Deborah Norville, Host

Deborah Norville is a two-time Emmy® Award-winning journalist and bestselling author who is stepping into an exciting new chapter in her career. This fall, Norville returns to television in THE PERFECT LINE, a new syndicated game show from CBS Media Ventures. The show challenges contestants to arrange answers in the correct sequence, and only the “perfect line” wins big. As host, Norville brings her trademark poise to this high-stakes, visually dynamic take on trivia.

Norville is best known for anchoring Inside Edition, a position she held for 30 years, making her the longest-serving anchor on American television. During her tenure, the show became the nation’s No. 1 daily newsmagazine and one of the top five programs in first-run syndication.

Norville joined Inside Edition in 1995 following a distinguished run at CBS News as an anchor and correspondent. She also previously served as co-host of NBC’s Today, anchor of NBC’s News at Sunrise, host of Deborah Norville Tonight on MSNBC, and host of the nationally syndicated Deborah Norville Show on the ABC Talk Radio Network. Her journalism career began at WAGA-TV in Atlanta while she was still a student at the University of Georgia.

Norville is also a bestselling author and lecturer. Her book Thank You Power: Making the SCIENCE of Gratitude Work for YOU became a New York Times bestseller and has been published in more than a dozen languages. She is a contributor to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and has written numerous self-help titles, children’s books and crafting books.

She serves on the board of the Broadcasters Foundation of America and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Women Corporate Directors, and the New York Women’s Forum. She is a past board member of the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York and the Rita Hayworth (Alzheimer’s) Steering Committee. Norville is married and the mother of three.