Mad Money

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The Mad Money TV show with Jim Cramer tapes daily at the CNBC studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

The show is usually shot WITHOUT a studio audience, but they do record some rare special event shows with an audience. With this in mind, buyers should understand that tickets to this show are rare.

When Are Tickets Available?

When tickets to a taping of Mad Money are available, we update this page with announcements of any upcoming audience-invited tapings and tickets.

At this time there are no performances scheduled to be taped with an audience and free tickets are not available.

Mad Money Show Schedule

Mad Money with Jim Cramer tapes at 2PM every weekday in Englewood, NJ. If a market crash, or some other financial issue arises, Cramer is forced to make the start of the show live, or just do the whole show live.

Mad Money Broadcast Time

Mad Money is broadcast Mondays through Fridays at 6:00 PM on the CNBC Channel.

Mad Money Age Requirements

Mad Money Host Profile

Jim Cramer, a Harvard graduate, started his career as a journalist. He later returned to Harvard for his law degree. While in school he worked for notably attorney, Alan Dershowitz While in school he had begun to successfully invest in the stock market and was soon offered a job as a stockbroker with Goldman Sachs. In 1996, he and one of his original clients, Martin Peretz (editor of the New Republic) founded the Street.com, a financial news website.

Mad Money first aired in 2005. Since then he has had many television appearances on a variety of shows. Some include Arrested Development, Martha Stewart, and 60 Minutes. He is not without controversy, as he has been known for his violent outbursts, allegations of market manipulation, and reneging on a television deal with Fox.

CNBC bars Cramer from trading any stocks that he mentions on the show with his personal funds, but he is allowed to trade with his charitable trust.

Mad Money Background

Mad Money show tapes at the CNBC studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and is usually shot without a studio audience.

Special Shows That Allow for a Studio Audience

However, there are two types of shows that do allow the inclusion and participation of live studio members.

Back to School Specials

The first type is the "Back to School Specials", where Cramer takes his show to a college or university and broadcasts live with students and special guests being part of his audience.

Main Event Show

The second is the Main Event show or special anniversary or theme shows that are taped sporadically.

During these shows, Cramer invites a studio audience of about 150 people to sit in on the filming. Cramer allows his guests to hit the sound affects buttons, make shout-outs to friends, give the guests high fives and also allows them to ask questions about the subject being discussed on the show.

The whole show with a studio audience is an interactive and rewarding experience for both the audience and Cramer, but it is quite exhausting, so Cramer limits the number of shows to a bare minimum.

Other Special Tapings

Cramer has also taped shows focused on women investors and for Father's Day, where he invited children into the audience. The theme for that show was the importance of passing down financial wisdom from generation to generation. As just about all of his anniversaries are taped before a live studio audience, tickets are available from CNBC to see Mad Money, but it is an exclusive invitation.

Cramer, as host, does a great job in making sure the audience (both at home and on occasion in the studio) is awake and quite entertained. The show also has a giant scoreboard that lists the final score of a big game from the night before. Cramer also invites celebrities (who are big fans of the show, of course) into the studio to be on the program. He often has all kinds of celebrities including athletes, movie stars; TV show celebrities make an occasional guest appearance.

The term Mad Money, refers to money that one can afford to use (or lose) in the investment of stocks. The money one should have saved towards retirement, pension, and so forth, is not considered mad money.

Mad Money Notes

Noteworthy Dates for Mad Money:

March 14, 2005 - First episode of Mad Money premiers
July 20, 2005 - The Mad Money Main Event was first premiered
April 23, 2013 - Mad Money's set gets a makeover
August 4, 2014 - The show is first broadcast in 1080i HD