Christiane Amanpour said Monday that she will leave next June, ending a 43-year run that made her one of the network’s defining figures. In the meantime, she said she will wrap up her daily shows across and PBS at the end of this year, keep a weekly show through May and then work through June on what she called a smooth transition.
The announcement lands at a moment when viewers are already watching closely after David Ellison took over earlier this month in an $81 billion buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery. For Amanpour, the timing gives her exit a clear calendar and removes the guesswork: she is not vanishing overnight, but neither is this a vague farewell. The daily broadcasts end first, the weekly appearance continues for several more months, and the final handoff stretches into next June.
Amanpour said she had spent many months thinking about the move and had a few sleepless nights before deciding to separate from, which she called her partner for 43 fantastic years. She said she will continue her podcast, the Ex-Files with Global, and thanked the people she worked with across her long career, especially the teams and field crews that carried her through assignments from the First Gulf War to the Bosnian War, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Iran.
That history matters because her departure is not just about one anchor stepping away. It also comes after a recent appearance in London, where she spoke about the ideological realignment at CBS News and voiced concern about the future of her own network. Mark Thompson said he was very sorry to see her go but had come to accept that it was the right time for her, both personally and professionally.
For now, Amanpour is leaving with a long runway rather than a clean break. She has set the dates, kept the weekly show alive through May and left June for the final transition, which suggests this is less a sudden exit than a measured closing chapter.
