CNBC Calls for Production Hiatus of Long-Running ‘American Greed’
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor CNBC has lost some of its avarice for the long-running primetime series “American Greed.” The documentary program, which examines white-collar crime, scams and embezzlement, among other business-focused wrongdoing, has been running on the NBCUniversal business-news channel since 2007, completing 15 seasons and 222 episodes, along with three spin-offs.
In 2023, however, the series order was significantly smaller than those in the past, according to two people familiar with the matter, and production of original episodes has ceased for the moment. “CNBC has not canceled ‘American Greed,'” the network said in a statement.
Six new episodes ran between January 24 and March 7 of this year. Past seasons have included 12 episodes or more, according to one of the people familiar with the program CNBC and the production company behind “American Greed,” Kurtis Productions, declined to make executives available for comment.
It is possible that CNBC could run repeats of the show. The end of production for new episodes in 2023 was brought about for financial reasons, according to one of the people familiar with the situation, with many units of NBCUniversal looking to cut spending and budgets as the company grapples with the complexities of the streaming era.
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