US EditionThe Tony Dokoupil Era Begins at 'CBS Evening News'
Tony Dokoupil, 45, begins leading CBS Evening News with a focus on accountability and the 'average American' amid internal controversies and a push to regain viewer trust.
- On Jan. 5, Tony Dokoupil took the anchor desk of the CBS Evening News in New York after anchoring a hurried Saturday broadcast from San Francisco amid the Venezuela operation, delaying his 10 cities tour.
- As part of Bari Weiss's reinvention, CBS installed Tony Dokoupil to revive the news division amid controversy over Weiss's Dec. 20 pull of a 60 Minutes segment and scrutiny tied to Paramount.
- Late last week, Tony Dokoupil, new anchor of CBS Evening News, vowed to center coverage on average Americans, returning to Twitter after two years to cite missed stories and invoke Walter Cronkite.
- On Saturday night, the broadcast relied on a lengthy, unchallenging interview with Pete Hegseth, U.S. defense secretary, aired six Venezuela operation pieces, and ended with an Oregon small town calendar segment, drawing criticism.
- With anchor churn since 2017, Tony Dokoupil marks the fifth CBS Evening News anchor, as the network struggles with ratings behind ABC's World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News amid Paramount's $16 million settlement.
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Review: New ‘CBS Evening News’ Shows Tony Dokoupil Will Do the News (Imagine That)
Following an unscheduled, two-day soft launch thanks to the U.S. military action in Venezuela to capture dictator Nicolas Maduro, Monday marked the first official episode of the new CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil that, aside from a teleprompter snafu, came off as refreshingly down-the-middle and normal. One might suggest normal might convey a feeling of boredom or staleness. But in this deeply partisan world and a legacy, elite media that h…
Bari Weiss’s New CBS Project Debuts—and Is a Total Disaster
“First day, big problems here.” That was anchor Tony Dokoupil during his difficult-to-watch debut as the fresh face of CBS Evening News.During his first foray into evening news Monday, Dokoupil face-planted while transitioning out of a story on Venezuela while Bari Weiss, the right-wing shill tapped to become editor in chief of CBS News, reportedly looked on from the control room. “To Governor Walz—no. We’re gonna do Mark Kelly,” Dokoupil joked,…
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