Dokoupil, who has been part of the “CBS Mornings” team since 2019, will start his new job on Jan. 5, 2026.
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CBS says Tony Dokoupil will take over at the beginning of next year as anchor of its flagship “CBS Evening News” broadcast. He moves from the mornings, where he has been part of the anchor team for “CBS Mornings” since 2019. He represents the first major hire for Bari Weiss, the Free Press editor installed this fall as CBS News editor-in-chief following the network's corporate takeover by Paramount. Dokoupil faces a major challenge competing against the dominant David Muir of ABC's “World News Tonight,” which has nearly double the CBS audience. Dokoupil replaces the pairing of John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, who both left the network recently.
