Scott Pelley Replaces Katie Couric as Anchor of 'CBS Evening News': Debut is June 6 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Zoneboy · 05-03-2011, 11:49 AM

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Scott Pelley, a 21-year veteran of CBS News, has been named anchor of the network's flagship "CBS Evening News."

Pelley, as expected for weeks, is replacing Katie Couric in the seat at one of TV news' storied franchises.

"The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley" will launch June 6, CBS officials said Tuesday. He will also be the show's managing editor.

"I am delighted to join the terrific team at the 'CBS Evening News,'" Pelley said in a statement. "It's a privilege to work alongside the most gifted and talented journalists in the industry."

Well liked, and respected, Pelley has handled a variety of roles at CBS, most recently as a lead correspondent on "60 Minutes." He's worked on "60 Minutes II," covered the White House, and in hotspots around the globe.

He will continue to report for "60 Minutes" in the new job, too.

"Scott has it all. He has the experience, the credibility and he is among the very best reporters ever to work at CBS News," CBS News chairman Jeff Fager said in a statement. "We like to think of CBS News as the 'reporter's network' and I can't think of anybody in this business better suited for the anchor chair than Scott."

Pelley takes over after five years of Couric, who left NBC News to become the first ever solo female evening news anchor.

After a brief burst of ratings increases, the audience levels fell back to pre-Couric levels, and CBS remained in third.

More important, throughout her run on CBS, Couric was dogged with reports that she was leaving or unhappy. Whether real or fabricated, the reports hung over the "Evening News" like a nasty storm cloud.

That storm intensified in recent months as Couric's contract expiration neared and her team stepped up efforts to land a deal to give her a daytime talk show and a news operation platform.

She revealed last week she would, indeed, leave the "Evening News." She has yet to announce where she'll land next, though CBS and ABC are reportedly in the running.

Born in San Antonio, TX, Pelley began his journalism career as a copyboy at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal newspaper. He later went on to work as a producer and reporter at WFAA—TV in Dallas/Fort Worth, and other stations in Texas.

At CBS, he covered wars, elections and the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks.

"Scott is the ideal journalist to lead this broadcast," CBS News president David Rhodes said in a statement. "We're very proud to have him guiding this news organization's reporting each and every evening. He has a body of work few in the business can claim and will help us grow CBS News now and in the future."

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