Norah O’Donnell signed off from the CBS Evening News on Thursday evening, concluding a more than five and a half year run leading the legacy news brand.
O’Donnell announced her exit last year, noting that she would remain with the program until after the presidential election. She later determined she would stay with the show through the presidential inauguration, which took place earlier this week.
To close out the final program, CBS Evening News aired a montage of O’Donnell’s tenure, narrated by Oprah Winfrey.
“This has been the honor of a lifetime to anchor this legacy broadcast,” said O’Donnell. “The CBS Evening News is, for good reason, the longest-running evening newscast in America. It is powered by the finest journalists around the world, the correspondents, producers, researchers, and crews who work tirelessly to bring you the news every night, and that won’t change, because journalism matters. I know that because I’ve heard it from so many of you, our viewers.
“So from the bottom of my heart, thank you for trusting us and welcoming hard news with heart into your homes. I will miss you too, but I will see you on CBS News programs, including Mornings, 60 Minutes, Sunday Morning, and in prime time. So for the final time, that’s tonight’s CBS Evening News. I owe it all to everybody I work with, honestly.”
With the departure of Norah O’Donnell, the evening news broadcast will move operations to New York, away from Washington D.C. Additionally, the new program will now be anchored by a rotating group featuring John Dickerson, Maurice DuBois, and Margaret Brennan.
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