Fox Business Network host Trish Regan said ahead of the launch of her new primetime show that it is "preposterous" that rival CNBC shows "reruns of 'Shark Tank' during perhaps the biggest news cycle of our generation."

"I think politics and economics are one in the same right now," Regan told The Hill in a phone interview when asked if the show will focus more on politics than economics.

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"There’s so much breaking news that’s happening at night, at 8 o’clock. And the idea, frankly, that a news organization would be in reruns of 'Shark Tank' during perhaps the biggest news cycle of our generation, I find preposterous, but nonetheless, that’s not what we do. We’re in the news business and news doesn’t stop just because it’s 8 o’clock at night," she added.

Regan, also a former Miss New Hampshire and a classically trained singer who studied opera in Boston and Austria, says she ultimately wants one of the main takeaways for viewers to be an understanding of how certain economic news affects them personally.

"I want them to have a better understanding of their economic future and what policy is actually going to dictate their economic future," Regan said. "I love economic policy. I really get jazzed about it. I find it very exciting, and I think that pocketbook issues really are what decide elections."

"But people need to understand them, and they need to understand all aspects of it," she said. "So, when you’re are talking about trade and tariffs, what does it mean for the individual? We want our viewers to know and understand that and be comfortable with however they’re voting because they really have examined these issues."

Regan, a former reporter and host for Bloomberg and CNBC before coming to Fox Business in 2015, is set to launch "Trish Regan Primetime" at 8 p.m. EDT Monday. It will replace "Kennedy" hosted by Lisa Montgomery Kennedy, which moves to 9 p.m.

Regan's new show will compete against "Shark Tank" on CNBC, which obtained the off-network rights to the program in 2013. The show, which first aired on ABC in 2009, remains one of the Comcast-owned business network's highest-rated programs.

Fox Business's ratings have topped CNBC's for 44 straight months in the category of total viewers with an average of 201,000 viewers to CNBC's 157,000 in Business Day ratings, according to Nielsen Media Research's last quarterly report.

CNBC, however, still holds a slim lead in the key 25- to 54-year-old demographic, with an average of 26,000 viewers in the category compared with Fox Business's 23,000.

Other changes at Fox Business starting Monday include Charles Payne's "Making Money" moving from 6 p.m. ET to Regan's old spot at 2 p.m.

"The Evening Edit with Elizabeth MacDonald" will fill Payne's time slot at 6 p.m. ET, while "Bulls and Bears with David Asman" will be on at 5 p.m.

Connell McShane will take Asman's old co-hosting spot on "After the Bell" with Melissa Francis at 4 p.m.