Jane Pauley named anchor of CBS News’ ‘Sunday Morning’

Jane Pauley has been named the new host of CBS Sunday Morning.

Osgood, 83, is retiring after working almost 50 years at CBS News. “I look forward to bringing loyal viewers the kind of engaging, original reporting that has made the broadcast so irresistible for so long”.

CBS says it will donate the bow tie that Charles Osgood wears Sunday to host his final edition of “Sunday Morning” to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. He joined CBS News in 1971 and has been an anchor and reporter for every broadcast on the network, including the “CBS Morning News”, the “CBS Evening News with Dan Rather” and the “CBS Sunday Night News”. She spent a year as the host of her own syndicated talk show in 2004 and did mostly specials and occasional segments on NBC’s “Today” in the 10 years that followed.

Leisurely-paced and laden with features, “Sunday Morning” draws almost six million viewers a week.

“We first got to know Jane when we did a story about her”, Morrison said in a statement.

Before Charles Osgood could name Jane Pauley as his heir on “CBS Sunday Morning”, the show’s many contributors took an extended look back at the 50-year career of Osgood, who has helmed “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than 20 years. Pauley will replace Charles Osgood as host of CBS “Sunday Morning,” following his retirement on Sunday, Sept. 25.

For “CBS Sunday Morning”, she has profiled Hillary Clinton, interviewed David Letterman and reported on educators who survived the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. And as is so often the case, they were right. She’s a dedicated, experienced broadcast journalist. “A worthy successor-and a flawless fit”.

“I can’t think of anything that has given me more pleasure professionally than Sunday Morning”, Osgood said during the show.

Pauley, who spent almost 30 years with NBC, is perhaps best known for co-anchoring NBC’s Today show for 13 years, from 1976-1989. Rand Morrison is the executive producer.