Rob Marciano Lands New Weatherman Role at CBS News 6 Months afterGMAFiring

Mar. 15, 2025

Rob Marciano.Photo:Lou Rocco/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty

Lou Rocco/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty

According to a report from journalist Oliver Darcy in his dailyStatusnewsletter, Marciano is joining CBS News. Previously onGood Morning AmericaandABC World News Tonight With David Muir,PEOPLE confirmed earlier this year thatMarciano, 56, exited ABCfollowing complaints of alleged bad behavior.

CBS News and Marciano’s reps did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.

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Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty

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On May 1, just one day after news broke that the meteorologist would no longer be working with ABC, a former coworkerSwetha Sharma told PEOPLEabout her experience working with him. She explained that Marciano was quick to anger, although many people had positive experiences working with him as well.

A source, on the other hand, told PEOPLE on May 2 thatthere was no truth behind claimsthat he had a bad temper.

“Rob is always positive, hands-on and never anything but professional,” the source said, labeling the firing as a “hit job.”

“People enjoy working with him and he’s not difficult to work with,” he added.

Rob Marciano.Walt Disney Television/Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Getty

Walt Disney Television/Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Getty

“The Rob Marciano being portrayed is not the Rob Marciano we know,” he said, continuing to say that he never heard “anything but praise” for Marciano and his work ethic. “Rob has always been nothing but professional. He is truly invested in his segments, cares a tremendous amount about his final work product."

Another female colleague of Marciano’s told PEOPLE at the time that she wasn’t “exaggerating” when she calls Marciano the “nicest, most professional and respectful person I’ve ever worked with.”

“He was hard-working and kind to everyone,” she maintained. “So many people in news can be cut-throat, or creepy, or generally unpleasant, but Rob is not one of them. He’s the definition of a standup guy."

Rob Marciano.Mark Sagliocco/FilmMagic

Mark Sagliocco/FilmMagic

A third female co-worker who spent a decade at CNN with Marciano told PEOPLE that her “heart hurts” seeing all of the negative reports about the weather reporter.

“Rob is great. No one championed my career in that building more than he did and no one took care of the crew in the field better than he did in my 10 years of working there,” she said. “I had plenty of really bad encounters at CNN and people who treated me terribly.”

The insider continued to say that Marciano “answered the calls and said, ‘Let’s get coffee and you can tell me about it.'”

“He listened. He helped,” she said.

source: people.com