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 .

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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.

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.

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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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