CBS News Now
| Company type | Broadcast news program |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television news |
| Founded | July 18, 2022 |
| Defunct | August 31, 2023 |
| Fate | Discontinued following transition of CW affiliates to independent stations |
| Headquarters | Fort Worth , United States |
Area served | United States (on CBS-owned CW affiliates and independent stations) |
Key people | Tom Hanson (weeknight anchor), Trason Bragg (weekend anchor) |
| Parent | CBS News and Stations |
CBS News Now served as the collective name for a series of hybrid local and national newscasts created by CBS News and Stations. These broadcasts were featured on the majority of the group's CW affiliate channels or independent stations. The CBS Local News Innovation Lab, operating out of the KTVT / KTXA facilities in Fort Worth, Texas, managed production. In areas where comprehensive CBS news teams existed, the broadcasts carried the branding of the area's respective CBS News Local streaming platform; in other locations—including those where CBS owns a station but the CBS network affiliate is operated by a third party—the program was titled [Location] Now News.
Typically scheduled for 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. local time, the show blended concise local news and weather updates—presented either by local anchors or remote correspondents—with predominantly national news segments produced in Fort Worth. The national anchors were Tom Hanson on weeknights and Trason Bragg during weekends.
The format debuted on July 18, 2022, across several stations such as:
- WLNY-TV (Riverhead–New York City), under the title CBS News New York Now at 9:00 on WLNY-TV 10/55
- WPSG (Philadelphia), branded as CBS News Philadelphia Now at 10:00 on The CW Philly
- KTXA (Fort Worth–Dallas), named CBS News Texas Now at 9:00 on TXA 21
- WUPA (Atlanta), identified as Atlanta Now News at 10:00 on Atlanta's CW 69
- KBCW (San Francisco), called CBS News Bay Area Now at 10:00 on KBCW
- WSBK-TV (Boston), presented as CBS News Boston Now at 10:00 on TV38
- KSTW (Seattle), titled Seattle Now News at 10:00 on CW 11
- WTOG (St. Petersburg/Tampa), known as Tampa Bay Now News at 10:00 on CW 44
- WKBD-TV (Detroit), aired as Detroit Now News at 10:00 on CW 50
- WBFS-TV (Miami), under the name CBS News Miami Now at 9:00 on TV33
Following CBS's transition of its CW affiliates to independent stations, most markets ceased airing the program on August 31, 2023. In duopoly markets—except Detroit—the show was succeeded by newscasts airing at 8:00 p.m., produced by the main station's news divisions. Notably, WUPA continued to use the Atlanta Now News title for a primetime newscast produced by WCBS-TV.
See also
- News Central, a comparable newscast series produced by Sinclair Broadcast Group from 2002 through 2006