"CBS Saturday Morning," which has had a rotating cast of on-air anchors since November, has selected its next pair of hosts.

There’s a reason for the buzz around Lauralee Bell and Martha Byrne’s quest to launch a primetime soap, and it’s not only because they’re two soap stars looking to make a splash behind the scenes.

CBS News staffers are bristling after Bari Weiss, the network’s newly installed editor-in-chief, appointed herself moderator of a televised town hall featuring Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point ...