Gayle King is reportedly anticipated to half methods with CBS Mornings in 2026 amid the community's overhaul following its current merger with Skydance Media.
Variety reported on Thursday, October 30, that King, 70, is predicted to depart as an anchor subsequent 12 months. Her contract is about to run out in Might 2026. The outlet reported that there's potential for King to remain on in a unique position on the information division amid the continued adjustments at CBS.
A CBS Information spokesperson instructed Us Weekly in a press release, “There have been no discussions with Gayle about her contract that runs by way of Might 2026. She's a very valued a part of CBS and we look ahead to partaking together with her concerning the future.”
Us has reached out to King for remark.
King has been an anchor on CBS Mornings since becoming a member of this system in 2012. Earlier than that, she was a correspondent for Good Morning America.
There have been many workers adjustments at CBS following its merger with Paramount and Skydance Media earlier this 12 months. Skydance Media first acquired Nationwide Amusements Inc., which managed Paramount World. In July, the Federal Communications Fee authorized the transaction and the businesses merged the next month.
David Ellison was introduced because the Chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance. Ellison subsequently appointed Bari Weiss because the editor in chief of CBS Information.
“We're thrilled to welcome Bari and The Free Press to Paramount and CBS Information. Bari is a confirmed champion of impartial, principled journalism, and I'm assured her entrepreneurial drive and editorial imaginative and prescient will invigorate CBS Information,” Ellison mentioned in a press release on the time. “This transfer is a part of Paramount's larger imaginative and prescient to modernize content material and the best way it connects — straight and passionately — to audiences around the globe.”
This previous month, there have been main layoffs at CBS, with 1000's of staff affected. Earlier this week, CBS Night Information anchor John Dickerson introduced he was leaving this system after almost 20 years on the finish of the 12 months.
“Native information: On the finish of this 12 months, I'll go away CBS, sixteen years after I sat in as Face the Nation anchor for the primary time,” the journalist, 57, wrote by way of Instagram alongside photographs from all through his profession on Monday, October 27. “I'm extraordinarily grateful for all that CBS gave me — the work, the viewers's consideration and the glory of being part of the community's historical past — and I'm grateful for my expensive colleagues who've made me a greater journalist and a greater human. I'll miss you.”
Dickerson didn't reveal a motive for his exit nor any plans for his future.
Gayle King is protecting a 12-year-old custom alive. King, 69, celebrated her twelfth anniversary on CBS Mornings on Tuesday, January 9, by carrying the identical yellow and white color-block Alexandra Kramer costume she wore on her first day precisely 12 years earlier than. As longtime viewers of CBS Mornings would possibly already know, that is an annual […]
One other controversial change CBS made earlier this 12 months was canceling The Late Present with Stephen Colbert. The longtime late evening program will log off for good in Might 2026.
“It's not simply the tip of our present, but it surely's the tip of The Late Present on CBS. I'm not being changed,” Colbert instructed viewers in July. “That is all simply going away. I do wish to say that the oldsters at CBS have been nice companions. … And I'm grateful to the viewers, you, who've joined us each evening, in right here, on the market, and all around the globe.”
Regardless of the cancellation information, Colbert went on to win an Emmy for Excellent Speak Collection.
“Typically you solely actually know the way a lot you like one thing if you get a way that you just is likely to be shedding it,” he mentioned in his speech. “Ten years later, in September of 2025, my buddies, I've by no means beloved my nation extra desperately. God bless America. Keep robust, be courageous, and if the elevator tries to convey you down, go loopy and punch a better ground!”
