‘CBS Evening News’ Gets Streaming Companion ‘CBS Evening News Plus’
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor A new, retooled “CBS Evening News” won’t launch until early next year, but it already has a sequel.
CBS News unveiled plans Wednesday to launch “CBS Evening News Plus,” a 30-minute continuation of its overhauled flagship newscast that will stream online and air on certain CBS-owned stations.
Already, the new half-hour program, which will be anchored by John Dickerson, will appear on KCBS in Los Angeles, KPIX in San Francisco, KOVR in Sacramento and WFOR in Miami. “John is a true multiplatform journalist.
From TV to streaming… from podcasting to magazines and books… John has a command of distilling news and storylines for diverse audiences amid a firehose of information and headlines,” said Wendy McMahon, president and CEO of CBS’ news, stations and syndication operations, in a memo to staffers. “These capabilities will fuel a lot of what we’ll see nightly on ‘CBS Evening News Plus.'” Watching the network evening-news has for decades been a standalone experience.
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