | Talk show |
Presented by | Stuart Varney |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Running time | 180 minutes |
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Original network | Fox Business Network |
Original release | 2010 – present |
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Varney & Co., sometimes styled Varney & Company, is an American cable television news and talk show on the Fox Business Network hosted by British-American economic and political commentator Stuart Varney. The show includes market coverage, current events coverage, and interviews and commentary with Wall Street experts.[1][2]
Format[]
Varney & Co. airs weekdays 9 a.m. – noon Eastern Time.[3] Charles Payne is the current regular guest host,[4] and Ashley Webster and Liz MacDonald are on company.[5]
Audience[]
In February 2015, Varney & Co. reached its highest-rated month since moving to the 11AM time slot, averaging 103,000 total viewers, 18,000 of whom were adults ages 25–54. Overall since the time change, the show was up 91% in total viewers and 31% among adults 25–54.[6] On 24 August 2015, the show, which had switched to a three-hour slot from 9AM–12PM, set the record for Fox Business Network for that block with 230,000 total viewers and 54,000 in the 25–54-year-old demographic.[7] In February 2016, Varney & Co., still in the 9AM–12PM slot, averaged 159,000 total viewers, up 65% from the same month one year prior.[8]
Guests[]
Over the years, many other well-known political figures and celebrities have appeared regularly on the show. Notable guests have included:
- Nicole Petallides (35 episodes)
- Kayleigh McEnany (33)
- Sandra Smith, television journalist and reporter (6)
- Henrik Fisker, entrepreneur and car designer (3)
- Monica Crowley (2)
- Scottie Hughes (2)
- Melissa Francis, television journalist (1)
- Les Gold, pawnbroker (1)
- Mary Kissel, journalist (1)
- Darcy LaPier, actress (1)
- Gina Loudon, author and psychology expert (1)
- Marc Siegel, physician (1)
- Shmuley Boteach, Orthodox rabbi and writer (1)
- Patrick M. Byrne, President and CEO of Overstock.com (1)
- Elisabeth Hasselbeck, television host (1)
- Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist (1)
- Megyn Kelly, Fox News reporter and television host (1)
- Tony Little, exercise instructor (1)
- Andrew Napolitano, judge and Senior Judicial Analyst for Fox News (1)
- Katherine Schwarzenegger, writer (1)
- Jon Taffer, bar consultant and television personality (1)
- Abby Wambach, Olympic gold medal professional soccer player (1)
- Harvey J. Kaye, historian (1)
- Jonathan Greenstein, Judaica expert (1)
- Phil Bryant, 64th Governor of Mississippi (1)
- Austan Goolsbee, economist (1)
- Julie Roginsky, Democratic Party strategist (1)
- Robert J. O'Neill, former US Navy SEAL, who shot and killed Osama bin Laden in 2014 (1)
- Sam Sorbo, actress (1)
- Pete Rose, baseball player (1)
In popular culture[]
On 8 May 2014, Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report satirized Stuart Varney, showing clips from his show and mocking him for being out of touch.[9]
See also[]
- Countdown to the Closing Bell
- Lou Dobbs Tonight
- Markets Now
- Stossel (TV series)
References[]
- ^ "Varney & Co. | Fox Business". Retrieved July 5, 2016.
- ^ Varney & Company (TV Series 2012– ), retrieved July 5, 2016
- ^ "Varney & Co". Fox Business. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "Varney & Co". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "Varney & Co". www.facebook.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "'Varney and Company' Hits Highs in February". TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com. February 26, 2015. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ ""Varney & Co." on Fox Business has highest ratings ever - Talking Biz News". talkingbiznews.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "FOX BUSINESS NETWORK SCORES HIGHEST RATED MONTH EVER – Fox Business Network Press". press.foxbusiness.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "Stephen Colbert mocks Fox's Stuart Varney for being so out of touch". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
External links[]
- Varney & Co. at IMDb
- American television talk shows
- Fox Business original programming
- 2012 American television series debuts
- 2020s American television talk shows