CBS Sunday Morning Lineup and Guests: Who's On With Jane Pauley
Quick answer: For Sunday, Oct. 11, CBS News Sunday Morning, hosted by Jane Pauley, leads with Rita Braver and Kerry Kennedy on Kennedy's new biography of her mother, Ethel Kennedy. The rundown CBS posted also lists Billy Crystal with Tracy Smith, Noah Kahan with Luke Burbank, Gruffalo creators Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler with Elizabeth Palmer, Steve Bannon with Ted Koppel, Seth Doane on paella in Valencia, a Steve Hartman story and Faith Salie on women's pro baseball. The broadcast begins at 9 a.m. ET on CBS. Lineups are subject to change for breaking news.
The segments on this page come from the rundown CBS News publishes on cbsnews.com under the heading "This week on Sunday Morning," with the date of the broadcast. TVmaze also carries an episode entry for each Sunday, but it repeats an earlier draft of the same rundown. For Oct. 11 the two differ: TVmaze names a design piece on the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto and leaves out the paella story and the Hartman story. Where they disagree, this page follows CBS's published rundown and says so in the table.
What is on CBS Sunday Morning on Sunday, Oct. 11?
| Segment label | Story | Correspondent and guest | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVER STORY | Ethel Kennedy, as told in the new biography by her daughter | Rita Braver with author Kerry Kennedy | CBS rundown; TVmaze |
| ALMANAC | Oct. 11 in history | Not specified | CBS rundown |
| BOOKS | The Gruffalo books and the new "Gruffalo Granny" | Elizabeth Palmer with author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler | CBS rundown; TVmaze names Donaldson only |
| MUSIC | Noah Kahan and his fourth album, "The Great Divide" | Luke Burbank with Noah Kahan | CBS rundown; TVmaze |
| WORLD | Traditional paella in Valencia, Spain | Seth Doane | CBS rundown only |
| PASSAGE | In memoriam | Not specified | CBS rundown |
| POLITICS | Steve Bannon on the midterm elections | Senior contributor Ted Koppel with Steve Bannon, whom CBS describes as a key figure in Trump's 2016 campaign and a former White House adviser | CBS rundown; TVmaze |
| HARTMAN | A volunteer who tracks down lost dogs around Richmond, Va. | Steve Hartman with Christine Quaiff | CBS rundown only |
| BROADWAY | Billy Crystal's one-man show "860" at the Imperial Theatre | Tracy Smith with Billy Crystal | CBS rundown; TVmaze |
| SPORTS | The Women's Pro Baseball League after its first season | Faith Salie with Kelsie Whitmore, Maggie Foxx, Justine Siegal and Keith Stein | CBS rundown; TVmaze |
| GALLERY | Photos of the week, Oct. 4 to 10 | Not specified | CBS rundown |
| NATURE | The Amazon jungle of Ecuador | Not specified | CBS rundown |
CBS's rundown gives the order above but no clock times for individual segments. The same page carries a note that the week's "Sunday Morning" also has an archive piece on the actress Eva Marie Saint, who died Oct. 6, and that piece is marked as a web exclusive rather than part of the broadcast.
What was on CBS Sunday Morning on Sunday, Oct. 4?
The Oct. 4 broadcast listed Susan Spencer on grudges, Luke Burbank with Brandon Flowers of The Killers on his solo music, Jo Ling Kent with Aaron Sorkin on his film "The Social Reckoning," Robert Costa with author Michael Lewis, Jonathan Vigliotti riding along on Ken Kesey's psychedelic bus, Ted Koppel on deepfake videos and Dr. Jon LaPook with actor and author Alan Alda. After the broadcast, CBS added an extended Alda interview and a Kesey bus video to that week's rundown page. Lewis is listed again for NBC's Meet the Press on Oct. 11, as the Meet the Press guest page shows, and Sorkin was on TODAY on Monday, Oct. 5, per the TODAY Show guest page.
What was on CBS Sunday Morning on recent Sundays, Sept. 13 to Oct. 4?
| Sunday | Stories CBS listed | Videos CBS posted afterward |
|---|---|---|
| Oct. 4 | Grudges (Susan Spencer); Brandon Flowers (Luke Burbank); Aaron Sorkin (Jo Ling Kent); Michael Lewis (Robert Costa); Ken Kesey's bus (Jonathan Vigliotti); deepfakes (Ted Koppel); Alan Alda (Dr. Jon LaPook) | Extended Alda interview; Kesey bus piece |
| Sept. 27 | New filmmakers from YouTube (Luke Burbank); Sylvester Stallone on "Rocky" at 50 and his book "The Steps" (Tracy Smith); true crime (Luke Burbank); singer Raye (Seth Doane); Keith Haring at Crystal Bridges (Jane Pauley); AI explained (David Pogue) | Extended Stallone and Raye interviews; Haring piece; a Steve Hartman essay |
| Sept. 20 | Online sports betting (Jim Axelrod); Charles Spencer (Mark Phillips); George Lucas and the Lucas Museum (Norah O'Donnell); Nvidia's Jensen Huang (Jo Ling Kent); buffalo puppets in New York (Anthony Mason); Ari Emanuel (Ben Mankiewicz); Lonnie Bunch of the Smithsonian (Mo Rocca); Gov. Andy Beshear | Extended interviews with Lucas and Mellody Hobson, Huang, Bunch, Spencer and Beshear; buffalo piece |
| Sept. 13 | U.S. munitions stockpiles (David Martin); commercial surrogacy (Katrina Kaufman); shipwrecks (Lee Cowan); Dario Amodei of Anthropic (Jo Ling Kent); Diane von Furstenberg (Alina Cho); the pumpkin capital, Morton, Ill. (Nancy Giles); a train liberated in 1945 (Seth Doane) | Shipwrecks; extended von Furstenberg interview; pumpkin piece; an extended Amodei interview |
"Videos CBS posted afterward" means the clip is on CBS's rundown page for that Sunday when it was read on Sunday, Oct. 11. A story without a separate clip is not necessarily missing from the broadcast. CBS says full episodes are available on demand on CBSNews.com, CBS.com and Paramount+.
Who hosts CBS Sunday Morning?
Jane Pauley. Each weekly rundown opens with "Hosted by Jane Pauley," and the CBS News team page lists her as anchor of the program. The rundown names Rand Morrison as executive producer. This is a different program from the weekday CBS Mornings, whose co-hosts are on the CBS Mornings anchors page, and the two shows do not share a guest list. The weekday bookings are on the CBS Mornings guest page.
What time is CBS Sunday Morning on?
CBS says the program is broadcast on CBS on Sundays beginning at 9 a.m. ET. The same notice says it streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11 a.m. ET, and that full episodes are available on demand on CBSNews.com, CBS.com and Paramount+. CBS does not give a Pacific time in the notice, and its own "DVR Alert" page exists because stations vary, so check your local listings for the start time in your city.
When does CBS post the Sunday Morning rundown?
Before the broadcast. The Oct. 11 rundown was online on cbsnews.com on Saturday, Oct. 10, and the same page is updated after the show with the video clips. NBC's Sunday public affairs program announces its guests on Fridays, as the Meet the Press page above explains, and the weekday morning shows are compared on the morning show guests this week page.
FAQ
Who is on CBS Sunday Morning on Sunday, Oct. 11?
Kerry Kennedy, Billy Crystal, Noah Kahan, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Steve Bannon, and the Women's Pro Baseball League's Kelsie Whitmore, Maggie Foxx, Justine Siegal and Keith Stein, per CBS's rundown. Jane Pauley hosts.
Is CBS Sunday Morning the same as CBS Mornings?
No. CBS Sunday Morning is a Sunday program hosted by Jane Pauley that starts at 9 a.m. ET. CBS Mornings is the weekday morning show with its own co-hosts and guests.
Sources
- CBS News: This week on "Sunday Morning" (Oct. 11, 2026)
- CBS News: This week on "Sunday Morning" (Oct. 4, 2026), and the same pages for Sept. 27, Sept. 20 and Sept. 13
- CBS News: Sunday Morning (show page, air time and streaming note)
- CBS News team: Jane Pauley
- TVmaze: CBS News Sunday Morning (episode listings, used for comparison only)
The Sunday public affairs programs have their own pages in the Sunday Shows section, and every show is on the Morning Shows On Air home page.