Norah O’Donnell, CBS Strike New Deal for Stay at ‘Evening News’
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNorah O’Donnell and CBS News have come to terms on a new deal that will keep the anchor at “CBS Evening News” beyond the 2024 election, according to three people familiar with the matter.A CBS News spokesperson declined to offer immediate comment, and a spokeswoman for O’Donnell declined to make the anchor available for comment.
O’Donnell disclosed her new contract Friday evening while having a toast with her crew at CBS News’ Washington, D.C., facility, according to these people.The deal was cemented despite growing speculation that CBS News, under the direction of co-president Neeraj Khemlani, might seek to replace the anchor, who has seen her profile grow during a stint co-anchoring the formerly-titled “CBS This Morning” and a tenure at a “CBS Evening News” that has moved its main operation to the nation’s capital.
People familiar with the inner workings of CBS News say that O’Donnell was eager to stay in place at the news division, where she has won recognition for her investigations into how the U.S.
military handles sexual assault. To be sure, “CBS Evening News” continues to lag its main competitors, ABC’s “World News Tonight” and NBC’s “NBC Nightly News.” At the same time, the program has enjoyed a boost over its pre-pandemic performance, though its audience has begun to shrink.
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