Katie Couric Signs Off From CBS Evening News for Last Time (Video)

By Tracey Harrington McCoy Posted May 19th 2011 09:40PM

After almost five years of anchoring the CBS Evening News, Katie Couric said goodbye for the last time Thursday night, E!Online.com reports.

Following a montage featuring some of her most memorable moments, including interviews with President Barack Obama, Valerie Plume, Alex Rodriquez and Clint Eastwood and trips to the Middle East and Africa and coverage of the royal wedding and the death of Osama Bid Laden, Couric bid farewell.

"To all of you watching, thank you so much for coming along with me on this incredible journey," Couric said. "That's the CBS Evening News for tonight. I'm Katie Couric. Good night."

The 54-year-old reporter, who joined CBS in 2006, says of her next move, "I am looking at a format that will allow me to engage in more multi-dimensional storytelling... I have a lot of areas of interest and I want to be able to fulfill all of that."

See her final sign off after the jump.

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Thursday 19 May

By Queenie

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Don't let the door hit you on the way out...

By ahubgal

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Oh im sorry. I forgot the part where you're a top journalist that made it to the top of the journalism world.
must have missed all of your hardwork and determination?
hm.
well go back to watching tv and eating your bon-bons.
:)

By George

AHUBGAL....OK, so now I know she had ONE viewer....this woman did not deserve any special recognition...the only thing I recall is America having to gag and throw up their breakfast when they showed a microscope going up her rectum....so I guess she deserves that much on the way out! JUST SHUT UP AHUBGAL.

By chickinlil

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She would be good at infomercials!!!!

By Wendy

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Can the little giggly old troll of a lady please just GO AWAY! and take Hairless Lauer with her!

By d

Thank you Katie.

By Ahubgal has afro armpits.

Hey, Ahubgal, sounds like your off your medication. Your name sounds like a puking animal. This isn't the Third World, stay away from the grown-up stuff.

By Sue

She will get a show that will fill the time slot of Oprah. I think Ellen is also filling that time slot but there is room for more with all the soap operas getting cancelled. I bet Matt Lauer is close behind her. I dont see Matt working along side Anne Curry who can barely string 2 sentences together. Lots of changes, and not for the good.

By BARENE

FINALLY!!! I WON'T HAVE TO SEE OR HEAR YOUR SMUG SMILE AND CONDESENDING VOICE WHILE FLIPPING THROUGH THE TV CHANNELS.

Friday 20 May

By Marie Brown

If you would stay fixed on Fox News, you'd see all of the news!

By Frank

Thanks Katie,

You are a consommate professional and a perfect anchor.I followed you on the Today show ( you took the anchoring job to get some sleep) and watched your Evening News show regularly.
I am confident you will pursue another intellectually challenging position. Good Luck

By k

Let's face it. She was supposed to be the savior of CBS news, the superstar that would turn it all around. She failed. Okay. Let's move on. But let's remember, she failed. Let's not do it again.

By trafficstripes

Bye, Katie. Going to try sports now, eh? Go get 'em!

By DBH

Glad to see her go. I found her annoying.

By GB

5 yrs. too long. Good riddance chipmunk face.

By mikelookup

Another news reader that wants to be a star. Paid huge amounts of money for nothing. Good bye and good riddance. you will be forgotten by tomorrow

By Brenda

Glad to see her go. GOOD RIDDANCE