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CBS Bets Tony Dokoupil’s ‘Big Question’ Segment Makes Sizable Difference in Evening-News Battle
Aug 3, 2026 9:00am PT CBS Bets Tony Dokoupil’s ‘Big Question’ Segment Makes Sizable Difference in Evening-News Battle

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Brian Steinberg

Senior TV Editor

bristei See All The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH TONY DOKOUPIL is meeting people where they are – sharing the most urgent, important stories with Americans, rather than talking to them. To offer a fuller picture of the country, a closer look at the neighbors they share it with and the challenges we face together, Dokoupil will get out from behind the anchor desk and travel across the country. Pictured: Tony Dokoupil reporting from Doral, FL. Photo: Michael Tessier/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Michael Tessier/CBS News

Tony Dokoupil’s job hinges on breaking news. He has recently been taking precious seconds to try and knit some of it together.

On a recent Friday night, the “CBS Evening News” anchor stopped the rat-a-tat-tat delivery of headlines for which his program and similar ones are known, just to reflect. He delivered a short monologue focused on the ramped-up construction of data centers across the U.S. Dokoupil simply wanted an answer to the following: “In an election year where Americans are mostly divided on the issues, why are so many united around opposition” to the new facilities?

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