September 25, 2016 | No Comments
Jane Pauley is succeeding Charles Osgood as host of the long-running and highly rated “CBS Sunday Morning,” the network announced on Sunday morning.
Osgood is retiring after 22 years as anchor of the show and 50 with the network overall. The network spent the Sunday morning show paying tribute to Osgood’s life and career. Pauley will only be the third anchor of the show.
“Jane Pauley is the ideal host for the most wide-ranging news program on American culture, our beloved CBS Sunday Morning broadcast,” CBS News President David Rhodes said in a statement. “Charles Osgood is a television news legend—and so is Jane Pauley.”
Pauley joined “CBS Sunday Morning” in 2014 as a contributor and has been a substitute host since then.
“Charles Osgood set the standard for CBS Sunday Morning,” Pauley said. “And it’s a great honor to be given the chance to further our show’s legacy of excellence. I look forward to bringing loyal viewers the kind of engaging, original reporting that has made the broadcast so irresistible for so long.”