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Grateful Dead members Bobby Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and Phil Lesh had been considering a reunion to celebrate the band’s 60th anniversary in 2025, and even had plans on the books to rehearse. Unfortunately, those plans are now in flux following Lesh’s passing on October 25th.

Weir, Kreutzmann, and Hart spoke with Anthony Mason of CBS This Morning in an interview that took place just five days after Lesh’s death.

“I was hoping that we could play with him again one more time,” Kreutzmann said. “So that, that was my sadness…’Cause I know he wanted to play with us again too.”

“We were kickin’ it around,” Weir added. “In fact, we were gonna, we were gonna get together and, and kick some songs around tomorrow.”

Lesh previously joined Weir, Kreutzmann, and Hart for a series of concerts in 2015 to celebrate Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary. The...

Norah O’Donnell’s last day behind the anchor desk of “CBS Evening News” will be January 24, CBS News revealed Friday, setting up a timeline for a transition to a new format for a venerable news program that has been part of its schedule, under various names, since 1941.

O’Donnell, who became anchor of “Evening News” in July of 2019, is moving to a new role as a senior correspondent that will have her contribute special reports built around enterprise work or landing interviews with prominent newsmakers. She will continue to contribute to “Evening News,” “60 Minutes” and other CBS News programs. The arrangement is understood to be part of a longer-term commitment that the anchor and CBS News have made to one another.

O’Donnell’s exit schedule will have her on hand through the inauguration of Donald Trump as the nation’s 47th president in late January.

A new “CBS Evening News,...

Last year, Paul Simon confirmed that while making his most recent album, Seven Psalms, he’d suffered major hearing loss. The musician has had to find ways to adapt so that he can keep making and playing music, telling CBS Mornings in a new interview: “I’m going through my repertoire and reducing a lot of the choices that I make to acoustic versions. It’s all much quieter. It’s not ‘You Can Call Me Al.’ That’s gone. I can’t do that one.”

But the musician is also looking for possible cures.

Jane Pauley returns to Indiana to visit Girls State, a summer program for teenage girls to learn about politics and democracy. This special episode, airing on August 25, 2024, on CBS, is anchored by Seth Doane and also sees David Pogue examining the viability of electric planes, while Anthony Mason sits down with the legendary […]

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On Tuesday, June 25, CBS Mornings welcomes senior culture correspondent Anthony Mason and actor Lupita Nyong’o to the show. Anthony Mason will interview singers Dolly Parton, Chris Stapleton, and Mike Campbell about the upcoming country music celebration of Tom Petty, “Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty.” The event will pay tribute to […]

CBS Mornings: Lupita Nyong’o, Anthony Mason...

“CBS Sunday Morning” presents its latest installment, airing on CBS on June 23, 2024, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. Et. Anchored by Jane Pauley, this episode offers a diverse range of segments, from interviews with notable figures to insightful reports and heartfelt stories. Anthony Mason catches up with the cast and creator of the iconic […]

CBS News Sunday Morning: Jude Law, Sopranos Cast, Doug Emhoff...

The props and set were only part of what brought the world of Gunsmoke to life. The cast had a natural chemistry that allowed their characters to pop off the screen in brilliant ways. They were further brought together when a part of Dodge City left the set and went all of the way to space during the Apollo 8 mission. However, the most special part was that they each got to keep a part of history in the process.

‘Gunsmoke’ was the top-rated show on television L-r: Milburn Stone as Doc Adams, James Arness as Matt Dillon, Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty, and Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen | CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images

Gunsmoke originally started as a radio show in 1952, which was adapted into a television show in 1955. Fortunately, it allowed the show to get off on the right foot, as there was already an established fan base that...

Paul Simon is a celebrity who has been in the spotlight since the ’60s. His music career, both as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel and as a solo artist, has ensured him an important place in history.

Along with his beloved songs like “Mrs. Robinson” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Simon’s celebrity relationships have often put his name in the headlines. Notably, Simon dated a famous actor and a young businesswoman before he connected with his current wife. The course of true love didn’t run smoothly for Simon though, as his relationship with his wife has been fraught with some tension — and one legal case.

Paul Simon has been married three times

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Simon has had a number of relationships over the course of his life.

Actor James Arness didn’t immediately adapt to the sensational success of Gunsmoke. Many actors coveted the role of U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon, and CBS knew that the show’s success largely relied on the casting decision. Arness ultimately scored the role, but he was so anxious over the pressure that he got an acting coach to help him prepare.

‘Gunsmoke’ actor James Arness started with small roles James Arness as U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon | CBS via Getty Images

Before Gunsmoke came along, Arness saw a future for himself in motion pictures. Therefore, he decided to chase his Hollywood dreams to the end. The actor landed some roles in films, including 1947’s The Farmer’s Daughter and 1951’s The Thing from Another World, although he was having some difficulty breaking into the scene as a leading man.

Arness worked under contract for legendary Western movie star John Wayne, and the pair became close friends.

Gunsmoke actor James Arness became quite a force in the television industry on one of the biggest shows ever hitting the air. As a result, longtime fans continue to watch the Western series in the modern-day, embracing Dodge City and its colorful characters. Arness had that in common with his fans, as he said that he watched it every day after it ended.

‘Gunsmoke’ actor James Arness didn’t initially want to play Matt Dillon James Arness as U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon | CBS via Getty Images

After serving in World War II, Arness wanted to pursue a career in acting. Similar to many other folks, he initially had some difficulties finding the exact lane he would follow along. He wanted to star in motion pictures, and he managed to secure some roles in. However, many of Hollywood’s leading men didn’t want to share the screen with him because of his height.

Just two weeks ago, Leslie Jordan sat for what would be his final TV interview with CBS News.

In the clip released Tuesday, the late Emmy winner appears charmed by his late-in-life social media fame and new venture as a country singer – while also appearing reflective of his early days and building a character actor career typecast for doing “that Leslie Jordan thing.”

“Sometimes I get tired of that,” Jordan said, reminiscing on the sassy, biting – and sure, “sissy” – roles and “persona” that kept him working in Hollywood since the mid-’80s.

Beloved actor Leslie Jordan died Monday in a car crash in Hollywood at 67 years old.

Two weeks ago, he told @AnthonyMasonCBS about going viral during the pandemic, falling in love with acting and bringing joy to millions. pic.twitter.com/PcDdJbLkCv

— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) October 25, 2022

Standout credits in his early career were playing the inept secretary on “Murphy Brown...

Alison Pepper will return to CBS News as senior vice president for talent strategy, as Laurie Orlando takes a new role overseeing talent strategy for CBS Stations.

Pepper spent almost two decades at CBS News, eventually becoming a producer at 60 Minutes. She left in 2019 to serve as an agent for CAA in its Television – News and Sports Media, where she represented news media talent. She will report to Neeraj Khemlani, president and co-head of CBS News and Stations.

Orlando, who has overseen talent strategy for the news division, will report to Wendy McMahon, president and co-head of CBS News and Stations. She joined CBS News in January 2016 after serving as a top executive for ESPN, where she oversaw talent recruitment and development since 2008.

Pepper and Orlando also will oversee talent for the division’s respective streaming units. Their new role will be effective on Nov. 1.

In a statement, Khemlani said...

Two friends sat around and talked about the usual guy stuff on CBS Sunday Morning today. The big deal was that it was former President Barack Obama and superstar rocker Bruce Springsteen.

But they still came across as two guys.

In one segment on Springsteen’s 1960 Corvette, Obama enthused that getting a chance to drive “this mean machine” was one of his highlights of the interview. But the two-seater left no room for one key element of being an ex-president.

“Yeah, I just took off, and in the rearview mirror I could see some of my agents running behind!” Obama laughed.

The interview was done to support a new book, Renegades: Born in the USA (Crown). The book and its companion podcast stemmed from a couple days spent at Springsteen’s N.J. farm. Part 1 aired today on CBS Sunday Morning, with Part II set for Monday morning on CBS Mornings.

And you thought Nate Burleson replacing Anthony Mason would be the only new part of “CBS This Morning” this fall. On Tuesday, CBS News unveiled an overall rebranding of its flagship morning program, which after Labor Day will be known as “CBS Mornings.” The “reimagined morning news program,” in the network’s words, comes complete with a sleek, new studio in midtown Manhattan’s Times Square with “touch-screen technology, augmented reality, monitors throughout the room and LED walls that bring it all to life.” The studio sits on the second floor of ViacomCBS’ world headquarters where MTV’s “Trl” once drew crowds of screaming teenagers. Starting next week, hosts Burleson, Gayle King and Tony Dokoupil will have 3,000 square feet to play with. And play they will. But also do serious news — depending on the hour. Beyond the new look, “CBS Mornings” aims to “leave viewers more informed, more prepared and...

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,...

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.

There’s a new morning coming to CBS.

The broadcast network plans to rebrand its morning show CBS This Morning as CBS Mornings beginning Sept. 7, aiming for a consistent brand across its daily news lineup, which also includes CBS Saturday Morning and the long-running CBS Sunday Morning. The rebrand comes amid a larger refresh for the program, which launched in 2012 as a successor to The Early Show.

In addition to the name change, CBS Mornings is swapping out co-hosts, with former NFL star Nate Burleson joining Gayle King and Tony Dkoupil at the anchor table, replacing Anthony Mason. It will also be switching studios, leaving its ground-floor perch ...

There’s a new morning coming to CBS.

The broadcast network plans to rebrand its morning show CBS This Morning as CBS Mornings beginning Sept. 7, aiming for a consistent brand across its daily news lineup, which also includes CBS Saturday Morning and the long-running CBS Sunday Morning. The rebrand comes amid a larger refresh for the program, which launched in 2012 as a successor to The Early Show.

In addition to the name change, CBS Mornings is swapping out co-hosts, with former NFL star Nate Burleson joining Gayle King and Tony Dkoupil at the anchor table, replacing Anthony Mason. It will also be switching studios, leaving its ground-floor perch ...

Former NFL wideout Nate Burleson is replacing Anthony Mason as “CBS This Morning” co-host, a move the morning show certainly hopes will boost ratings. Burleson, who will continue his work with NFL Network, is already a standout on CBS’ “The NFL Today.” He’ll join Gayle King and Tony Dokoupil at the CBS News morning program in September, while Mason transitions to a culture-reporting role. “CBS This Morning” needs all the help it can get. The daily talk and news program ranks third out of the big three broadcast networks’ morning shows, and really isn’t even all that close in viewership to NBC’s “Today” show or ABC’s “Good Morning America.” But “CBS This Morning” is trending closer to its competition this season than last, when the Covid-19 pandemic played more of a factor in TV production. The disparity is still pretty vast. Overall leader “GMA” currently has...

HBO Max is sending out a Search Party for Kathy Griffin, who will recur during Season 5, our sister site Variety reports. The comedian will play Liquorice Montague, a conspiracy theorist who takes Chantal (Clare McNulty) under her wing as a “co-dependent apprentice.”

“Working with Kathy was a huge life moment for us,” showrunners Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers said in a statement. “She brought so much warmth, humanity and professionalism to set, and delivered a performance that will delight the world.”

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CBS News announced Wednesday that Nate Burleson will be the new co-host of “CBS This Morning.” He is replacing Anthony Mason and will join Gayle King and Tony Dakoupil in September.

The former wide receiver will still contribute to the NFL Network, where he recently hosted “Good Morning Football.” A Wednesday announcement from CBS News and Stations president and co-head Neeraj Khemlani and CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus noted Burleson’s new, multiplatform agreement stretches across CBS News, CBS Sports and Nickelodeon. He joined CBS Sports’ “The NFL Today” in 2017 and will continue as an analyst on the show on Sundays during football season.

“I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the incredibly talented team at ‘CBS This Morning,'” Burleson said in a statement. “This is an extraordinary opportunity, and I look forward to the challenge of upholding the standard set by the legends who came before me.”

He went on,...

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...

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.

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 “...

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 ...

Lucy Dacus performed three songs off her just-released new album Home Video and discussed her new LP on CBS This Morning Saturday.

For the show’s “Saturday Sessions,” Dacus and her band convened in the singer-songwriter’s native Richmond, Virginia to deliver “Brando,” “Vbs” and “Hot and Heavy” from Home Video, which arrived Friday.

Dacus also sat down with CBS This Morning’s Anthony Mason to talk about her new LP, her songwriting process, the supergroup Boygenius and returning to a changed Richmond after living in Philadelphia for two years.

Noel Gallagher performed three songs from his catalog, including an Oasis classic, as part of CBS This Morning’s Saturday Sessions.

Joined by his High Flying Birds, Gallagher delivered Oasis’ “Don’t Look Back in Anger” as well as his solo songs “Holy Mountain” and “We’re On Our Way Now.”

The latter track features on Gallagher’s just-released greatest hits compilation Back the Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011–2021), a collection of songs spanning the guitarist’s post-Oasis catalog. To mark the compilation’s release, Gallagher also sat down with CBS...

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,...

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...

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...

ViacomCBS has been searching for a successor to CBS News President Susan Zirinsky, according to people familiar with the matter, as media companies place new emphasis on their news divisions to attract the big, live audiences that advertisers and distributors continue to crave while more consumers migrate to streaming video.

George Cheeks, CEO of ViacomCBS’ CBS assets, has been holding talks with potential candidates for weeks, according to these people. There is no set timeline for Zirinsky to step down. She is likely to take a new role as a top producer of CBS News programming that can appear across the company’s venues, whether they include the CBS broadcast network, its Cbsn live-streaming portal, or its subscription-based streaming hub, Paramount Plus. Zirinsky has long been known for her love of overseeing news production, and retained a title as a senior executive producer when she took on the role of president.

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy spoke with CBS This Morning about his decision to pledge five percent of his songwriting royalties to social justice causes. Tweedy announced the pledge last summer in the midst of the George Floyd Protests.

In an interview with CBS’ Anthony Mason, Tweedy pointed out that he hoped his decision would create a domino effect in the industry. “In all honesty, [it] isn’t a whole lot of money!” he said of his royalties. “The point would be that, that would be multiplied by thousands of people at my level.

CBS This Morning topped both of its rivals Today and Good Morning America in ratings for the first time on a single day on Monday, as the network’s morning show featured an interview with Oprah Winfrey and additional clips of her interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.

The show garnered 4.79 million viewers, including 1.03 million in the 25-54 demographic. That was a boost of 74% and 54%, respectively, from the same day a week earlier.

The viewership also far surpassed the competition. On Monday, Good Morning America drew 3.35 million viewers and Today had 3.18 million. In the 25-54 demo, Today drew 1 million and GMA garnered 872,000.

The figures come from Nielsen, based on electronic records dating back to 1991.

A large share of the broadcast was devoted to showing clips from Winfrey’s interview with Meghan and Harry that did not make Sunday’s special, itself a ratings bonanza for CBS.

“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...

Vince Gill weighed in on country music’s history with racism and debuted a new song about the issue during a reported segment on Wednesday’s CBS This Morning. The songwriter also spoke about the Morgan Wallen controversy and threw water on the argument that Wallen’s use of the “n-word” is the same as a rap artist using it in their lyrics.

“White America, when they make the argument, ‘Well, I hear it in rap music all the time…’ Have you not been paying attention to the last 3-400 years,...

President Joe Biden’s first formal interview as the Commander-in-Chief will take place during a uniquely American event: the Super Bowl.

Biden will sit down at the White House with “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell, preserving a recent tradition that has the occupant of the Oval Office take a few minutes to speak with the news division of the network airing the Big Game. But it will not be broadcast live, as it was under President Barack Obama, who helped make the Super Bowl meeting a mainstay element of the extravaganza.

CBS will televise Super Bowl Lv, featuring the Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on Sunday, February 7, with hours of pre-game coverage that kicks off at 11:30 a.m. The interview with Biden is slated to appear in the 4 p.m. hour.

CBS News says it will offer excerpts from the interview...

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...

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 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 ...

Since its release earlier this month, the HBO documentary “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” has reignited interest in the ’70s disco group. But the band’s sole surviving member, Barry Gibb, admitted he’s only watched parts of the film because he “can’t handle it.”

“I can’t handle watching the rest of my family,” the 74-year-old musician told Anthony Mason in an interview airing Jan. 3 on “CBS Sunday Morning.” “I just can’t handle it. Who would, you know? I think it’s perfectly normal to not want to see how each brother was lost, you know? And I don’t want to address it. I’m past it.”

As the Bee Gees, Gibb and his brothers Maurice and Robin made hit songs like “Stayin’ Alive” and “How Deep is Your Love.” The documentary chronicles their childhood, their rise to stardom and the...

Maren Morris, Bon Jovi, Snoop Dogg, are among the artists who will perform at a one-hour concert special called “Play On: Celebrating the Power of Music to Make Change,” to be broadcast Saturday, Dec. 5 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. The benefit concert special will raise funds for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and WhyHunger, through the Play On fund created by Sixdegrees.org, by amplifying awareness for transformational racial, social and food justice. During the broadcast, viewers can donate to the organizations by texting the code “Playon” to 44-321.

Andra Day, Jon Batiste, Machine Gun Kelly, Sheryl Crow, Slick Rick, the Highwomen, Yola and Ziggy Marley were also among the first-announced artists, with more Tba.

The concert, which will be staged a several iconic venues across the country, will be broadcast on CBS and stream live on CBS All Access, and available on YouTube after the initial broadcast. Participating...

Bon Jovi, Snoop Dogg, Maren Morris, and more will partake in a benefit concert, Play On: Celebrating the Power of Music to Make Change, airing December 5th at 9 p.m. Et/8 p.m. Ct on CBS.

Play On’s musical performances will be broadcast from three venues across the country: The Troubadour in Los Angeles, the Apollo Theater in New York City, and the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. The Troubadour will host Gary Clark Jr. and Ziggy Marley with Andra Day, while Snoop Dogg will perform a tribute to the...

The entertainment world is paying tribute to multifaceted actor Diana Rigg, who died Thursday at her home in England at the age of 82.

Rigg’s appeal transcended generations, ranging from playing the stylish Emma Peel in iconic 1960’s series “The Avengers”; Contessa Teresa “Tracy” di Vicenzo, the only woman to lead James Bond to the altar, in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”; to Lady Holiday in “The Great Muppet Caper”; Mrs Danvers in “Rebecca”; through to discovering a new legion of fans while portraying Olenna Tyrell in “Game of Thrones.”

“Dame Diana Rigg. She always raised the bar with her incredible talent, intelligence and wit. An absolute joy and honor to work with. May her soul Rest In Peace,” posted Rigg’s “Game of Thrones” co-star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

Dame Diana Rigg . She always raised the bar with her incredible talent, intelligence and wit. An absolute joy and honor to work with.

Broadcast and cable networks will be covering Thursday’s memorial service for George Floyd, whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police on Memorial Day has sparked days of mourning and protests throughout the country and the world against police violence and racism.

The first of several memorial services for Floyd will be held Thursday in Minneapolis at North Central University’s Frank J. Lindquist Sanctuary. The Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver a national eulogy, and Floyd family attorney Ben Crump will give a national criminal justice address during the service, which will begin at 2 p.m. Et/11 a.m. Pt.

Memorial services for Floyd also will be held at 3 p.m. Et Saturday at Cape Fear Conference B Headquarters in Raeford Nc and at 2 p.m. Et Monday and 1 p.m. Et Tuesday at Fountains of Praise in Houston.

You can watch a livestream of Thursday’s memorial here:

Meanwhile,...

“CBS This Morning” anchor Gayle King became emotional on air Tuesday morning while discussing two racially charged incidents involving black men that transpired on Monday.

Visibly shaken, King told viewers: “I am speechless. I am really, really speechless about what we’re seeing on television this morning. It feels to me like open season … and that sometimes it’s not a safe place to be in this country for black men.”

King was responding to “CBS This Morning’s” report on the shocking case involving a white woman in Central Park who was recorded on cell phone video by a black man as she calls in a false accusation to 911 that the man is threatening her life. The video has stirred widespread outrage as it evokes the long history of false accusations against black men that have led to death, imprisonment and other grave consequences for the wrongly accused.

Earlier in the broadcast,...

Graham Nash discussed his career, his life in quarantine and working on a new album in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning.

Nash said that, other than a handful of short walks with his wife, he hasn’t left his apartment in nine weeks. “I’m not a very social creature!” Nash told CBS Sunday Morning’s Anthony Mason. “I like to stay in my apartment. I like to be making music. I’m doing demos. I’ve got half an album already done.”

The singer recently took part in...

CBS This Morning co-hosts Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil anchored the Monday morning broadcast from each of their respective homes as the coronavirus crisis continues.

“Welcome to CBS This Morning — from our house to yours,” King said at the opening of the show. “We’re coming to you from each of our homes this morning because we, like you, are practicing social distancing out of an abundance of caution. Like so many Americans watching right now, we are at home.”

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She added, “The most important thing is that we continue bringing you the news, which we will do throughout this crisis.

“CBS This Morning” has opted to keep its three anchors working from home in light of the expanding coronavirus crisis in New York.

Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil anchored the show from their respective homes on Monday. King told viewers at the top of the 7 a.m.-9 a.m. Et broadcast that the move was designed to adhere to federal and state guidelines for social distancing. The decision comes amid reports that the contagion is spreading fast across New York state.

“We, like you, are practicing social distancing out of an abundance of caution,” King said.

The “CBS This Morning” team has already been forced to scramble during the past few weeks as the coronavirus outbreak forced the show out of its regular studio at CBS Broadcast Center on Manhattan’s Westside.

The show moved to CBS News’ Washington, D.C. bureau for a few editions, and...

CBS This Morning anchored remotely Monday morning.

For the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus, co-hosts Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil each anchored the CBS News show from their respective homes. The remote move was made out of an "abundance of caution" as CBS tries to minimize the size of teams at all locations and keep employees safe.

The network will continue to evaluate the evolving situation, but says the remote broadcast is the plan for now.

"Welcome to CBS This Morning — from our house to yours," said King to open the ...

CBS This Morning co-host Anthony Mason has joined a growing list of morning news anchors who are broadcasting from home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Signing on Wednesday morning from his Manhattan apartment, Mason said he was staying home out of an abundance of caution after a family member began to exhibit possible coronavirus symptoms. Co-hosts Gayle King and Tony Dokupil remained at the anchor desk in New York.

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“Life in the Pandemic: broadcasting from home this morning (cell phone propped up on a stack of books.) In self quarantine at home. Everyone’s ok. Just being super cautious,” Mason tweeted.

Mason assured viewers he felt fine, but...