LOS ANGELES, Jan 10 — CBS named television journalist John Dickerson yesterday to replace fired co-host Charlie Rose on the network’s CBS This Morning news show.
Dickerson, who has anchored the CBS Sunday political show Face the Nation since 2015 and moderated two 2016 presidential debates, will start his new job today, the network said in a statement.
Veteran TV journalist Rose, 76, was fired by CBS in November after being accused by more than 10 women of sexual misconduct. Rose apologised for inappropriate behaviour but questioned the accuracy of some of the accounts. Reuters could not independently verify the accusations.
PBS and Bloomberg, which broadcast the Charlie Rose show, also said they were terminating their relationships with Rose and cancelling distribution of his programmes in the aftermath of the misconduct allegations.
He was one of dozens of powerful men in media, entertainment, business and politics brought down by accusations of sexual misconduct since October 2017.
Dickerson, 49, will join This Morning female co-hosts Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell.
“Few people possess John’s intellect, curiosity and journalistic chops,” Ryan Kadro, executive producer of This Morning said in a statement. “He’s the perfect complement to Gayle and Norah."
This Morning has the smallest audience of the three main morning shows on US broadcast television with a daily audience of about 3.6 million. — Reuters
