One of Bari Weiss’s top priorities as editor in chief of CBS News has been to chart a future for the network’s sagging evening news broadcast, which has languished behind its competitors on NBC and ABC. On Wednesday, Weiss promoted Tony Dokoupil, the co-host of the network’s morning show, to serve as the next anchor of CBS Evening News starting 5 January.
In her first few weeks on the job, Weiss expressed interest in a handful of top anchors from rival networks, including Bret Baier and Dana Perino at Fox News, but both are locked into long-term contracts. Looking internally, Dokoupil, 44, was seen as a strong contender, along with Norah O’Donnell, who anchored the show from 2019 to 2025.
