CNBC Hangs Up On ‘Last Call,’ Network’s Latest Effort to Offer Evening News

CNBC just made its last call on “Last Call,” the outlet’s second attempt in recent months to offer business-news programming to evening audiences.

The NBCUniversal-backed cable network is canceling the 7 p.m. program, which launched in March of last year as part of a broader effort to keep business-news aficionados watching CNBC later into the evening. Executives have determined viewers aren’t interested enough in news at that time,and intend to replace the show with an hour of “Shark Tank,” a staple for CNBC in nighttime hours.

Anchor Brian Sulliivan is expected to stay with CNBC, according to a person familiar with the matter, and the network aims

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