Scott Pelley is leaving his post as CBS Evening News anchor to become a full-time correspondent for 60 Minutes. Pelley had been doing double duty since taking the anchor seat in 2011. “The milestone 50thseason of 60 Minutes requires Scott’s full contribution, and we look forward to important reporting from him for many years to come,” said David Rhodes, president of CBS News. (The newsmagazine will also soon face competition from NBC’s Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly, launching June 4.)
“CBS has been great to me for nearly 30 years,” said Pelley. “I’m glad to accept this assignment with continuing gratitude.” While CBS’s evening news broadcast lags behind ABC, tops in viewers in the most recent sweeps period, and NBC, first in the demo, CBS notes that during Pelley’s tenure, its broadcast grew in audience in each of its first 5 seasons, the longest run of growth for any network evening broadcast in the history of the modern ratings system.
