“CBS Saturday Morning” co-hosts Dana Jacobson and Michelle Miller tearfully signed off after seven years in the gig while anxious staffers at the network remained in the dark about who will replace the duo.
“After seven long years of welcoming you to the weekend, our time here is coming to a close,” Miller said Saturday, reaching for Jacobson’s hand as the pair addressed viewers for the last time.
Jacobson added that “while it wasn’t our choice to leave, we did have one in how we get to say goodbye, including a chance to say thank you to the amazing producers, photographers, audio engineers, editors, makeup and hair stylists, assistants and floor crew and wardrobe — everybody who is a part of each and every story we told.
“Without them, there is no us.”
The goodbye came during a turbulent time inside CBS News, where recently installed editor in chief Bari Weiss has been on a mission to turn around the network.
Inside the studio, both anchors used their final minutes to highlight colleagues, the space the show gave them and the viewers who made the early-morning grind worth it.
Jacobson, who previously logged a decade at ESPN, grew emotional recounting what the program offered her professionally.
“What a gift that this show was. I got to travel the globe and be a storyteller again, do what I love most: interviews, talking and learning about people, then bringing their stories and experiences to you,” she said.
What hit hardest, she said, were the everyday encounters with viewers.
“At the airport, the gym, Celtics game or while I was even walking [my dog] Barkley, so many of you stopped me to share your love of Saturday Mornings, how much you appreciated the escape and the knowledge that we’ve provided,” Jacobson said.
“Thank you for making me feel like what I do is something that matters — what we do, matters.”
Miller, who joined CBS after arriving in New York City with, as she put it, “no job, no prospects, just a gritty reporter with a network of colleagues who gave me a shot,” used her farewell to emphasize the show’s journalism.
“SatMo gave us the opportunity to amplify stories that matter, from all vantage points and the time to tell them fully,” she said.
She framed their departure as part of a longer professional arc.
“Every story I ever told has reminded me that change is not an ending; it’s an evolution, and I might add, a chance to gain a brighter sense of belonging.”
The two closed their show by clinking champagne glasses and offering a final shout-out to executive producer Brian Applegate, senior broadcast producer Tony DiPolvere and former co-anchor Anthony Mason.
As The Post reported last week, Miller, Jacobson and Applegate were ousted as part of a first round of downsizing under Weiss and network president Tom Cibrowski.
Those departures left staffers blindsided — and with no clear sense of what comes next.
“CBS Saturday Morning” will continue to air, but the CBS News still haven’t been told who will replace the hosts or what the revamped format will look like.
Sources previously told The Post the lack of communication has ratcheted up nerves inside the newsroom.
The confusion is “par for the course,” according to one CBS insider.
“This is a network that has no plans,” the person said.
A source close to the situation insisted a plan exists, but said it will be revealed later.
Another source told The Post the anchors would exit this weekend and that correspondent Adriana Diaz is slated to fill in Nov. 29.
Sources said Diaz had been approached about anchoring the show full-time but does not appear interested.
Names floated internally include Elaine Quijano, Errol Barnett, Kelly O’Grady and Jericka Duncan — but nothing has been finalized.
For now, the Saturday broadcast will likely be led by a rotating cast of fill-ins.
The Post has sought comment from CBS News.
