Norah O’Donnell’s last ‘CBS Evening News’ Show moved up 1 day – when is it & why the change?

Norah O’Donnell has revealed the date of its last CBS EVENING NEWS Episode. The long -time CBS anchor will take goodbye to viewers on Thursday, January 23, 2025.

The date was originally confirmed by CBS to be Friday, January 2025. On January 17, the date of her final broadcast changed to 24 hours earlier because CBS Sports covers PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open on January 24, according to Deadline. With the programming change, CBS EVENING NEWS Will only broadcast a West Coast edition on Friday and the network would have O’Donnell’s last show to be a full national broadcast.

O’Donnell stayed in Anchor Desk to held the program through Donald Trump’s inauguration. After her exit the transition begins and she steps down from her position.

Instead of replacing O’Donnell with an anchor, CBS EVENING NEWS Choosing a full renewal that will see John Dickerson and Maurice Dubois anchor from New York and lead an ensemble that includes Washington DC correspondent Margaret Brennan and weather reporter Lonnie Quinn. This comes after the show was broadcast from DC in the last five years.

O’Donnell that was anchored by Evening news In July 2019 (she previously worked at CBS MORNING desktop), does not leave the network completely. She will move to a new role as a senior correspondent, where she will contribute special reports. She will also contribute to 60 minutesAt Evening newsAnd other shows.

Her shock departure was originally announced in July 2024. At that time, executers planned to get the transition to take place directly after the election, but has now decided to wait a little longer (four days after Trump’s initiation).

According to Wendy McMahon, President and CEO of CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures, the hosting change is also coming with a new look and format.

“We would like to thank Norah for her extraordinary work with Evening news Over the past five years and we are grateful that she has decided to continue to lead our cover through the election, ”McMahon said in a statement.

She added, “Norah’s new role will give her the opportunity to contribute across CBS and Paramount so we can see more of the groundbreaking stories and interviews that have been characteristic of her career. Her superpower lies in her ability to secure and deliver great interviews and news stories that set the news cycle and catch the cultural zeitgeist. We look forward to raising and showing Norah’s reporting now and in the future. “

McMahon said O’Donnell’s decision to expand her role led to the network of “reimaginating and redesign” Evening news.

“The strength of CBS News has always been in its ensemble of journalists, both in front of and behind the camera,” McMahon said. “Our goal with John, Maurice, Margaret and Lonnie on Evening news is to raise the best in their fields every night for our viewers. In addition to this ensemble -team, we look forward to welcoming 60 minutes Correspondents for archiving to CBS EVENING NEWS When they have news to break; For decades, this was routine, so it will be again. “

When O’Donnell announced her plans to leave, she said, “It’s time to do something else,” in a memo for the staff. “This presidential election will be my seventh as a journalist, and for many of us in this business we tend to look at our career in these milestone events.”

O’Donnell became co-anchor of CBS this morning In 2012, before you became the primary anchor of the series in 2019, and replaced Jeff Glor. O’Donnell was just the third woman to anchor the show after Connie Chung and Katie Couric. She got her start as a part -time anchor in 2011 before becoming a Medanches in 2012.