Russ Mitchell (born on March 25, 1960 in St. Louis, MO) is the news anchor of The Early Show on CBS. He became the first official news anchor of the show in December 2006. He is also anchor of the Sunday edition of CBS Evening News and is the primary substitute anchor for Katie Couric on the weekday version of the CBS Evening News. On January 6, 2007, he left the co-anchoring duties on The Saturday Early Show, a position held since the show's launch in September 1997..