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UPDATED: Norah O’Donnell’s first broadcast of CBS Evening News from her permanent home in D.C. posted its highest audience numbers since its July debut. The broadcast on Monday drew 6.8 million total viewers and 1.4 million viewers among those in the key 25-54 demographic, according to fast national numbers from…

Norah O’Donnell told viewers on Monday that CBS Evening News was starting a “new era” with its first broadcast since officially moving to Washington, D.C., the only broadcast network newscast to originate from the nation’s capital. CBS is hoping that leaving New York distinguishes the broadcast from ABC World News Toni…

Meg Oliver has been named a correspondent for CBS News, based in New York. Oliver has been with CBS Newspath, the newsgathering service for CBS stations and international broadcasters, for the past two years, and she has reported on stories including the California dive boat fire; the wildfires in Paradise, Calif.…

Fox News subscription streaming extension Fox Nation has announced Lara Logan, a former CBS News and 60 Minutes correspondent, as host of a four-part documentary series that will debut in January. No Agenda with Lara Logan will feature four 90-minute installments each comprised of four episodes that will be released…

UPDATE: All of the major broadcast networks will pre-empt regular programming on Wednesday and Friday for coverage of the first public hearings of the impeachment inquiry. ABC and NBC announced their lineups for the hearings on Monday, joining CBS and PBS, which announced their plans last week. The hearings will start…

Catherine Herridge, who has been with Fox News since its launch year of 1996, is joining CBS News as senior investigative correspondent. Herridge will cover national security and intelligence issues and report original investigations. She will be based in Washington, and start in November. "Catherine Herridge is a…

Errol Barnett has been named national correspondent at CBS News, based in New York, reporting for CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell, CBS This Morning, and the digital streaming service CBSN. Barnett, who joined CBS News in 2016 as a correspondent based in Washington, recently was the only network journalist to fly…

CBS News and Quibi are teaming on a weekly news program as part of a licensing deal with 60 Minutes. Under the pact, 60 Minutes will produce 60 In 6, a weekly program targeted toward an audience consuming content on mobile phones. A team of dedicated correspondents and producers will report for 60 In 6, delivering an…

Jim Axelrod is expanding his role at CBS News. The network has named Axelrod chief investigative and senior national correspondent. He begins his new role immediately. Previously, Axelrod was the senior national correspondent for CBS News, reporting for CBS This Morning, the CBS Evening News, CBS Sunday Morning and…

Justin Fairfax, the lieutenant governor of Virginia, filed a $400 million defamation lawsuit against CBS on Thursday after the network aired two interviews with women who accused him of sexual assault. Gayle King interviewed the two women, Vanessa Tyson and Meredith Watson, for airing on CBS This Morning. Fairfax…

EXCLUSIVE: Samantha Graham, who joined CBS News in 2016 as executive director of communications, has been promoted to vice president. Graham has primarily focused on CBS This Morning and CBS This Morning: Saturday. CBS has sought to differentiate its morning show from Today and Good Morning America by emphasizing news…

TV pundits seem to have come to the same conclusion about special counsel Robert Mueller’s damning testimony before Congress this morning: Mueller is boring. (Watch the livestream here.) Mueller’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on the subject of obstruction of justice reiterated a number of his report…