The CBS Evening News host will depart the network’s nightly news telecast following the presidential election in November.
O’Donnell was named host and managing editor of CBS Evening News in 2019, following a seven-year stint as co-anchor of CBS This Morning.
“We just celebrated an amazing five years together,” O’Donnell wrote in a memo to CBS Evening News staff.
Additional details on O’Donnell’s CBS Evening News exit and the network’s transition strategy will be announced in the coming days — though Puck reports that CBS is unlikely to replace O’Donnell with another high-profile anchor.