Norah O’Donnell is returning to CBS Mornings as co-host, joining Gayle King and Nate Burleson in a new three-person on-air lineup. CBS says O’Donnell will take her seat alongside the existing hosts when the program begins the new schedule next Tuesday, Sept. 8.
The move follows changes in CBS’s broader news programming. Multiple outlets report that O’Donnell previously hosted CBS Mornings from 2012 to 2019 before moving to CBS Evening News, where she served until 2024. In addition to the morning show role, she is also described as taking on expanded duties at CBS’s 60 Minutes. Variety adds that CBS executives expect the updated arrangement to help stabilize CBS Mornings’ ratings, while other coverage focuses more on the personnel shake-up and her expanded responsibilities across the network.
Overall, sources agree the announcement centers on O’Donnell’s return to the network’s morning broadcast alongside King and Burleson, while the reports differ slightly in emphasis—ratings strategy versus career chronology and new 60 Minutes responsibilities.
