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.
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| Theme music composer | Walt Levinsky (1982–1987)
John Trivers, Elizabeth Myers and Alan Pasqua (1987–1991 and 2011–2016) Rick Patterson, Ron Walz and Neal Fox (1991–2006) James Horner (2006–2011) Joel Beckerman (2016–present) |
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| No. of seasons | 72
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| Running time | 15 minutes (1941–1963)
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| Original release | July 1, 1941 –
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