Norah O'Donnell Off CBS Evening News!

Norah O'Donnell out.

After five years of anchoring CBS Evening News, Norah O'Donnell has announced she will step down from the role soon as the 2024 U.S. Elections ends.

The anchor who joined CBS since 2011 will continue to be on the network as a special correspondent and contributor to 60 Minutes.

A source confirmed to Mediaite that O’Donnell is relinquishing her role as the anchor and managing editor of the network’s nightly news broadcast, a position she’s held since 2019. Puck’s Dylan Byers was first to report the news, which he obtained through an interview with O’Donnell, who scored a series of major interviews with world leaders from her perch at CBS but languished in third place in the ratings, behind the flagship programs from NBC News and ABC News.

The change is a big one for CBS, and lots of eyes will be on the network as it determines what happens next with the stories evening newscast, which has counted Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather among its former anchors.

O’Donnell replaced Jeff Glor as the face of the network’s flagship news program as anchor and managing editor in July 2019 with a renewal of her deal that was to run through to the 2024 election. She has led CBS News’ flagship broadcast from Washington, D.C.

Previously, O’Donnell was co-host of CBS This Morning since 2012. Before that, she served as CBS News’ chief White House correspondent during the President Barack Obama administration.