The
CBS Evening News is the flagship evening television news program of
CBS News, the news division of the
CBS television network in the
United States. The program has been broadcast since 1948 under the original title
CBS Television News, eventually adopting its current title in 1963. Since June 6, 2011, the weekday editions of the program have been anchored by
Scott Pelley. Since 2012,
Jim Axelrod has served as anchor of the Saturday edition, while
Jeff Glor anchors the Sunday edition. Previous anchors have included
Douglas Edwards,
Walter Cronkite,
Dan Rather,
Bob Schieffer, and
Katie Couric.