It’s the end of an era for TV news, as Deborah Norville announced she’s stepping down from Inside Edition after 30 years as host.
“It has been an honor and a privilege to be here at Inside for all these years. A milestone like this is a time for reflection, and on reflection, I’ve decided that now is the time for me to move on from Inside Edition,” she shared on the show’s Wednesday, April 2, episode. “They made me a lovely offer to stay, but there are things I’d like to do and places I want to do them that continuing here don’t permit. So, at the end of this season, I will be moving on.”
Norville, 66, teased that she has “exciting things in the works” that she will reveal at a later date. “But what I want to say right now is what a privilege it has been to lead Inside Edition for all of these years, to work with the incredibly talented team here and to be invited into your homes every day,” she continued. “It’s an honor I don’t take lightly.”
The TV personality shared similar comments in a Wednesday Instagram video. “They tell me I’m the longest-running anchor on American television,” she stated. “When I started this job, Bill Clinton was president, O.J. Simpson was on trial for murder and Forrest Gump was about to win big at the Oscars.”
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Norville noted that while “change can be frightening,” the easier thing would have been for her to stay on the show. “I know this is the right decision for me, and I am so excited about what’s to come,” she concluded the clip.
Several of Norville’s colleagues congratulated her in the post’s comments. “It’s been an honor and pleasure to work with you, Deborah, but most of all it’s been a blessing to call you my friend,” wrote Insider Edition correspondent Lisa Guerrero. “Congratulations on your current milestone and for your new adventures ahead. Time for a celebratory drink when I get back to NY at the end of the month! 
I 
you.”
Entertainment Tonight cohost Nischelle Turner commented, “You are a LEGEND.”
While Norville is keeping her upcoming projects under wraps, Variety announced in December 2024 that she will host CBS’ new game show, The Perfect Line, which is expected to premiere this fall.
“It’s a fun show you play along at home!” Norville wrote about her new gig via Instagram at the time. “Still a long way till launch but a great first step.”
Norville was a pageant queen before she got her journalism start in college. She joined NBC News in 1987 as a host for NBC News at Sunrise. She took over for Jane Pauley as an anchor for Today in 1990 but left the morning show after one year while on maternity leave.
“I was pushed out while on maternity leave, having just given birth to my first child. It was personally devastating to, in less than two years, go from ‘NBC’s fastest-rising star’ to a pariah in television. It was awful,” she claimed in a June 2012 column for The Hollywood Reporter. “But, just as an earthquake forces you to check the foundation of your home, having my career shatter forced me to reevaluate everything.”
She moved on at CBS News in 1992 and began anchoring Inside Edition in 1995.
Outside of her career, Norville has been married to Karl Wellner since 1987. The couple became parents with the birth of their son Niki in 1991 and expanded their family with son Kyle and daughter Mikaela in 1994 and 1997, respectively.
