Overview
- Multiple outlets, citing Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter, report Weiss is canvassing candidates to remake the broadcast, with Baier emerging as a marquee name under consideration.
- CBS and Fox declined to comment on the reported interest, and the discussions are characterized as exploratory rather than imminent.
- The Independent reports Weiss has also eyed Anderson Cooper and is weighing internal options such as Norah O’Donnell and Tony Dokoupil, though a source says Cooper is not interested.
- CBS Evening News shifted this year to a magazine-style format hosted by John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, and ratings have fallen from Norah O’Donnell’s tenure.
- Weiss has moved quickly since taking over, ordering detailed staff memos, intervening in bookings, elevating high-profile interviews, recruiting allies, and backing new oversight through an ombudsman.