Erica Hill, Formerly of CBS\'s Morning Show, to Join \'Weekend Today\'

Evan Agostini/Associated Press Erica Hill, recently of CBS, is now on NBC.

NBC confirmed on Thursday that Erica Hill, a former anchor at CBS and CNN, would become a part of the “Weekend Today” team starting on Saturday.

Ms. Hill will become a co-host of the Saturday and Sunday program alongside Lester Holt. Jenna Wolfe, who has co-hosted the Sunday program for several years, will become the news anchor on Saturdays and Sundays. Ms. Hill's expected hiring was reported last month.

In September, NBC named Dylan Dreyer, a Boston meteorologist, the “Weekend Today” weather anchor, so Ms. Hill's appointment this week completes a new cast of four for the program.

†œI couldn't be happier to have such a strong team in place with Lester, Erica, Jenna and Dylan,” said Dee Dee Thomas, the executive producer of “Weekend Today,”  in a statement. “We just celebrated 25 years of weekends here at ‘Today' and this is the perfect ensemble to lead us towards our next milestone.”

Ms. Hill was most recently a co-host of “CBS This Morning,” the new morning newscast on that network. She was abruptly replaced by Norah O'Donnell after returning from a vacation in July. Along with co-hosting “Weekend Today,” she will be a national correspondent for NBC News, which means she will report stories for “Today,” “NBC Nightly News” and other broadcasts.