A day will come when Gayle King decides to step down from her prominent role at “CBS Mornings.” But that day is not today. King and CBS News have struck a deal to extend her contract, according to people familiar with the matter.

King, who has been at CBS News since taking a role at the show once called “CBS This Morning” in 2011, last renewed her deal with CBS in 2022. CBS News declined to make executives available for comment. King’s decision was previously reported by The New York Post.

CBS extends her contact when its morning show has taken on a new fighting edge. “CBS Mornings,” like other CBS News programs, runs third in the ratings behind ABC News’ “Good Morning America” and NBC News’ “Today,” but in recent months has narrowed the gap with the ABC program in a critical audience category — people between 25 and 54, the demographic most coveted by advertisers in news programming. For the week of September 9, for example, “GMA” won an average of 433,000 viewers between 25 and 54, according to Nielsen, while “CBS Mornings” attracted an average of 409,000.

With CBS making headway in a meaningful way, the network would likely be loath to change personnel on the morning program. CBS News has more in store for its morning show. On September 30, the Paramount Global network is expected to launch a third hour of the program, co-anchored by Tony Dokoupil and Adriana Diaz.

King renews her pact at a time when Paramount is under pressure to cut co.