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Norah O'Donnell is returning to CBS Mornings as a co-host alongside Gayle King and Nate Burleson under Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, amid mixed viewer reactions. She responded to critics on social media with lines like 'This makes no sense. Watch our show' and 'You are obviously not watching the shows,' signaling support for Weiss while CBS News staff defenses and changes continue.
Norah O’Donnell is returning to CBS Mornings to co-anchor with Gayle King and Nate Burleson after leading CBS Evening News, and she urged liberal critics of Bari Weiss to tune in as Weiss leads a major CBS News overhaul that includes firings at 60 Minutes; the piece notes Weiss’s aim to appeal to the political center, ties the shakeup to Paramount boss David Ellison and a broader strategy amid a potential Warner Bros. Discovery merger delayed by an antitrust suit, and highlights O’Donnell’s Instagram responses encouraging viewers to give the show a chance.
CBS News anchor Norah O'Donnell is returning to CBS Mornings as a co-host with Gayle King, and quickly waded into controversy by defending both herself and Bari Weiss amid backlash over the network’s MAGA-leaning leadership. The piece notes fans' criticism of the CBS shift following Skydance’s takeover and discusses the tense dynamic between O'Donnell and Weiss, with commenters weighing in on whether CBS’s political tilt fits their viewing preferences.
Norah O'Donnell is returning to CBS Mornings as a co-host alongside Gayle King and Nate Burleson, while remaining a full-time 60 Minutes correspondent. The move kicks off CBS News' planned revamp of the morning show, aiming for a faster pace, more live interviews, and a discussion-oriented format to boost ratings against NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America.
Norah O'Donnell is returning to CBS Mornings as a co-host with Gayle King and Nate Burleson, a homecoming that accompanies CBS News' broader reshuffle, including Tony Dokoupil moving to the Evening News and O'Donnell expanding her role at 60 Minutes.
Norah O'Donnell is returning to CBS Mornings as a co-anchor alongside Gayle King and Nate Burleson, while also joining 60 Minutes as a correspondent and launching a women’s health podcast. CBS hopes her hard-news credibility will stabilize a program that has trailed Today and GMA, by adding more live, in-the-moment discussions and stronger interviews.
Bari Weiss, head of CBS News, reportedly seeks fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo for a CBS role as part of a broader network overhaul. Cuomo, now with NewsNation after CNN fired him in 2021, has allegedly texted and even dined with Weiss, but his ongoing multi-year deal with NewsNation and his CNN firing complicate a move. Weiss is also linked to bringing Norah O'Donnell into CBS Mornings amid other shake‑ups, while Tony Dokoupil’s ratings slip and 60 Minutes undergoes changes. No formal deal has been announced.
New Yorker staff writer Ariel Levy is joining CBS News' 60 Minutes as a contributor, part of a broader May overhaul that has added new talent like Ross Douthat and Sebastian Junger; Levy, memoirist and host of The Just Enough Family podcast, will join Norah O'Donnell and the show's expanded team.
60 Minutes announced a major staffing refresh: Ross Douthat joins as a correspondent, with Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni, and Trevor Phillips as new contributors. Norah O'Donnell is promoted to full-time correspondent, while long-tenured hosts Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim remain. The season starts September 13 as the network navigates ongoing fallout from recent departures and questions of editorial independence.
CBS News is reshaping 60 Minutes for its upcoming season under new executive producer Nick Bilton, adding Norah O'Donnell as a correspondent along with Ross Douthat, Sebastian Junger, Gianna Tononi and Trevor Phillips, as part of a broader overhaul after Bari Weiss's shake-up; O'Donnell returns to the program after years as a senior correspondent, and the show will feature veteran reporters Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim when the season begins in mid-September.
Conservative NYT columnist Ross Douthat is joining CBS News's 60 Minutes as a correspondent in a major program shakeup led by new editor Bari Weiss, with Norah O'Donnell also joining; the network fired several 60 Minutes correspondents and a top producer, while new contributors including Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni, and Trevor Phillips were announced and longtime anchors like Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim remain on the show.
CBS’s 60 Minutes is adding Ross Douthat, Norah O’Donnell, Sebastian Junger, Trevor Phillips, and Gianna Toboni as contributors for its 59th season, joining veteran correspondents Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker, in the wake of CBS News’s leadership shakeup led by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and new executive producer Nick Bilton.
60 Minutes is reshaping its lineup under Bari Weiss by hiring high-profile talent: Ross Douthat becomes a correspondent, Sebastian Junger and Gianna Toboni join as contributors, Norah O'Donnell is promoted to correspondent, and Trevor Phillips is named a contributor, with Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim remaining. The changes follow exits of Scott Pelley, Anderson Cooper, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega and aim to broaden the show's reach with multimedia journalists.
During a 60 Minutes interview, President Donald Trump attacked Norah O'Donnell after she read from a gunman’s manifesto tied to the White House Correspondents' Dinner, declaring himself not a pedophile and calling her a “horrible” and “stupid” reporter, a pattern of lashing out at female reporters that the White House says is unrelated to gender.
During a taped 60 Minutes interview about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, Norah O’Donnell read part of the suspect’s manifesto and asked Trump about it; Trump denounced the reading as for 'horrible people,' insisted he isn’t a pedophile, and claimed he was exonerated, while blasting O’Donnell as a 'disgrace' and recounting the chaotic security moment at the WHCD. The suspect, identified as Cole Allen, faces federal charges, and the interview aired that evening.