Updated with date change: Norah O’Donnell’s last night at anchor CBS Evening News It is now January 23, 2025, CBS confirmed on Friday.
O’Donnell, who announced in July that she was exiting the round, was scheduled to perform her final show on January 24, but due to CBS Sports’ coverage of the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open that day, CBS Evening News It will be a West Coast version only.
The network moved the date by one day so that O’Donnell’s final show would be a full national broadcast.
As previously announced, John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois will take over as lead announcers beginning January 27 CBS Evening News She returns to New York as her base after five years in Washington, DC
Previously, November 22, 2024: Norah O’Donnell’s last night at anchor CBS Evening News It will be Jan. 24, CBS News told its staff on Friday, ending its more than five-year run as well as the show’s run in Washington, D.C.
In July, O’Donnell said she planned to step out of the anchor chair after the 2024 election, moving into a new role as a senior correspondent conducting high-profile interviews. Its last day comes four days after Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States on January 20.
The move also marks John Dickerson and Maurice Dubois taking over as lead broadcasters starting January 27 as CBS Evening News She returns to New York as her home base after five years in DC
O’Donnell’s planned exit is part of broader changes being made at the evening news and news division. CBS Evening News Executive producer Adam Verdugo stepped down in early September, along with Bill Owens, executive producer of 60 minutesadding duties as a producer supervising the evening news broadcast.
In addition to the new format, plans are to bring more content to the broadcast 60 minutes Content and group of correspondents who will apply for Evening news “When they have big news to announce,” CBS News & Stations CEO Wendy McMahon wrote when Dickerson and DuBois were announced. Dickerson and DuBois will be based in New York, with a group that includes Margaret Brennan who regularly leads coverage from D.C. and Lonnie Quinn who provides weather segments.
Other changes at CBS News include Adrienne Roark and Jennifer Mitchell taking on expanded roles as part of a new leadership structure. Rourke will serve as chief editor and newsgatherer for CBS News and its stations, assuming responsibilities for Ingrid Cibrian Matthews, who resigned as president of CBS News. Rourke will lead the field, newsroom and newsgathering teams as well as CBS News Radio.
O’Donnell’s first show as a presenter was on July 15, 2019. Previously, she was a co-host of CBS This Morning Before that, he was the network’s chief correspondent in the White House.
At the time she announced her plans to leave, she said in a memo to staff: “It’s time to do something different.” “This will be my seventh presidential election as a journalist, and for many of us in this work, we tend to view our careers in terms of these important events.”
She added that she “committed long-term to CBS News to continue doing the same great storytelling and interviews that have been our hallmark.” I will continue to contribute to Evening news And all our newsletters, incl 60 minutes“.
Dominic Patten contributed to this report.