Schieffer was anchor of the "CBS Sunday Night News" from 1973 to 1974, the "CBS Sunday Evening News" in 1976, and of the "Saturday Evening News" broadcast for twenty years from 1976 until 1996. He also anchored "the weekday CBS morning show" at the time called "Morning", which was titled in accordance to the day of the week (Monday Morning, Tuesday Morning, etc.) from 1979 to 1980. One of his best known roles was as moderator of the Sunday public affairs show, "Face the Nation", from 1991 until May 31, 2015.