CBS is making an attempt to grow eyeballs for the fading nightly news crowd as they announced today plans to begin webcasting the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric on Tuesday, September 5. The news program will be broadcast live online at the same time it airs on CBS, said the television network. It will also be made available in an on-demand format after the simulcast and will give viewers the choice to watch it in its entirety or by selecting individual reports from each program.

The network said also they would be making available online other Couric related broadcast features.