It reviews the previous week's news and provides insights on possible future developments in the United States and the world.
The show, produced Friday afternoons, also airs on CBS News Radio affiliates on Saturdays and Sundays.
In addition, an ad-free podcast of the entire program has been available from CBS News since early 2006, which is first distributed Friday afternoon.
The Weekend Roundup is anchored by the correspondent Allison Keyes in the CBS News Washington, D.C., bureau.
The Weekend Roundup is also a direct successor to the CBS Radio Network show Capital Ideas, focusing on government and domestic news, which aired during the 1990s from Washington, D.C., and featured correspondents Rob Armstrong and John Hartge as well as Arenstein.