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CBS This Morning is once again shaking up its morning lineup with the addition of former NFL player Nate Burleson!

CBS This Morning is shaking up its co-host lineup, with Nate Burleson joining the show in September.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThere will be a new face waiting to greet viewers at “CBS This Morning.”Nate Burleson, the former NFL wide receiver and current CBS Sports football analyst, is joining the program, according to three people familiar with the matter. These people said Burleson is seen as a potential successor to some of the current anchors at the show, and they suggest it’s possible that the move will break up the current group of co-anchors, Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil.  King has been with “CBS This Morning” since 2012 and has stood at the center of the show since it was revamped following the departure of Charlie Rose, has a contract that ends next year.

CBS This Morning will move to a new studio in Times Square, as it sets up its broadcast from ViacomCBS’ world headquarters at 1515 Broadway.

explosive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, which drew 17.1 million sets of eyeballs — to hear the media mogul’s take on the couple’s rift with the royal family. According to Nielsen, “CBS This Morning” on Monday CBS captured an average of nearly 4.8 million viewers with over 1 million of them in the most-coveted advertiser demographic, people between the ages of 25 and 54.“Today,” meanwhile, took in just under 3.2 million viewers with 1 million of them from the coveted demo, while “GMA” reeled in 3.4 million, of which 872,000 were in the demo.

CBS has named Shawna Thomas executive producer of CBS This Morning, its flagship morning news program. Thomas will join the program, which is anchored by Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil, on Feb.

By Denise Petski

“CBS This Morning” has opted to keep its three anchors working from home in light of the expanding coronavirus crisis in New York.

CBS This Morning co-anchor Anthony Mason is the latest TV personality to work from home after possible exposure to the novel coronavirus. The longtime CBS News journalist, who joined Wednesday's edition of the show via video from his New York City home, said he was "self-quarantining" after he had contact with a family member who displayed one of the latest, possible coronavirus symptoms, a loss of taste and smell, but has not yet tested positive for the virus.

“CBS This Morning” co-anchor Anthony Mason has shifted to work-from-home mode as of Wednesday after a family member began to exhibit possible symptoms of coronavirus.

“CBS This Morning” co-anchor Anthony Mason has shifted to work-from-home mode as of Wednesday after a family member began to exhibit possible symptoms of coronavirus.

Ted Johnson As New York City entered a phase two of reopening to the coronavirus crisis, CBS This Morning and Fox & Friends anchors returned to their studios.For nearly 100 days, CBS This Morning has been away from CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street. The network shut down the facility after multiple employees tested positive for coronavirus.“I couldn’t sleep last night, so I’m either nervous or excited.