“CBS Evening News,” one of America’s longest-running newscasts, is getting a significant overhaul, one that will put the role of a singular and towering Walter Cronkite-like evening news anchor in the rearview mirror.
Just two days after Norah O’Donnell announced that she would depart the show’s anchor chair this fall, CBS News executives said she would be replaced by John Dickerson, the network’s lead political analyst and the host of an evening CBS News streaming show, and Maurice DuBois, a longtime anchor for the CBS affiliate in New York.
Additionally, the network named Lonnie Quinn, a local weatherman and Mr. DuBois’s colleague at WCBS-TV, the first-ever chief weathercaster for “Evening News.” Other veteran CBS journalists, like Jim Axelrod, Steve Hartman and Margaret Brennan, are expected to be regular presences on the show, as will other correspondents.
Mr. DuBois and Mr. Quinn will continue in their local roles as well, the network said.
In some ways, the program, with dedicated weather segments and a cast of frequently appearing correspondents, may resemble something closer to a morning show, or a local newscast.
Persons:
Walter Cronkite, Norah O’Donnell, John Dickerson, Maurice DuBois, Lonnie Quinn, DuBois’s, Jim Axelrod, Steve Hartman, Margaret Brennan, DuBois, Quinn
Organizations:
CBS Evening, CBS, WCBS, “ Evening
Locations:
New York