The broadcast, which officially relaunched Monday, Jan. 5, 2025, but had a soft launch of sorts Jan. 3, 2025, due to breaking news out of Venezuela, moved former “ CBS Mornings ” co-anchor Tony Dokoupil into the anchor chair.

Tony Dokoupil followed up his rough opening night in the CBS Evening News anchor’s chair by gushing over Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Dokoupil concluded Tuesday night’s broadcast with a segment about the “many lives and many jobs” of Rubio,

Tony Dokoupil, Bari Weiss' pick to try to turn around the ratings-challenged "CBS Evening News," vowed that the nightly news program he will anchor starting next week will be "more accountable and more transparent" than under legendary broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite.

But, wouldn’t you know it, international events have conspired to force CBS Evening News to start loving America even more swiftly than expected, as Variety reports that the United States’ Saturday morning invasion of Venezuela has apparently prompted the show to put Dokoupil on the air two days early,

The Bari Weiss era at CBS News has resulted in the shift from CBS Mornings to the anchor desk for the CBS Evening News. The change for Tony Dokupil comes on January 5, 2026. As the Paramount unit sees it, the shift ushers in “an ambitious new ...

NEW YORK (CBS News/WCSC) — “CBS Mornings” anchor Tony Dokoupil has been named the new anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” the network announced on Wednesday. Dokoupil, who currently shares coanchoring duties with Gayle King and Nate Burleson on the ...

Tony Dokoupil will take over as the new anchor of “CBS Evening News,” the network announced on Wednesday. Dokoupil, 44, is currently one of three anchors of “CBS Mornings,” which he has co-hosted with Gayle King and Nate Burleson since 2019.