The announcement came Monday morning. Gayle King will be the centerpiece of the morning broadcast. John Dickerson moves to "60 Minutes." Norah O'Donnell will be the new anchor of the "CBS Evening News."
King has proven herself in the morning.
Dickerson stepped in to the mornings after Charlie Rose self destructed. Dickerson was solid, but he never seemed to fit on a morning broadcast.
Anthony Mason comes to weekday mornings. Not flashy. Very watchable and comfortable.
O'Donnell takes over a last place evening news broadcast. The ratings woes are not entirely the fault of current anchor Jeff Glor. He's really good, but CBS local news broadcasts in a lot of big cities get hammered in the ratings, and Glor was getting bad lead-ins. You can look it up. Glor has been in the anchor chair for a year and a half. CBS never gave him a chance to make the broadcast succeed. CBS seems to want to keep him, and I hope that happens.
O'Donnell is a big talent, and I'm sure there will be a ratings boost. How big remains to be determined. There is always sampling when there's an anchor change.
We'll see if the new cast can offer a spark in the morning.
