Overview
- Maurice DuBois announced on Instagram that his final CBS Evening News broadcast will be December 18, capping roughly 21 years with CBS properties including WCBS in New York.
- John Dickerson previously said in October that he would leave, and CBS has not named a successor, with president Tom Cibrowski praising DuBois and saying details on the program’s next chapter will come soon.
- Reporting indicates Bari Weiss has been courting outside anchor talent in recent weeks, but many potential hires are locked into contracts at other networks.
- The co-anchor format and a pivot to longer-form stories failed to boost viewership, with recent Nielsen figures showing about 4.26 million viewers versus 6.24 million for NBC and 8.27 million for ABC, and a weaker 25–54 demo.
- The Los Angeles Times reports a replacement announcement could come in January, which would mark Weiss’s first major personnel move at CBS News.