CBS News has named Jericka Duncan as the anchor of both editions of the “CBS Weekend News.”
Duncan, who had been anchoring Sunday evening editions of the newscast from New York City since 2021, replaces Adriana Diaz on Saturday nights.
Diaz was recently named co-anchor of “CBS Mornings Plus,” a third hour of the network’s morning show that airs on a handful of CBS-owned stations in select major markets. She anchors alongside Tony Dokupil.
“Weekend News” debuted in 2016. While it is essentially the weekend edition of the “CBS Evening News,” it has been branded separately since then. At the same time the new name was announced, CBS also switched its overnight news broadcast to use the name “CBS Overnight News.” It has since been rebranded as “CBS News Roundup.” Prior to that, it was known as “CBS News Up to the Minute.”
Diaz previously anchored her editions of “Weekend” from the newsroom of WBBM in Chicago, where she was based.
“CBS Weekend News” is often delayed, abbreviated or pre-empted due to sports or other weekend programming at the network level. This can sometimes vary from market to market.
Having Duncan appear on both editions is a departure from ABC and NBC, who still have separate anchors for Saturday and Sunday editions of their respective evening newscasts, “NBC Nightly News” and “ABC World News Tonight.”
On ABC, Whit Johnson typically anchors Saturdays, with Lindsey Davis appearing Sundays. NBC features José Díaz-Balart on Saturday and Hallie Jackson on Sunday. Below is the full text of the memo announcing the change from Adrienne Roark, president of newsgathering and editorial for CBS News and Stations: