{"id":793663,"date":"2026-07-30T16:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T16:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/793663\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T16:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T16:29:10","slug":"nbc-news-now-expands-live-daytime-lineup-with-christine-romans-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/793663\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC News Now Expands Live Daytime Lineup With Christine Romans Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBC News is expanding its investment in streaming news with a new weekday program anchored by chief business correspondent Christine Romans, further building out NBC News Now\u2019s live daytime lineup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrent With Christine Romans\u201d premieres Monday, Aug. 3, airing weekdays from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET on NBC News Now. The two-hour offering will cover breaking news, politics, global affairs and the economy as markets open, while drawing on Romans\u2019 expertise with regular reporting on finance, business, technology, artificial intelligence and other major topics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrent with Christine Romans\u201d will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/media-platforms\/tv\/nbc-news-now-expands-live-streaming-coverage-christine-romans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">join a weekday lineup<\/a> that includes \u201cMorning News Now,\u201d \u201cNBC News Daily,\u201d \u201cMeet the Press Now,\u201d \u201cHallie Jackson Now,\u201d \u201cTop Story With Tom Llamas\u201d and \u201cStay Tuned Now With Gadi Schwartz.\u201d The company said NBC News Now posted its best year ever in 2025, marking its seventh consecutive record year since launch.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/movies\/heat-2-development-history-amazon-mgm-studios-explained\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Heat-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Robert De Niro stars in &quot;Heat,&quot; 1995. (New Regency)\"   data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a moment to tell stories only the way that NBC News can, with our vast resources and our bureaus around the world,\u201d Romans said in a Thursday statement. \u201cWe\u2019ll explain what\u2019s happening, why it matters, and how decisions made in the halls of power around the world and on Wall Street affect people at the kitchen table. That will be the framing for everything we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program will also debut a recurring franchise, \u201c50 States in 50 Days,\u201d partnering with NBC-owned stations and affiliates to spotlight local communities tackling national challenges. Planned reports will examine topics including Cleveland\u2019s foster care system, Iowa\u2019s expanding data center industry, a Washington community kitchen and Connecticut\u2019s housing market.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining NBC News in October 2023, Romans spent more than two decades at CNN, where she became one of the network\u2019s most recognizable business journalists. She served as CNN\u2019s chief business correspondent and anchored programs including \u201cEarly Start\u201d and \u201cYour Money,\u201d covering the economy, markets and consumer issues before returning to NBC, where she began her national television career.<\/p>\n<p>Kerrie Wudyka serves as executive producer of \u201cCurrent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/christine-romans-nbc-news-senior-business-correspondent\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-96.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Christine Romans joins NBC News\"   data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBC News is expanding its investment in streaming news with a new weekday program anchored by chief business&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,337251,337252,451,61226,337253,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-793663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-christine-romans","tag-current-with-christine-romans","tag-headlines","tag-nbc-news","tag-nbc-news-now","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}