Gayle King Inks New Deal for ‘CBS Mornings’
Gayle King has inked a new deal to remain on CBS Mornings, a source familiar with the matter tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Specific terms of the deal were not immediately available. King’s deal was said to be coming up in early 2025. She had most recently inked a deal in early 2022 to continue as co-anchor of the morning show.
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King has been a staple at CBS Mornings for more than a decade, having helped launch the show in 2012, and has remained in place alongside a rotating slate of co-stars. She originally hosted the program (as CBS This Morning) alongside Charlie Rose and Erica Hill. Hill departed after less than a year (Norah O’Donnell succeeded her), and Rose was fired by CBS in 2017 amid harassment claims.
She currently co-hosts with Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson.
King has also secured a number of newsmaking interviews for CBS, including Jay-Z, Cherelle Griner, Megan Thee Stallion, and her infamous 2019 interview with R. Kelly.
The morning program has been on a ratings hot streak, delivering its best numbers in the key adults 25-54 demo ever in a season, going back to 1991. The show has also been nipping at the heels of NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America, and has actually topped the ABC broadcast 17 times in the demo over the past season.
Morning shows remain the flagships for network news divisions, with their hours serving as a financial backbone, helping to subsidize other programming that is not quite as lucrative.
CBS is also planning to expand CBS Mornings, with THR reporting last month that the network is planning a third hour, which will air in some local markets, and also stream on its CBS News 24/7 platform.
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