Maurice DuBois to Exit CBS Evening News

Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson

Maurice DuBois, co-anchor of CBS Evening News, announced Thursday that he will depart the network on December 18, leaving the flagship broadcast without permanent anchors just two months into a sweeping revamp led by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski. 

The move follows co-anchor John Dickerson's exit announcement in October and comes as CBS News grapples with persistent third-place ratings behind ABC's World News Tonight and NBC's Nightly News.

DuBois, a 60-year-old veteran with 21 years at CBS-owned stations including WCBS-TV in New York, shared the news via Instagram, calling it "the Honor of a Lifetime." He reflected on delivering daily headlines and meeting "extraordinary people," ending with: "A couple weeks to go; until then, see you on The CBS Evening News every night at 6:30." 

No future plans were disclosed, though speculation swirls about a potential return to local anchoring at WCBS amid Paramount's cost-cutting post-Skydance merger.

Cibrowski praised DuBois in a statement: "Maurice has long represented what we do best at CBS News and Stations... For more than two decades, he has delivered the day’s biggest stories... Maurice is deeply valued and respected as a journalist by all of us and we wish him much success. It is my hope that we can work together again." 

A replacement is expected in January, marking Weiss's first major talent decision.

The departures cap a turbulent year for CBS Evening News, which has averaged 4.26 million viewers in recent weeks—trailing competitors by wide margins, especially among the key 25-54 demographic.

DuBois and Dickerson, an unconventional duo blending DuBois's "smooth delivery" with Dickerson's "kinetic" energy, took over in January after Norah O'Donnell's exit. Their tenure featured an experimental shift toward long-form, 60 Minutes-style segments over traditional breaking-news recaps—a format that "failed to get traction" and exacerbated ratings declines. Recent tweaks emphasized headlines more, but the show remains stuck in third place after years of reboots.