What If A White Guy Didn’t Get Katie Couric’s Job? Here’s A Diverse Short List For CBS

If the rampant but rather bland buzz is to be believed, CBS News will tap 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley as the next anchor of the CBS Evening News, replacing the soon-to-depart (and almost certainly daytime-bound) Katie Couric. (Couric herself even talked about the advantages of being in daytime during a visit to NBC’s TODAY this morning)

By all accounts, Pelley’s a great guy, well-liked at CBS News, and a fine choice to inherit the chair once owned by Walter Cronkite. Picking Pelley would reshuffle the evening news anchor deck, returning it to mostly white guys, with ABC’s Diane Sawyer the only exception. But what if CBS decided on a more diverse choice? Who’s out there? Is there anybody worth a look?

We asked Eric Deggans, TV/Media critic for the St. Pete Times for a short list.

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