froyo49 230 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) From Brian Stelter's Reliable Sources newsletter: Norah O'Donnell renews with CBS News Quote "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell has renewed with the network through the 2024 election and beyond, Puck's Dylan Byers reported Friday night. He pointed out that O'Donnell, whose deal was coming due, has been subjected to "endless industry gossip." This news should put it to rest for a while, at least. A person with knowledge of the matter confirmed the deal. A network rep did not immediately respond to a request for comment. This news comes on the heels of Gayle Kingrenewing at "CBS Mornings" and Robert Costa joining the network... The link to the story referenced in the newsletter: https://puck.news/norah-odonnell-makes-her-next-career-move/ Edited April 9, 2022 by froyo49 1 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-272182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 2190 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 7 minutes ago, froyo49 said: From Brian Stelter's Reliable Sources newsletter: Norah O'Donnell renews with CBS News The link to the story referenced in the newsletter: https://puck.news/norah-odonnell-makes-her-next-career-move/ I'm actually surprised by this. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-272184 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Kissel 283 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 6 hours ago, froyo49 said: From Brian Stelter's Reliable Sources newsletter: Norah O'Donnell renews with CBS News The link to the story referenced in the newsletter: https://puck.news/norah-odonnell-makes-her-next-career-move/ I'm surprised as well. Good luck continuing to be in 3rd place CBS as I continue to watch David Muir and Lester Holt. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-272196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2446 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 I had a feeling something regarding a deal was happening as the Grammys had promos for her in full-throat on Sunday; they wouldn't have done that if they were pushing her out the door. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-272214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 1054 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) 18 hours ago, iron_lion said: I'm actually surprised by this. I think they realize that no matter who they brought in as a replacement, it wasn't going to lift them out of third place. It makes sense to continue to strengthen the CBS News brand and devote both time and resources to that effort rather than trying to find yet another anchor for CBSEN. Sometimes you have to resign yourself to certain things (at least for the time being). Edited April 9, 2022 by jase 11 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-272215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 864 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 On 4/9/2022 at 5:03 PM, jase said: I think they realize that no matter who they brought in as a replacement, it wasn't going to lift them out of third place. It makes sense to continue to strengthen the CBS News brand and devote both time and resources to that effort rather than trying to find yet another anchor for CBSEN. Sometimes you have to resign yourself to certain things (at least for the time being). Constantly changing the anchors isn't ideal, but I can also understand the mindset of "We can pay someone much less to keep us in third place." 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-272282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbsgeo 25 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Today, Lester and David were anchoring their respective evening news shows from Brooklyn while Norah stayed in Washington. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-272331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodfreyGR 652 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 1 hour ago, geojustiniano said: Today, Lester and David were anchoring their respective evening news shows from Brooklyn while Norah stayed in Washington. Doing your show from the nation's capital has some advantages... You main anchor stationed there when news breaks in America's largest city isn't one of them. 2 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-272335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Kissel 283 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Does anyone think the CBS Evening News is prerecorded? Look at the clock on this picture. 4:30 PM? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-272347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 864 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 13 hours ago, geojustiniano said: Today, Lester and David were anchoring their respective evening news shows from Brooklyn while Norah stayed in Washington. Does a shooting where no one even suffered life-threatening injuries really warrant national anchors on the scene? Sometimes events in New York get treated with exaggerated importance simply because it seems so much bigger to the entire staff. I was working at at station one night when there was a minor car accident outside the front of the building during our newscast. People in the newsroom got excited and sent a photographer down there because they wanted video on the air as soon as possible. In the minutes that followed, cooler heads prevailed and it was determined that it shouldn't even register as a story. Clearly a subway shooting is a much larger story but I think network producers based in New York need to take a breath. 5 2 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-272355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 823 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Kenneth Kissel said: Does anyone think the CBS Evening News is prerecorded? Look at the clock on this picture. 4:30 PM? portions of all network evening newscasts are pre-recorded, including headlines and some anchor interviews with experts, newsmakers and correspondents. 14 hours ago, geojustiniano said: Today, Lester and David were anchoring their respective evening news shows from Brooklyn while Norah stayed in Washington. it’s great that Lester and David made it to the scene, but it didn’t add to or take away from coverage by the anchor being there or not. Edited April 13, 2022 by wabceyewitness 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-272356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 2190 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) On 4/13/2022 at 8:28 AM, Geoffrey said: Does a shooting where no one even suffered life-threatening injuries really warrant national anchors on the scene? Sometimes events in New York get treated with exaggerated importance simply because it seems so much bigger to the entire staff. I was working at at station one night when there was a minor car accident outside the front of the building during our newscast. People in the newsroom got excited and sent a photographer down there because they wanted video on the air as soon as possible. In the minutes that followed, cooler heads prevailed and it was determined that it shouldn't even register as a story. Clearly a subway shooting is a much larger story but I think network producers based in New York need to take a breath. I get this pov. I will say that the idea of a mass shooting/smoke bombing in the NYC Subway, the climax of years of being dangerous, is what drew the national hype. Add a manhunt to that and it's the perfect storm for media hype. International stations like 9 Australia were covering it. I even had relatives calling me from out of state to check to see if everything was alright. Edited April 18, 2022 by iron_lion 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-272357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin M. 94 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 14 hours ago, Geoffrey said: I was working at at station one night when there was a minor car accident outside the front of the building during our newscast. People in the newsroom got excited and sent a photographer down there because they wanted video on the air as soon as possible. In the minutes that followed, cooler heads prevailed and it was determined that it shouldn't even register as a story. That reminds me of what happened at WLS-TV in Chicago more than 15 years ago when a car plowed into street-level studio sending Ravi Benchwal into a panic. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-272387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 2190 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Norah O Donnel off on two critical nights. Is she on vacation or sick? 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-273585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd285 53 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 54 minutes ago, iron_lion said: Norah O Donnel off on two critical nights. Is she on vacation or sick? She tested positive for COVID a few nights back. 1 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-273586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveNews 372 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Who is Norah's main fill in person when she's out? Gayle? Tony Dokoupil? One of the CBSEN weekend anchors? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-273587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5585 Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 Since the show is based in D.C., I feel like I've seen Major Garrett fill in, in most cases. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-273590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsjunkie24 506 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 16 hours ago, 24994J said: Since the show is based in D.C., I feel like I've seen Major Garrett fill in, in most cases. Sounds about right to me. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-273611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 938 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 New York Post article on O'Donnell (CBS denies they were looking to replace O'Donnell) https://nypost.com/2022/06/02/norah-odonnells-salary-slashed-by-more-than-half-at-cbs-evening-news/ 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-273811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Kissel 283 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 1 hour ago, TheRob said: New York Post article on O'Donnell (CBS denies they were looking to replace O'Donnell) https://nypost.com/2022/06/02/norah-odonnells-salary-slashed-by-more-than-half-at-cbs-evening-news/ Paramount can deny it all they want but CBS was trying to replace Norah because Norah is terrible at doing the CBS Evening News. Ratings haven't been this bad since Dan Rather was at the network. Even Katie Couric had better ratings as the anchor then Norah has now. There is a reason why morale is at an all time low at CBS, it starts with Norah and ends with her too. 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-273816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 864 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 If CBS really considered putting Tony Dokoupil as the Evening News anchor, they're signaling that they never really do learn from their past mistakes. 7 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-273827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnewsjunkie 1443 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 I guess when you have a penny-pinching, micro-managing boss, an alleged narcissist as your chief anchor, and friction between the two, that doesn’t translate to high ratings or a good product. The relationship between O’Donnell and CBS News seems to be a marriage of convenience, and a dysfunctional one at that. 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-273832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrogo 196 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 All the replies above this are spot on, couldn’t say it better. I think the gem of this article is: “As previously reported by The Post, O’Donnell’s predecessor Jeff Glor was making a modest $2 million.” So Jeff did it for $2M, they fired him, signed Norah for $8M for the same result, now have Norah at $3.8M. Seems like Jeff really got screwed. 7 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-273848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnewsjunkie 1443 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 34 minutes ago, jrogo said: All the replies above this are spot on, couldn’t say it better. I think the gem of this article is: “As previously reported by The Post, O’Donnell’s predecessor Jeff Glor was making a modest $2 million.” So Jeff did it for $2M, they fired him, signed Norah for $8M for the same result, now have Norah at $3.8M. Seems like Jeff really got screwed. Imho, CBS screwed themselves more than they screwed Jeff. One can argue that Jeff somehow has the better end of the deal today. He works almost exclusively on Saturday mornings with a good cohort of people, and might even get another shot at the big chair down the road if/when CBS decides to fill its ranks with people who know what the hell they’re doing. In the meantime, he can sit comfortably knowing that he’s not involved with this current fiasco. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-273849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Kissel 283 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 8 minutes ago, nycnewsjunkie said: Imho, CBS screwed themselves more than they screwed Jeff. One can argue that Jeff somehow has the better end of the deal today. He works almost exclusively on Saturday mornings with a good cohort of people, and might even get another shot at the big chair down the road if/when CBS decides to fill its ranks with people who know what the hell they’re doing. In the meantime, he can sit comfortably knowing that he’s not involved with this current fiasco. Jeff could do so much better if he was with NBC or ABC. We saw it with Tom Llamas when he switched from ABC to NBC. I could also see Jeff Glor do what Russ Mitchell did with WKYC. There are still stations that will hire network talent for the right price. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/27/#findComment-273851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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