She began providing news updates for Anderson Cooper 360° (AC360°) in April 2005, and was named a full-time member in February 2008.

[4][9] On September 22, 2008, Hill was named the new co-anchor of the Saturday edition of The Early Show on CBS after filling in on a temporary basis six weeks earlier.

On June 29 and July 5, 2010, Hill anchored the CBS Evening News in Katie Couric's absence.

With Maggie Rodriguez on maternity leave, Hill was also the primary female anchor on The Early Show in June 2010.

On November 30, 2010, Erica Hill was named co-anchor of CBS' The Early Show, effective January 3, 2011.

On June 6, 2016, Hill was announced as rejoining HLN as the anchor of a daytime news program, and additionally contribute to CNN.

[17] On April 19, 2018, it was announced that Erica Hill would return to CNN as lead fill-in anchor and national correspondent.