Some people gird for battle by putting on armor. Tony Dokoupil just bought a second pair of dress shoes.
“I’ve had the same pair of brown, beat-up, nasty dress shoes — my good shoes. I’ve been wearing them for several years now,” the “CBS Mornings” co-anchor confides in a recent interview.
Dokoupil, 41 years old, has reason to refresh his wardrobe. He and CBS News have renewed his contract, locking in the team behind the network’s morning news program– Gayle King and Nate Burleson also co-anchor the show, while Vladimir Duthiers is a daily contributor — for the next few years. It’s a sign that CBS and parent company Paramount Global are confident in the show, which, even though it remains in third place behind ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “Today,” has been making viewership gains in important categories as the current battle for A.M.
“I’ve had the same pair of brown, beat-up, nasty dress shoes — my good shoes. I’ve been wearing them for several years now,” the “CBS Mornings” co-anchor confides in a recent interview.
Dokoupil, 41 years old, has reason to refresh his wardrobe. He and CBS News have renewed his contract, locking in the team behind the network’s morning news program– Gayle King and Nate Burleson also co-anchor the show, while Vladimir Duthiers is a daily contributor — for the next few years. It’s a sign that CBS and parent company Paramount Global are confident in the show, which, even though it remains in third place behind ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “Today,” has been making viewership gains in important categories as the current battle for A.M.
- 6/27/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Tony Dokoupil has recently traveled to Medyka in Poland, Miami and Minneapolis, too. Over the course of a career in journalism, he has visited all 50 states in the U.S. Even so, he will be stepping onto new terrain when he launches a new series on Thursday on “CBS Mornings.”
As part of “Mornings in the Metaverse,” set to air weekly, Dokoupil will take viewers of the CBS News program into the virtual-reality realm that experts are predicting will eat up more of our overall bandwidth in months and years to come. In real life, the anchor might use a microphone to interview passers-by, all with a camera crew in town. When he used a Meta headset to visit a virtual-reality venue recently, Dokoupil brought producers with him, who used their line-of-sight with their own headsets as ersatz cameras to capture the conversations he had with other users.
The interviews...
As part of “Mornings in the Metaverse,” set to air weekly, Dokoupil will take viewers of the CBS News program into the virtual-reality realm that experts are predicting will eat up more of our overall bandwidth in months and years to come. In real life, the anchor might use a microphone to interview passers-by, all with a camera crew in town. When he used a Meta headset to visit a virtual-reality venue recently, Dokoupil brought producers with him, who used their line-of-sight with their own headsets as ersatz cameras to capture the conversations he had with other users.
The interviews...
- 3/30/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Gayle King and Vlad Duthiers tested positive for Covid, forcing CBS Mornings to take a series of steps as a precaution.
At 7:30 Am, co-anchor Tony Dokoupil went to King, who was appearing from inside a van outside the studio.
“I never expected to be sitting in a van,” she said. “I came, ready to go to work. There was an exposure. I have had a test, and now we are waiting for the results of my test. So rather than take a chance and hurt anyone else, or somebody else would be affected, I am down in my van. Rather than isolating in her office, King said that she wanted to appear on the show to present her interview with the parents of Bakari Henderson. She said that she was “stunned” by the positive test, given that she has routinely tested negative.
Dokoupil later said that that King and Duthiers had tested positive.
At 7:30 Am, co-anchor Tony Dokoupil went to King, who was appearing from inside a van outside the studio.
“I never expected to be sitting in a van,” she said. “I came, ready to go to work. There was an exposure. I have had a test, and now we are waiting for the results of my test. So rather than take a chance and hurt anyone else, or somebody else would be affected, I am down in my van. Rather than isolating in her office, King said that she wanted to appear on the show to present her interview with the parents of Bakari Henderson. She said that she was “stunned” by the positive test, given that she has routinely tested negative.
Dokoupil later said that that King and Duthiers had tested positive.
- 2/10/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
When Nate Burleson joins Gayle King and Tony Dokoupil as co-host of CBS’s morning show next month, the program will have a new look, theme and name: CBS Mornings.
The changes, to launch on Sept. 7, will connect all of the morning shows together with some of the elements of its long running CBS Sunday Morning, which has long topped its time period on weekends, including the use of the sun logo and trumpet music, Gottfried Reiche’s Abblasen.
The first hour of the weekday broadcast will still be devoted to hard news and conversation, while the second hour will feature expanded feature reporting, a central part of the Sunday show, as well as live interviews, arts and culture pieces from Anthony Mason, who recently was co-host, and Vlad Duthiers with the What to Watch segment.
In addition to Burleson’s debut, CBS Mornings will broadcast from a new Times Square studio,...
The changes, to launch on Sept. 7, will connect all of the morning shows together with some of the elements of its long running CBS Sunday Morning, which has long topped its time period on weekends, including the use of the sun logo and trumpet music, Gottfried Reiche’s Abblasen.
The first hour of the weekday broadcast will still be devoted to hard news and conversation, while the second hour will feature expanded feature reporting, a central part of the Sunday show, as well as live interviews, arts and culture pieces from Anthony Mason, who recently was co-host, and Vlad Duthiers with the What to Watch segment.
In addition to Burleson’s debut, CBS Mornings will broadcast from a new Times Square studio,...
- 8/31/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS News wants to spread some of its venerable newsmagazine “Sunday Morning” to other days of the week.
Starting September 7, the entire CBS morning schedule will be treated as a larger franchise, with weekdays and Saturdays featuring some of the in-depth and longform features for which the Sunday show — a TV-news institution — is best known.
The weekday program, which features Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and new co-host Nate Burleson, will be retitled “CBS Mornings,” and will be part of a lineup that includes “CBS Saturday Morning” and “CBS Sunday Morning.” Once known as “CBS This Morning,” the show will continue to highlight the breaking news of the day and the interactions of its hosts, but place new emphasis on longform stories in its second hour. The Saturday and Sunday shows, hosted by Jeff Glor, Dana Jacobson and Michelle Miller and by Jane Pauley, respectively, will continue with the formats to which their viewers are accustomed.
Starting September 7, the entire CBS morning schedule will be treated as a larger franchise, with weekdays and Saturdays featuring some of the in-depth and longform features for which the Sunday show — a TV-news institution — is best known.
The weekday program, which features Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and new co-host Nate Burleson, will be retitled “CBS Mornings,” and will be part of a lineup that includes “CBS Saturday Morning” and “CBS Sunday Morning.” Once known as “CBS This Morning,” the show will continue to highlight the breaking news of the day and the interactions of its hosts, but place new emphasis on longform stories in its second hour. The Saturday and Sunday shows, hosted by Jeff Glor, Dana Jacobson and Michelle Miller and by Jane Pauley, respectively, will continue with the formats to which their viewers are accustomed.
- 8/31/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Nate Burleson To Join ‘CBS This Morning’ As Co-Host, Anthony Mason To Move To Culture Reporting Role
CBS This Morning is shaking up its co-host lineup, with Nate Burleson joining the show in September.
Burleson will join Gayle King and Tony Dokoupil on the show. Burleson had guest hosted Ctm in May.
Anthony Mason, co-host since 2019, will shift to a role as reporter on culture.
The network said that Burleson will continue as an analyst on The NFL Today. He joined CBS Sports in 2017.
Burleson’s new role was part of a new agreement with the network for the former NFL player. It also includes appearances on Nickelodeon, while he’ll have an expanded role on the NFL Network.
The changes are the latest for the show since Shawna Thomas joined as executive producer earlier this year, with plans to move to a new Times Square studio this fall. They also are the latest changes at the news division since Neeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon were named...
Burleson will join Gayle King and Tony Dokoupil on the show. Burleson had guest hosted Ctm in May.
Anthony Mason, co-host since 2019, will shift to a role as reporter on culture.
The network said that Burleson will continue as an analyst on The NFL Today. He joined CBS Sports in 2017.
Burleson’s new role was part of a new agreement with the network for the former NFL player. It also includes appearances on Nickelodeon, while he’ll have an expanded role on the NFL Network.
The changes are the latest for the show since Shawna Thomas joined as executive producer earlier this year, with plans to move to a new Times Square studio this fall. They also are the latest changes at the news division since Neeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon were named...
- 8/11/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
There will be a surprising new face waiting to greet viewers at “CBS This Morning.”
Nate Burleson, the former NFL wide receiver and current CBS Sports football analyst, is joining the program, according to three people familiar with the matter. These people said Burleson is seen as a potential successor to some of the current anchors at the show, and the move will break up the current group of co-anchors: Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil. Mason, a veteran CBS News correspondent who has filled many roles, including as interim anchor of “CBS Evening News,” is expected to depart and take on a new role as a cultural correspondent. King, who has been with “CBS This Morning” since 2012 and has stood at the center of the show since it was revamped following the departure of Charlie Rose, has a contract that ends next year.
CBS News declined to make executives available for comment.
Nate Burleson, the former NFL wide receiver and current CBS Sports football analyst, is joining the program, according to three people familiar with the matter. These people said Burleson is seen as a potential successor to some of the current anchors at the show, and the move will break up the current group of co-anchors: Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil. Mason, a veteran CBS News correspondent who has filled many roles, including as interim anchor of “CBS Evening News,” is expected to depart and take on a new role as a cultural correspondent. King, who has been with “CBS This Morning” since 2012 and has stood at the center of the show since it was revamped following the departure of Charlie Rose, has a contract that ends next year.
CBS News declined to make executives available for comment.
- 8/11/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
CBS This Morning is getting another shakeup, the first under new CBS News co-presidents Neeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon and under new executive producer Shawna Thomas.
The latest tweak to the morning show will see co-anchor Anthony Mason depart to become a culture correspondent for CBS News, with his seat at the table taken by former NFL player and Good Morning Football and NFL Today analyst Nate Burleson. Burleson was a guest anchor on the program in May, while Tony Dokoupil was on paternity leave.
Burleson also signed an overall deal with ViacomCBS, which will see him continue as an analyst on NFL Today and NFL Network, as well as “...
The latest tweak to the morning show will see co-anchor Anthony Mason depart to become a culture correspondent for CBS News, with his seat at the table taken by former NFL player and Good Morning Football and NFL Today analyst Nate Burleson. Burleson was a guest anchor on the program in May, while Tony Dokoupil was on paternity leave.
Burleson also signed an overall deal with ViacomCBS, which will see him continue as an analyst on NFL Today and NFL Network, as well as “...
- 8/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
CBS This Morning is getting another shakeup, the first under new CBS News co-presidents Neeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon and under new executive producer Shawna Thomas.
The latest tweak to the morning show will see co-anchor Anthony Mason depart to become a culture correspondent for CBS News, with his seat at the table taken by former NFL player and Good Morning Football and NFL Today analyst Nate Burleson. Burleson was a guest anchor on the program in May, while Dokoupil was on paternity leave.
Burleson also signed an overall deal with ViacomCBS, which will see him continue as an analyst on NFL Today and NFL Network, as well as “select ...
The latest tweak to the morning show will see co-anchor Anthony Mason depart to become a culture correspondent for CBS News, with his seat at the table taken by former NFL player and Good Morning Football and NFL Today analyst Nate Burleson. Burleson was a guest anchor on the program in May, while Dokoupil was on paternity leave.
Burleson also signed an overall deal with ViacomCBS, which will see him continue as an analyst on NFL Today and NFL Network, as well as “select ...
- 8/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CBS This Morning will move to a new studio in Times Square, as it sets up its broadcast from ViacomCBS’ world headquarters at 1515 Broadway.
The show already broadcast from the location for a week last year, when the network set up its Election Night coverage there.
The network said that co-hosts Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil will have new ways to conduct interviews and the facility will also be geared to blending feeds from the network’s news division and affiliates. Shawna Thomas, who became executive producer of the show in February, said in a statement that the facility would be a “more technically advanced studio that has more space, more cameras and more looks.” She also indicated that a goal was to make it different from other morning programs with some “elements of whimsy.”
The studio was designed by CBS News creative director Renee Cullen, with support from Jack Morton Worldwide,...
The show already broadcast from the location for a week last year, when the network set up its Election Night coverage there.
The network said that co-hosts Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil will have new ways to conduct interviews and the facility will also be geared to blending feeds from the network’s news division and affiliates. Shawna Thomas, who became executive producer of the show in February, said in a statement that the facility would be a “more technically advanced studio that has more space, more cameras and more looks.” She also indicated that a goal was to make it different from other morning programs with some “elements of whimsy.”
The studio was designed by CBS News creative director Renee Cullen, with support from Jack Morton Worldwide,...
- 5/20/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s just the latest salvo in TV’s never-ending morning-news wars: CBS’ Gayle King is about to stroll into territory long dominated by ABC’s Robin Roberts.
Starting this fall, “CBS This Morning” will hold forth from a new studio in New York’s Times Square. The facility is located in the corporate headquarters of CBS News’ corporate parent, ViacomCBS, and once hosted the long-running MTV program “Trl.” It can be seen from the windows of the New York set that houses ABC morning rival “Good Morning America,” which operates a few blocks away. The decision was unveiled Thursday afternoon to CBS affiliates by Neeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon, the two executives recently placed in charge of the company’s news and stations units.
The studio will give the show’s team new ways to tell stories and new room to display them to viewers, says Shawna Thomas, who...
Starting this fall, “CBS This Morning” will hold forth from a new studio in New York’s Times Square. The facility is located in the corporate headquarters of CBS News’ corporate parent, ViacomCBS, and once hosted the long-running MTV program “Trl.” It can be seen from the windows of the New York set that houses ABC morning rival “Good Morning America,” which operates a few blocks away. The decision was unveiled Thursday afternoon to CBS affiliates by Neeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon, the two executives recently placed in charge of the company’s news and stations units.
The studio will give the show’s team new ways to tell stories and new room to display them to viewers, says Shawna Thomas, who...
- 5/20/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
ABC is looking for a new producer to open the network for business each morning.
The abrupt departure of Michael Corn, the seasoned news producer who has managed the network’s flagship A.M. franchise, “Good Morning America,” since 2014, means ABC News is suddenly working a little harder to keep the program on its current path. “GMA” is the nation’s most-watched morning-news program, and is locked in a scorched-earth battle for dominance with NBC’s “Today,” which continues to command a lead among the viewers most coveted by advertisers in news programs, people between 25 and 54.
The job is a critical one at ABC and its parent company, Walt Disney Co. “GMA” generated $293.6 million in advertising in 2020, according to Kantar, a tracker of ad spending, compared with $357.6 million for NBC’s “Today” and $185.4 million for “CBS This Morning” on CBS. And the show has recently been expanding. In 2018, ABC News...
The abrupt departure of Michael Corn, the seasoned news producer who has managed the network’s flagship A.M. franchise, “Good Morning America,” since 2014, means ABC News is suddenly working a little harder to keep the program on its current path. “GMA” is the nation’s most-watched morning-news program, and is locked in a scorched-earth battle for dominance with NBC’s “Today,” which continues to command a lead among the viewers most coveted by advertisers in news programs, people between 25 and 54.
The job is a critical one at ABC and its parent company, Walt Disney Co. “GMA” generated $293.6 million in advertising in 2020, according to Kantar, a tracker of ad spending, compared with $357.6 million for NBC’s “Today” and $185.4 million for “CBS This Morning” on CBS. And the show has recently been expanding. In 2018, ABC News...
- 4/16/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
CBS is searching for a successor to succeed Susan Zirinsky to lead its news division.
Zirinsky plans to step down after a two-year tenure as president of CBS News, according to sources. The Wall Street Journal first reported on her plans, and that she is nearing a deal to take a production partnership with parent ViacomCBS.
In addition to her title as president of CBS News, Zirinsky has also retained her title of senior executive producer. She first joined the network in 1972, and she has had a legendary career as news producer.
Zirinsky and a CBS News spokesperson declined to comment.
During her tenure as CBS News president, Zirinsky overhauled the news division, moving CBS Evening News to Washington, D.C. with a new anchor, Norah O’Donnell, and executive producer, Jay Shaylor. Her changes also included a shakeup of the CBS This Morning anchor team, with Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil...
Zirinsky plans to step down after a two-year tenure as president of CBS News, according to sources. The Wall Street Journal first reported on her plans, and that she is nearing a deal to take a production partnership with parent ViacomCBS.
In addition to her title as president of CBS News, Zirinsky has also retained her title of senior executive producer. She first joined the network in 1972, and she has had a legendary career as news producer.
Zirinsky and a CBS News spokesperson declined to comment.
During her tenure as CBS News president, Zirinsky overhauled the news division, moving CBS Evening News to Washington, D.C. with a new anchor, Norah O’Donnell, and executive producer, Jay Shaylor. Her changes also included a shakeup of the CBS This Morning anchor team, with Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil...
- 4/13/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
“CBS This Morning,” a perennial third-place finisher in the broadcast A.M. news wars, just notched a surprising first-place win.
Thanks to momentum provided by Oprah Winfrey, “CBS This Morning” won more viewers on Monday than either of its main rivals, NBC’s “Today” or ABC’s “Good Morning America,” a rare victory for the CBS early-bird show that demonstrates the ripples that a massive TV event can still have, even in 2021.
Winfrey made an appearance on the show following her must-see Sunday-night interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, a conversation that generated backlash against Britain’s royal family and intense interest in how the duo were faring since their decision to separate from life in the monarchy.
CBS said Monday’s “CBS This Morning” broadcast captured an average of nearly 4.8 million viewers with 1.02 million of them in the demographic most coveted by advertisers, people between the ages of...
Thanks to momentum provided by Oprah Winfrey, “CBS This Morning” won more viewers on Monday than either of its main rivals, NBC’s “Today” or ABC’s “Good Morning America,” a rare victory for the CBS early-bird show that demonstrates the ripples that a massive TV event can still have, even in 2021.
Winfrey made an appearance on the show following her must-see Sunday-night interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, a conversation that generated backlash against Britain’s royal family and intense interest in how the duo were faring since their decision to separate from life in the monarchy.
CBS said Monday’s “CBS This Morning” broadcast captured an average of nearly 4.8 million viewers with 1.02 million of them in the demographic most coveted by advertisers, people between the ages of...
- 3/10/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Shawna Thomas has been named executive producer of CBS This Morning, taking on her new assignment on Feb. 1.
Thomas joins the network show from Quibi, and before that was Washington, D.C. bureau chief for Vice News.
Thomas succeeds Diana Miller, who left the program last year.
At Quibi, Thomas served as a content development executive working on short-form news programming from CBS News, NBC News and BBC News. The startup shut down in October, after just six months.
At Vice News, Thomas oversaw policy and politics coverage for Vice News Tonight, and was behind some of the most memorable stories, including an episode on the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings that won an Emmy. She also was senior producer on the newscast’s Charlottesville episode which won four Emmys and a Peabody.
In a statement, CBS News president Susan Zirinsky said that Thomas was “one of the top news minds in our field.
Thomas joins the network show from Quibi, and before that was Washington, D.C. bureau chief for Vice News.
Thomas succeeds Diana Miller, who left the program last year.
At Quibi, Thomas served as a content development executive working on short-form news programming from CBS News, NBC News and BBC News. The startup shut down in October, after just six months.
At Vice News, Thomas oversaw policy and politics coverage for Vice News Tonight, and was behind some of the most memorable stories, including an episode on the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings that won an Emmy. She also was senior producer on the newscast’s Charlottesville episode which won four Emmys and a Peabody.
In a statement, CBS News president Susan Zirinsky said that Thomas was “one of the top news minds in our field.
- 1/11/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Shawna Thomas, a veteran of upstart journalism efforts like Vice and Quibi as well as mainstays like NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” will take the reins of “CBS This Morning,” filling a role that has been empty for months.
Thomas has logged hours working as a Capitol Hill producer and also covering President Barack Obama. She spent a decade at NBC News before moving to Vice News, where she spent three years as its Washington bureau chief.
“Shawna Thomas is one of the top news minds in our field,” said Susan Zirinsky, president and senior executive producer of CBS News, in a statement. “She’s a hands-on storyteller, accomplished journalist and an inspiring leader. Shawna has consistently embraced new ways and platforms to deliver high-quality journalism to audiences everywhere. She has the passion and experience to take “CBS This Morning’ to the next level during these transformational times.”
Thomas joins...
Thomas has logged hours working as a Capitol Hill producer and also covering President Barack Obama. She spent a decade at NBC News before moving to Vice News, where she spent three years as its Washington bureau chief.
“Shawna Thomas is one of the top news minds in our field,” said Susan Zirinsky, president and senior executive producer of CBS News, in a statement. “She’s a hands-on storyteller, accomplished journalist and an inspiring leader. Shawna has consistently embraced new ways and platforms to deliver high-quality journalism to audiences everywhere. She has the passion and experience to take “CBS This Morning’ to the next level during these transformational times.”
Thomas joins...
- 1/11/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
CBS has named Shawna Thomas executive producer of CBS This Morning, its flagship morning news program. Thomas will join the program, which is anchored by Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil, on Feb. 1.
CBS This Morning has been without a permanent ep since October of last year, when Diana Miller stepped down after a year and a half in the role.
Thomas joins CBS from Quibi, where she was a content development executive on its news team, working with news outlets like NBC News, the BBC and, yes, CBS News to develop short-form programming for the ill-fated streaming service (Quibi’s ...
CBS This Morning has been without a permanent ep since October of last year, when Diana Miller stepped down after a year and a half in the role.
Thomas joins CBS from Quibi, where she was a content development executive on its news team, working with news outlets like NBC News, the BBC and, yes, CBS News to develop short-form programming for the ill-fated streaming service (Quibi’s ...
- 1/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
CBS has named Shawna Thomas executive producer of CBS This Morning, its flagship morning news program. Thomas will join the program, which is anchored by Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil, on Feb. 1.
CBS This Morning has been without a permanent ep since October of last year, when Diana Miller stepped down after a year and a half in the role.
Thomas joins CBS from Quibi, where she was a content development executive on its news team, working with news outlets like NBC News, the BBC and, yes, CBS News to develop short-form programming for the ill-fated streaming service (Quibi’s ...
CBS This Morning has been without a permanent ep since October of last year, when Diana Miller stepped down after a year and a half in the role.
Thomas joins CBS from Quibi, where she was a content development executive on its news team, working with news outlets like NBC News, the BBC and, yes, CBS News to develop short-form programming for the ill-fated streaming service (Quibi’s ...
- 1/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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