CBS Names Scott Pelley as Katie Couric's 'Evening News' Replacement

By AOL TV Editors Posted May 3rd 2011 03:10PM

After weeks of speculation, CBS announced today that Scott Pelley will replace Katie Couric as anchor of 'CBS Evening News.'

Pelley, a 22-year veteran of CBS news, was the front-runner for the job and will lead his first newscast as anchor and managing editor on June 6.

The award-winning journalist has reported for '60 Minutes' since 2004 and worked as the network's chief White House correspondent. In recent years, he's covered everything from the tsunami in Japan to the recession in the U.S., and interviewed people like President George Bush, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.

"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."

CBS News chairman Jeff Fager said of Pelley, "Scott has it all. He has the experience, the credibility and he is among the very best reporters ever to work at CBS News. In more than two decades at CBS News, he has distinguished himself at every level, right up to his current role at '60 Minutes,' where his work has been incomparable. 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."

Although rumors spread for weeks in advance of Couric's departure, Couric officially announced her exit last week. "I have decided to step down from the 'CBS Evening News,'" Couric said. "I'm really proud of the talented team on the 'CBS Evening News' and the award-winning work we've been able to do in the past five years in addition to the reporting I've done for '60 Minutes' and 'CBS Sunday Morning.' In making the decision to move on, I know the 'Evening News' will be in great hands, but I am excited about the future."

Couric hasn't yet announced her next move, but recent reports have her hosting a talk show for ABC, as well as reporting for the network during the 2012 presidential election.

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Written by Jean Bentley at TVSquad.

Tags: katie couric, scott pelley

Comments

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Tuesday 03 May

By Chris

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Thank goodness. Men make much more serious, respectable newscasters. Let the ladies have the goofy morning fluff pieces.

By Coffie Bean

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Woman can do a good job to you male shovanist pig!

By JRu75

Hey Coffie, thanks for helping to prove his point you moron.

By the truth

Curic knew how to ask the tough questions, like name a news paper.

By stu

this guy is not photogenic.

Wednesday 04 May

By BTDT

He may be a smart, well-read, award winning journalist, but is he perky like Katie? That's what's important in TV news.

By Kookie

100 % improvement over Couric in her boring delivery of news.

By Eddy Caywood

Excellent, I mean excellent choice.

By Nancy

I like Katie and think she does a fantastic job. I hope her quitting this just brings her bigger and better opportunities. She is smart, funny, pretty and most of all knows how to get the info. she needs. Too bad. I'll miss her.

By MickeyBlue

He may be a good newsreader (couldn't be worse than Katie) but he sure is hard to look at. I hate to sound so superficial, but he is one ugly dog and I think I'll switch to Brian Williams, or someone else less hard on the eyes. See, it's not just men who prefer attractive women to look at.

By whatever

coffie bean, typo!!!!! it is chauvinist. general chauvin served under napoleon the first, and he was a women haiter... should i say more??

By Georgia

A woman haiter? I thought Napolean was French, but I guess he was from Haiti?

By jane

Maybe a good reporter, but his facial features are not pleasing in the least. Must have been a pool of attractive middle aged men to choose from. Big mistake. Well, I'm sure Diane Sawyer is please with the decision.

georgia, napoleon the first was born in corsica, a french territory. his first wife was josephine de beauharnais a blue eyes french creole born in martinique, fort de france. if you want to learn more, go to wikipedia........ it is fun. by the way i'm french.

By TEVA1

Nobody thinks Katie really quite CBS do they???
When you leave the lowest rated network news program
at the end of your contract and they say you are
leaveing the show you realize that the network is
just being kind. Katie was shown the door!!

By diplobrat

What-ever. God, people lighten up. At least he has impeccable taste in clothes. I WANT THAT TIE! And how much did THAT SUIT cost? I want one of those- no make it two, and make the other in a lighter gray- so I can buy other fabulous ties to go with it!
Yes, the above statement had about as much to do with the article as anything you trolls wrote previously, but at least I could say something coherent, grammatically correct and didn't even need SPELL-CHECK. Mouth-breathers...

Thursday 05 May

By speech

Mr.Pelley is a great newsman but Russ Mitchell is better - Dan Rather would still be there if Bush and the GOP hadnt got him fired for telling the truth

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