CBS Plans Special Morning, Primetime Coverage of 9/11 Anniversary
CBS will fill key morning and primetime hours on September 11 with live coverage and special programming devoted to the 25th anniversary of terrorist attacks on America on that date in 2001.
The CBS programming will also be available on Paramount+. A selection of reporting on the attacks and their aftermath from “60 Minutes” will be featured on CBSNews.com, Paramount+ and CBS News‘ YouTube channel. The 59th season of “60 Minutes” is slated to commence on Sunday, September 13.
CBS’ efforts will join those of ABC News, NBC News, Fox News Channel, MS NOW and CNN. The 25th anniversary of the attacks has spurred many news organizations to offer a broader array of programming, which in most years is largely tied to comemmoration.
CBS News will start coverage on “CBS Mornings,” which will feature co-hosts Gayle King and Nate Burleson along with “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil at Ground Zero in New York and “60 Minutes” correspondent Norah O’Donnell reporting from the Pentagon. Dokoupil and O’Donnell will launch a 90 minute special report at 8:30 a.m. that covers memorials occurring in New York, Shanksville and the Pentagon. CBS News correspondents will report from New York City, the Pentagon and the site of the crash of Flight 93 near Shanksville.
Dokoupil will return at 6:30 p.m. to anchor “CBS Evening News” live from Ground Zero.
He will also anchor at 8 p.m. “We Remember,” a special from Ground Zero that will feature three stories tied to the tragedy. Lesley Stahl of “60 Minutes” will revisit a story from the newsmagazine, reported by her late colleague Ed Bradley, that looks at Summit, N.J., which lost nine residents in the attacks. Stahl will add to the report with details on how the town is coping with its history. Dokoupil will speak with a family that escaped the World Trade Center with their toddler but lost their patriarch, while O’Donnell will interview General Dan Caine, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.
CBS will present “Daughters of 9/11” at 9 p.m., during which Elizabeth Miller, Jessica Trant and FBI special agent Frank Pellegrino probe whether the man accused of masterminding the attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will ever face justice.
· CBSNews.com, Paramount+ and CBS News’ YouTube channel will also showcase a selection of 60 MINUTES’ best reporting on the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath over the past 25 years.
· CBS New York will have extensive multiplatform coverage, including more than two dozen stories on the attacks and recovery, among them, an explainer from its state-of-the-art Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality-driven studio that showcases the rebuilding of the World Trade Center campus. Kristine Johnson and Jessica Moore will anchor a one-hour special from the 9/11 Memorial on Thursday, Sept. 10. The station will feature anchored coverage of the memorial on Friday, Sept. 11.
· CBS News 24/7 will provide comprehensive coverage all day, beginning at 7:00 AM, ET. CBS News 24/7 will stream the 90-minute special report at 8:30 AM, ET, followed by continuing live coverage from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, ET. Expanding on CBS News’ original reporting, CBS News 24/7 will feature interviews with newsmakers, analysts and those impacted by the attacks, to assess the U.S. standing 25 years later and what is at stake globally. CBS News 24/7 will also present 9:11: WE REMEMBER, a CBS News special, the weekend of Sept. 1