Jane Pauley to replace Charles Osgood on ‘CBS Sunday Morning'

Jane Pauley Sunday was named to replace the retiring Charles Osgood as anchor of “CBS Sunday Morning.”

Pauley' appointment was announced at the end of Osgood's final appearance as host of the program he took over 22 years ago. Pauley will the third anchor in the program's 37 years. Osgood took over for Charles Kuralt, the program's first anchor, in 1994.

Osgood, 83, announced in August that he would leave CBS News after 50 years at the network, although he will still be heard on CBS Radio.

The bow tie he wore on his last “CBS Sunday Morning” broadcast is being donated to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

For Pauley, 64, “CBS Sunday Morning” will be her first regular anchor role since she left NBC's “Dateline” in 2003. She spent a year as the host of a syndicated talk show in 2004 and did mostly specials and occasional segments on NBC's “Today” in the 10 years that followed.

Pauley joined CBS News in 2014 as a contributor to “CBS Sunday Morning” and filled in frequently for Osgood. She will begin as permanent anchor Oct. 9.

Pauley's television career goes back to 1976 when she was a Midwestern local news anchor who succeeded Barbara Walters as the co-host of NBC's “Today” alongside Tom Brokaw. Teamed with Bryant Gumbel on “Today” in the 1980s, she became one of television's most popular personalities. She left “Today” in 1989 and became co-anchor of “Dateline” in 1992.

Pauley had her three children during her run on “Today,” which raised the country's awareness of women balancing motherhood with a career. She is married to “Doonesbury” cartoonist Gary Trudeau, whom she met through Brokaw.