CBS Names Tony Dokoupil Anchor of Evening News

CBS News has appointed Tony Dokoupil, a co-host of its morning program, as the new anchor of the CBS Evening News, marking the first major on-air change under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. The announcement came Wednesday during a segment on CBS Mornings, where Dokoupil's colleagues Gayle King and Nate Burleson celebrated the move. Dokoupil, 44, will take over the solo anchor role starting January 5, succeeding the departing co-anchors John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois.

The Evening News, the network's flagship nightly broadcast with a legacy dating back decades and former anchors including Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather, has struggled in recent years to compete with ABC's World News Tonight and NBC's Nightly News in viewership. Dokoupil's selection returns the program to a single-anchor format after the short-lived dual setup with Dickerson and DuBois, who joined last year and announced their exits in recent months. Dickerson, a 16-year veteran at CBS, left in October, while DuBois, a 21-year employee, followed in December.

Weiss, who assumed her role in October following the acquisition of CBS's parent company Paramount by Skydance Media, has prioritized revitalizing the news...