Norah O’Donnell Exits Ahead of Hard Pivot for ‘CBS Evening News’
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Norah O’Donnell’s exit from “CBS Evening News” Thursday night wasn’t what viewers might have expected.
And the successor program that CBS intends to air in its place on Monday will have a similar quality. O’Donnell bid farewell to viewers of the long-running broadcast after a surprise taped cameo from Oprah Winfrey which celebrated the anchor and showed many highlights of her tenure.
O’Donnell thanked the audience for welcoming “hard news with heart into your homes,” and was spotted being surrounded by colleagues and family as the show’s credits began to roll.
Coming Monday: a completely overhauled edition of the program that is taking pains to break many visual ties to the days when Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather told the nation what was most important at the end of their day.
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