NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� CBS News is bringing a little of the NFL to its morning show, hiring former football player Nate Burleson as one of the three co-hosts of 鈥淐BS This Morning.鈥�
Burleson has been host of 鈥淕ood Morning Football鈥� on the NFL Network and, since 2017, an analyst on 鈥淭he NFL Today,鈥� CBS' Sunday afternoon studio show during the season. He will continue in the CBS football role.
He will team with Gayle King and Tony Dokoupil on 鈥淐BS This Morning鈥� starting next month. Anthony Mason, currently the third person on the team, will focus on culture reporting for the network.
Burleson will also be the second former NFL player on a network morning show: Michael Strahan is a major part of ABC's 鈥淕ood Morning America.鈥�
Burleson's hiring is the first major personnel move by CBS News' new leadership team 鈥� Neeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon 鈥� and Shawna Thomas, the executive producer of 鈥淐BS This Morning.鈥�
Burleson filled in as a guest host recently, and 鈥渉is energy was infectious,鈥� Thomas said.
The CBS morning show next month plans to move into a new studio once occupied by MTV, putting it across Times Square from one of the show's competitors, ABC's 鈥淕ood Morning America.鈥�
The Associated Press
