Shepard Smith first week at CNBC off to fast start but ratings are a mixed bag

The first week of former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith’s new show on CNBC is off to an interesting start.

The program, The News with Shepard Smith, which debuted last Wednesday, a day after the presidential debate, averaged slightly more than 340,000 viewers from the first episode throughout the rest of the week, according to Nielsen Media Research. He also participated in the network’s coverage of President Trump’s departure for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.