CBS Evening News

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flagship newscast television news program

CBS Evening News is a long-running American television network’s flagship nightly news program known for its national and international news coverage.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
CBS Evening News canonical	16
CBS Evening News with Dan Rather	2
CBS Evening News (producer roles)	1
CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and Connie Chung	1
CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor	1
CBS Evening News with Katie Couric	1
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley	1
CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite	1
The CBS Evening News	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T294885 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CBS Evening News
Context triple: [CBS, notableProgram, CBS Evening News]

A. NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News is a long-running American evening television news program that provides national and international news coverage on the NBC network.
B. NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
C. ABC News
ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company, providing television, digital, and radio news coverage in the United States and internationally.
D. 60 Minutes
60 Minutes is a long-running American television news magazine program known for its in-depth investigative reporting and interviews.
E. Good Morning America
Good Morning America is a long-running American morning television show on ABC that features news, interviews, and lifestyle segments.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CBS Evening News
Target entity description: CBS Evening News is a long-running American television network’s flagship nightly news program known for its national and international news coverage.

A. NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News is a long-running American evening television news program that provides national and international news coverage on the NBC network.
B. NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
C. ABC News
ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company, providing television, digital, and radio news coverage in the United States and internationally.
D. 60 Minutes
60 Minutes is a long-running American television news magazine program known for its in-depth investigative reporting and interviews.
E. Good Morning America
Good Morning America is a long-running American morning television show on ABC that features news, interviews, and lifestyle segments.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flagship newscast ⓘ television news program ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	CBS Evening News ⓘ surface form: The CBS Evening News
anchor	Bob Schieffer ⓘ Connie Chung ⓘ Dan Rather ⓘ Douglas Edwards ⓘ Jeff Glor ⓘ Katie Couric ⓘ Norah O'Donnell ⓘ Scott Pelley ⓘ Walter Cronkite ⓘ
broadcastSchedule	weeknights ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coverageArea	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States international via satellite and cable ⓘ
distribution	CBS News streaming platforms ⓘ CBS ⓘ surface form: CBS broadcast network
firstAired	1948-05-03 ⓘ
formerTitle	CBS Evening News self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CBS Evening News with Dan Rather CBS Evening News self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor CBS Evening News self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CBS Evening News with Katie Couric CBS Evening News self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS Evening News self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite Douglas Edwards with the News ⓘ
genre	news ⓘ
hasFormat	feature segments ⓘ international news coverage ⓘ national newscast ⓘ political news coverage ⓘ special reports ⓘ
hasSegmentType	breaking news updates ⓘ in-depth reporting ⓘ investigative pieces ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
laterBroadcastIn	color ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
medium	television ⓘ
notableFor	coverage of international crises ⓘ coverage of major U.S. political events ⓘ long-running flagship status on CBS ⓘ
originallyBroadcastIn	black-and-white ⓘ
originalNetwork	CBS ⓘ
originalTitle	CBS News ⓘ surface form: CBS Television News
partOf	CBS News ⓘ surface form: CBS News division
producedBy	CBS News ⓘ
targetAudience	general audience ⓘ
typicalRuntimeMinutes	30 ⓘ