Scott Pelley Replacing Katie Couric on CBS Evening News?!

With no official statement about Katie Couric leaving "CBS Evening News", the network already found her replacement for the anchor duties. CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager is eying “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley for the job!

According to TMZ, they got two reasons in choosing Scott Pelley --- "First, he's well-liked and respected by his bosses, and second ... there really is no second choice who is appealing to the CBS honchos."

Even though Fager is not interested in Couric's anchor stint in "CBS Evening News",  he definitely agrees that she deserve to have her on syndicated show on CBS.

Couric's contract expires on June 4, 2011 and she's still in negotiations with CBS and other networks.

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Katie Couric Leaving CBS Evening News

Katie Couric will be signing off in CBS Evening News after five years to pursue a new project in hosting her own syndicated show after her contract expires on June 4, 2011.

The veteran journalist hasn’t officially quit CBS but Katie thinks she fell short in providing new things due to some restraints as an anchor in CBS Evening News.

Katie says, "I would have given people what they were used to, a traditional newscast. And then as they got to know me and got more comfortable, then I would’ve started toying with the format and trying new things. I think we were overly ambitious. We probably would have been better off playing it a little safer."

She is now in talks with different networks and she plans to start the syndicated show in September of 2012.

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