Nate Burleson To Join CBS This Morning As Co-Host In Addition To NFL Today Duties

(CBS Local)- Former NFL wide receiver Nate Burleson has been a fixture connected CBS connected Sundays arsenic portion of The NFL Today since joining CBS Sports successful 2017. Now, opening successful September, viewers volition spot him connected the web regular arsenic Burleson joins CBS This Morning as a co-host alongside Gayle King and Tony Dokoupil.

Burleson served arsenic a impermanent big of the programme during the week of May 17 and present joins the squad full-time arsenic portion of a caller multi-platform woody reached with CBS.

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“Nate is an highly talented broadcaster, interviewer and storyteller, whose heavy curiosity and enthusiasm is the cleanable acceptable for mornings connected CBS,” said Neeraj Khemlani, President and Co-head of CBS News and Stations said successful a statement. “His wide scope of acquisition and interests – from quality to sports, from euphony to poetry, and from manner to cryptocurrency – provides a unsocial position that volition deepen the show’s transportation with our viewers. He excites audiences successful each arena, and we’re fortunate to person Nate joining Gayle and Tony astatine the array successful September.”

Burleson’s caller relation volition besides see immoderate yearly appearances connected Nickelodeon successful antithetic capacities aft helium debuted connected the web earlier this twelvemonth arsenic portion of the kids-themed accumulation of the NFL Wild Card Game. As portion of the woody helium volition proceed to supply investigation connected The NFL Today alongside Phil Simms, Bill Cowher and Boomer Esiason with big James Brown.

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“I americium perfectly thrilled to beryllium joining the incredibly talented squad astatine CBS This Morning. This is an bonzer opportunity, and I look guardant to the situation of upholding the modular acceptable by the legends who came earlier me,” said Burleson said successful a statement. “Life is astir being acceptable for the close opportunities, and I person been preparing for this infinitesimal since my archetypal time connected television. Having a accidental to inform, heighten oregon simply brighten up the greeting for our viewers is an honor. The athletics of shot and I volition ever beryllium inextricably intertwined. I consciousness truthful fortunate to articulation CTM portion continuing to play a relation astatine the NFL Network, and of course, spending Sundays with the squad connected THE NFL TODAY.”