Tony Dokoupil Starts ‘CBS Evening News’ Run With Long Pete Hegseth Interview

This probably wasn’t the kickoff to a run on “CBS Evening News” that Tony Dokoupil — or his bosses — envisioned.

The anchor, a veteran of CBS News’ morning program, was to have launched his tenure Monday, but a stunning attack on Venezuela by U.S. forces followed by an extraction of the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, made his appearance on the network’s evening news all the more necessary, particularly as top personnel at other networks, including Tom Llamas at NBC and Kaitlan Collins at CNN, unveiled their intention to show up for weekend duty on their networks’ evening schedules.

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