CBS Eyes Cooper for Couric Job

CBS execs met with CNN anchor about Evening News gig
Posted Mar 1, 2010 7:03 AM CST
CBS Eyes Cooper for Couric Job
HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 21: CNN's Anderson Cooper attends the 2009 CNN Heroes Awards held at The Kodak Theatre on November 21, 2009 in Hollywood, California.   (Getty Images)

Network bosses may be eying Anderson Cooper to replace Katie Couric as anchor of the CBS Evening News: CBS executives met with the CNN anchor a few months ago to discuss the anchor job, according to two TV insiders. Couric's contract expires in mid-2011, and Anderson was apparently in the running to replace her even before his attention-grabbing coverage of the Haiti earthquake in January.

Cooper already has ties to CBS: a contributor to the network's 60 Minutes, he also was courted by CBS in 2007 to take over the low-rated Early Show.

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