--- title: CBS 'Sunday Morning' Anchor Charles Osgood to Retire After 22 Years description: Charles Osgood, anchor of CBS's Sunday Morning, announced he will retire from his 22-year run on the program canonical: https://time.com/4469912/charles-osgood-retire-cbs/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-28T15:14:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:56.565Z og:title: CBS 'Sunday Morning' Anchor Charles Osgood to Retire og:description: He has anchored the program since 1994. og:url: https://time.com/4469912/charles-osgood-retire-cbs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt913124fd5de774a9/6988a3e6cd1bba1b0a7021a1/charles-osgood.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: 2016 Daytime Emmy Awards - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: CBS 'Sunday Morning' Anchor Charles Osgood to Retire twitter:description: He has anchored the program since 1994. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt913124fd5de774a9/6988a3e6cd1bba1b0a7021a1/charles-osgood.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # CBS 'Sunday Morning' Anchor Charles Osgood to Retire After 22 Years > Sponsored content. 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Aug 28, 2016 3:14 PM UTC  Charles Osgood speaks onstage after receiving the Emmy for Outstanding Morning Program at the 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on May 1, 2016. Charles Osgood speaks onstage after receiving the Emmy for Outstanding Morning Program at the 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on May 1, 2016. Earl Gibson III—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 28, 2016 3:14 PM UTC Charles Osgood, anchor of CBS’s _Sunday Morning_, announced he will retire from his 22-year run on the program when he makes his final appearance on Sept. 25. “Some of you may have heard rumors lately that I won’t be hosting these ‘Sunday Morning’ broadcasts very much longer. Well, I’m here to tell you that the rumors are true,” Osgood said during Sunday’s broadcast. “For years now people — even friends and family — have been asking me why I keep doing this considering my age. I am pushing 84\. It’s just that it’s been a joy doing it! Who wouldn’t want to be the one who gets to introduce these terrific storytellers and the producers and writers and others who put this wonderful show together?” Osgood plans to [continue anchoring](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/charles-osgood-announces-retirement-as-anchor-of-cbs-sunday-morning-after-22-years/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab8c&linkId=28130056) _The Osgood Files_, his daily news commentaries broadcast on the CBS Radio Network, as well as occasionally appear on _Sunday Morning_. 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