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Al Ortiz, a CBS News veteran who has been serving as interim executive producer of CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell, announced that he will retire later this summer. Ortiz stepped into the role at the evening newscast after the departure of Jay Shaylor last year. On Wednesday morning’s editorial call, Ortiz said…

UPDATED, Saturday April 9, 9:37 AM PT: CBS News confirmed that Norah O’Donnell has re-signed to CBS Evening News, which she has anchored since 2019. The new contract will keep her in place past the 2024 election, according to a source close to the situation. PREVIOUSLY: Norah O’Donnell has extended her contract at CBS…

CBS News is rebranding its streaming channels as CBS News Streaming Network, with a new slate of programming featuring more of the network’s broadcast talent, including a Person to Person series hosted by Norah O’Donnell and Gayle King tapped to anchor the first of new CBS Reports documentary projects. Other shows…

Norah O’Donnell on Tuesday kicked off a CBS News series on how the military has failed to address domestic violence, a two-year investigative project that builds on extensive earlier reporting about sexual assault in the armed forces. The CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor told Deadline that “reporting on…

CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell landed an interview with Charlotte Bennett, the former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is one of three women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. In the interview, Bennett dismissed Cuomo’s apology, which he made at a press appearance  Wednesday. She told O’Donnell…

CBS News aired another excerpt of Norah O’Donnell’s interview with Joe Biden as part of the network’s Super Bowl pre-game coverage, and the president was asked whether he could go to vaccine manufacturers Moderna and Pfizer and tell them that the country urgently needs more production. “Yes. I think, because we’ve…

President Joe Biden says that Donald Trump should not receive intelligence briefings even though they typically have been given to previous former presidents. In his first sit-down interview with a network since becoming president, Biden told CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell that he doesn’t think Trump should…

As the final days of the 2020 presidential race focus on swing state rallies and the latest batch of polling, a story last week was a reminder of another concern amid all of the anxiousness: foreign interference. On Thursday, CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell interviewed Dan Coats, the…

As the United States inches closer to November 3 in one of the most crucial and history-making elections, stakes are high and the country is on their toes. Next Sunday, 60 Minutes will put a spotlight on the election next week with interviews featuring presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Lesley Stahl…

CBS News will base its election night coverage from Times Square for the first time, in ViacomCBS’s headquarters at 1515 Broadway. The network on Thursday announced its plans for coverage of Nov. 3, with a heavy emphasis on its reporting team, visual graphics and exit and polling data. The biggest scrutiny, though…

UPDATED with CBS News statement & Norah O’Donnell video: Despite a technical glitch putting the kibosh on Tuesday’s East Coast airing of CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, the show will go on. A 6:30 PM PT West Coast edition of the network's evening news will air as planned, sources tell Deadline. Earlier Tuesday…

Donald Trump fumed over a 60 Minutes segment in which Norah O’Donnell interviewed coronavirus whistleblower Rick Bright, with the president going so far as to suggest that ViacomCBS chairwoman Shari Redstone “knows how to make things right.” Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development…