''CBS News Roundup'' is an American overnight news program broadcast by

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and

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. Airing during the early morning hours each Monday through Friday, the program is anchored Jessi Mitchell. CBS has carried an overnight news block since 1982; it was known as ''CBS News Nightwatch'' until 1992 and then ''Up to the Minute'' until September 18, 2015. From then through May 28, 2024, ''Up to the Minute'' was replaced by the ''CBS Overnight News'', which eschewed a dedicated anchor by largely repackaging segments from the ''

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'' and other CBS News programming''.'' On May 29, 2024, it was replaced by the CBS News 24/7-produced ''CBS News Roundup''.

Overview

''CBS News Roundup'' airs at 1:00 a.m. ET on

, and is offered on the CBS broadcast network in a loop from 2:00 a.m. ET to 8:00 a.m. ET (when '' CBS News Mornings'' – the network's early-morning news program – begins in certain areas of the

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. Most CBS stations air ''CBS News Mornings'' at 4:00 a.m. local time or earlier, depending on the start time of the station's local

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). Most of the network's stations do not air the program's entire broadcast loop and preempt portions of it to air local programming (usually

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s or syndicated) – joining the program in progress anywhere from five minutes to as much as 1½ hours after the start of the program – with affiliates looping the show until ''CBS News Mornings'' begins. Some stations and affiliates, including

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, carry a rebroadcast of the ''

'' in the first half-hour they air or leading into their morning newscasts (except Sunday into Monday morning, when—except for KCNC—''

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'' is substituted). Its main competitor is ABC's ''

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'', which follows a more irreverent format than the more straightforward news style of CBS (

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has not aired a late-night newscast since the cancellation of ''

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'' in 1998, and locally scheduled syndicated programming or NBC News Now's ''Top Story with

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'' leads into ''

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'').

History

The program's history traces back to the launch of the network's first overnight news program, ''CBS News Nightwatch'', which premiered on October 3, 1982; that program was originally anchored by

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, Felicia Jeter, Karen Stone and

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, who were later joined by

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. In 1984, production of ''Nightwatch'' moved from

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, at which time

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(who later returned to CBS News as co-anchor of ''

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'') and Lark McCarthy became the program's anchors. ''Nightwatchs format was a hybrid of a traditional newscast and an interview and debate show; during the original 1982 format, local affiliates had the option of inserting local news updates into the program.

''Up to the Minute''

CBS announced its decision to cancel ''CBS News Nightwatch'' in early 1992. Around this time, ABC and NBC were setting up their late-night newscast programs (''

'' and ''

'', respectively; only ''World News Now'' is still on the air) and replaced it with a more traditional news program in the same vein as the other two, titled ''Up to the Minute'', on March 30, 1992. The program was originally anchored by

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and Monica Gayle, who both left the program in 1993 (Gayle subsequently became co-anchor of the ''CBS Morning News''), and were replaced by Troy Roberts, at which point the program switched to the single-anchor format which it used for the rest of its run; production of the newscast returned to the

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in New York, situated in front of a working newsroom used by the affiliate news service CBS Newspath. Regular on-air contributors to ''Up to the Minute'' included John Quain, who served as the program's technology consultant beginning in 1998. The program's on-air graphics package and set were often several years behind that of

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' daytime broadcasts, with components of the news division's early-1990s era graphics package being used on the program until 2005, when it began to follow the current look of the ''

''. The newsroom behind the anchors was also covered by frosted-glass paneling, likely to hide the equally outdated CBS News and ''Up to the Minute'' branding mounted along the walls. In March 2009, when Michelle Gielan was named anchor of ''Up to the Minute'', production of the program was integrated with the ''CBS Morning News'', with the same anchors being used on both programs. In November 2012, ''Up to the Minute'' moved to Studio 57 at the

, the same studio space that was also home to ''

''. At that time, it became the last remaining news program on any of the big three networks or major cable news channels to begin broadcasting in high-definition (by comparison, the ''CBS Morning News'' had upgraded to HD two years earlier in November 2010).

''CBS Overnight News''

On June 25, 2015, ''

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'' reported that CBS News had decided to cancel ''Up to the Minute'' but planned on retaining the 3 a.m. timeslot for news programming. ''Up to the Minute'' ended its run after 23 years on September 18, 2015. The program was replaced three days later on September 21 by the ''CBS Overnight News.'' In terms of content, the show was largely unchanged from its predecessor, except it no longer had a dedicated anchor. Much of the program now consisted of repackaged segments from the ''CBS Evening News'', introduced by its anchor using footage from the earlier broadcast. Other segments were linked by CBS News correspondents in secondary studios.

''CBS News Roundup''

In April 2024, alongside the announced rebranding of the CBS News streaming network as CBS News 24/7, CBS announced a new late-night newscast known as the ''CBS News Roundup'', which would premiere in June, and air on the service at 1:00 a.m. ET/10 p.m. PT. The title is familiar to

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listeners from its own daily evening newscast, the '' CBS World News Roundup''. The ''Roundup'' premiered on May 29, 2024, also replacing the ''CBS Overnight News'' on the main network. When it debuted, Matt Pieper hosted on Mondays, and Shanelle Kaul for the remainder of the week. Since February 27, 2025, Jessi Mitchell has hosted every weekday. It is broadcast from Studio 57 at the CBS Broadcast Center, which had been the main home of the CBS News streaming network since 2022.

Anchors

(1982–1984) * Felicia Jeter (1982–1984) * Karen Stone (1982–1984) *

(1982–1984) *

(1982–1983) *

(1984–1990) * Lark McCarthy (1984–1990) * Various hosts (1990–1992) *

(March 30, 1992 – 1993) * Monica Gayle (1992–1993) * Troy Roberts (1993–1995) * Sharyl Attkisson (1993–1995) * Nanette Hansen (1995–1998) * Mika Brzezinski (1997–2000; now with

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) * Melissa McDermott (2000 – March 10, 2006) * Meg Oliver (March 20, 2006 – March 20, 2009) * Michelle Gielan (March 23, 2009 – June 18, 2010) *

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(June 21, 2010 – April 6, 2012) * Terrell Brown (April 9, 2012 – January 18, 2013; now with

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) * Anne-Marie Green (January 21, 2013 – September 18, 2015) *

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(September 21, 2015 – May 2, 2016; December 5, 2017 – May 10, 2019) *

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(September 22, 2015 – June 16, 2017) *

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(May 9, 2016 – June 1, 2020) * Anthony Mason (June 20, 2017 – December 1, 2017) *

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(July 16, 2019 – May 28, 2024) *

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(December 7, 2020 – May 27, 2024) * Shanelle Kaul (May 29, 2024 – February 26, 2025) * Matt Pieper (June 3, 2024 – February 26, 2025) * Jessi Mitchell (February 27, 2025 – present)

References

External links

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