He replaces the anchor team of John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, who both left the network in recent months.
O'Donnell is becoming a special correspondent focusing on big interviews for CBS after the presidential election.
The movers have done their job as the “CBS Evening News” sets up shop in Washington starting this week.
Gayle King will be joined by Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil as co-hosts of "CBS This Morning," and Norah O'Donnell has been named anchor and managing editor of "CBS Evening News."
The "CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor" will launch Monday night at 6 p.m. right after Channel 2 News at 5:30 p.m.
The CBS Evening News celebrates 50 years of one of their most beloved segments, “On the Road,” which features ordinary people doing incredible things across the country. Not too long ago, they were here in Reno.
Emmy-award winner and long-time member of CBS News, Jeff Glor, has been named anchor of CBS Evening News.
Scott Pelley is out as "CBS Evening News" anchor, and he'll be returning to full-time work at the network's flagship newsmagazine "60 Minutes." Anthony Mason will fill in as host until a permanent replacement is named.
Bob Schieffer, the anchor of CBS News' "Face the Nation," announced Wednesday that he will retire this summer after more than 50 years of working in journalism.
As we saw early Tuesday, plenty of voters are happy to sound-off on who they voted for...and why.