{"id":436251,"date":"2025-12-09T20:23:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/436251\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T20:23:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:23:38","slug":"report-tony-dokoupil-to-take-over-cbs-evening-news-anchor-desk-ncs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/436251\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Tony Dokoupil to take over &#8216;CBS Evening News&#8217; anchor desk &#8211; NCS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tSubscribe to NCS for the latest news, project case studies and product announcements in <strong>broadcast technology<\/strong>, <strong>creative design<\/strong> and <strong>engineering<\/strong> delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscaststudio.com\/tag\/cbs-mornings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS Mornings<\/a>\u201d anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscaststudio.com\/tag\/tony-dokoupil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Dokoupil<\/a> is reportedly the network\u2019s choice to take over the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscaststudio.com\/tag\/cbs-evening-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS Evening News<\/a>,\u201d according to a Status report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscaststudio.com\/tag\/cbs-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> has not confirmed the report.<\/p>\n<p>Dokoupil\u2019s name has been bandied about for the \u201cEvening News\u201d chair before, along with reports saying new CBS News head <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscaststudio.com\/tag\/bari-weiss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bari Weiss<\/a> was considering FNC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscaststudio.com\/tag\/bret-baier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bret Baier<\/a> or bringing back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscaststudio.com\/tag\/norah-odonnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norah O\u2019Donnell<\/a> as anchor.<\/p>\n<p>None of those reports have been confirmed and neither the network nor Baier, O\u2019Donnell or Dokoupil have commented.<\/p>\n<p>The future of the \u201cEvening\u201d anchor chair (or chairs) has been left in question after both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscaststudio.com\/tag\/john-dickerson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Dickerson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscaststudio.com\/tag\/maurice-dubois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maurice DuBois<\/a>, who took over in January 2025, announced their departures from the network at separate times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to NCS for the latest news, project case studies and product announcements in <strong>broadcast technology<\/strong>, <strong>creative design<\/strong> and <strong>engineering<\/strong> delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MjM2LDE3LDYw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dledsolutions.com\/?utm_source=NewscastStudio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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