Jane Pauley

Jane Pauley
Pauley in 2012
Born
Margaret Jane Pauley

(1950-10-31) October 31, 1950 (age 74)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Alma materIndiana University Bloomington (BA)[1]
Occupation(s)News anchor
Television host
Years active1972–present
Political partyDemocratic Party
Spouse
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(m. 1980)​
Children3

Margaret Jane Pauley (born October 31, 1950) is an American television host and author, active in news reporting since 1972. She first became widely known as Barbara Walters's successor on the NBC morning show Today, beginning at the age of 25, where she was a co-anchor from 1976 to 1989, at first with Tom Brokaw, and later with Bryant Gumbel; for a short while in the late 1980s she and Gumbel worked with Deborah Norville. In 1989, with her job apparently threatened by Norville's addition to the program, she asked to be released from her contract, but her request was denied. Her next regular anchor position was at the network's newsmagazine Dateline NBC from 1992 to 2003, where she teamed with Stone Phillips.

In 2003, Pauley left NBC News[2] and in 2004–05 hosted The Jane Pauley Show, a syndicated daytime talk show which was canceled after one season. In 2009, she began to appear on The Today Show as a contributor hosting a weekly segment sponsored by AARP called "Your Life Calling".

In 2014, Pauley appeared as an interview subject on the CBS program CBS Sunday Morning; positive audience response to this segment led to her being hired as a contributor to the show later in 2014. She was elevated to the role of the program's host in 2016, succeeding Charles Osgood, once again making her the anchor of a regular morning news program for the first time in over 25 years and becoming her first job as the host of any television program since 2005; she continues in this role as of 2024.[3]

Pauley has publicly acknowledged her struggle with bipolar disorder.[4] She is married to the cartoonist Garry Trudeau, creator of the comic strip Doonesbury.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference IUAWARDS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Carter, Bill (February 20, 2003). "After 27 Years, Pauley Plans to Leave NBC in May (Published 2003)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "Jane Pauley named anchor of CBS News' "Sunday Morning"". www.cbsnews.com. September 25, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "Jane Pauley: Interview by Chet Cooper and Dr. Gillian Friedman". Abilitymagazine.com. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  5. ^ "Jane Pauley". www.cbsnews.com. August 31, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.