# Scott Pelley ousted as anchor at "CBS Evening News," reassigned to "60 Minutes" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 31, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pelley-ousted-as-anchor-at-cbs-evening-news-reassigned-to-60-minutes/787767 "2017-05-31T11:52:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pelley-ousted-as-anchor-at-cbs-evening-news-reassigned-to-60-minutes/787767/1 "2017-05-31T11:52:51Z")
Scott Pelley, who has sat behind the anchor desk at the _CBS Evening News_ since 2011, was removed from that post on Tuesday. Pelley’s office was being cleaned out as he was away on assignment for CBS’s newsmagazine show _60 Minutes_. He will be assigned to _60 Minutes_ permanently, beginning immediately. A permanent replacement for Pelley has not yet been announced. His ouster has been described as “a long time coming.” [https://www.google.com/amp/pagesix.com/2017/05/30/scott-pelley-is-leaving-cbs-evening-news/amp/](https://www.google.com/amp/pagesix.com/2017/05/30/scott-pelley-is-leaving-cbs-evening-news/amp/) Yes, I know I messed up the thread title. I have asked a mod to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pelley-ousted-as-anchor-at-cbs-evening-news-reassigned-to-60-minutes/787767/2 "2017-05-31T14:40:07Z")
[Moderating] Fixed title. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pelley-ousted-as-anchor-at-cbs-evening-news-reassigned-to-60-minutes/787767/3 "2017-05-31T14:48:25Z")
I see by the article that his ratings have dropped, but I found his program the best of the evening news shows. More serious and more focused on news. Well, up to the first commercial, at least. After that it’s health and fluff, but they all are. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pelley-ousted-as-anchor-at-cbs-evening-news-reassigned-to-60-minutes/787767/4 "2017-05-31T15:08:44Z")
I’m seriously bummed. I’ve had a huge crush on Scott Pelley for forever. Plus I think he is a great neutral newscaster ( although he’s had trouble keeping a straight face during some of the Trump coverage). He didn’t do a lot of editorializing but I love this piece. Ill really miss Scott. I guess I might have to start watching 60 Minutes ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pelley-ousted-as-anchor-at-cbs-evening-news-reassigned-to-60-minutes/787767/5 "2017-05-31T17:23:48Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > [Moderating] > > Fixed title. Thank you, **Chronos**. Pelley was my favorite anchor of the Big Three, the others being Lester Holt at NBC and David Muir at ABC. I thought he was very professional, and a welcome change from Dan Rather and Katie Couric. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pelley-ousted-as-anchor-at-cbs-evening-news-reassigned-to-60-minutes/787767/6 "2017-05-31T17:44:04Z")
Why was he ousted? Particularly in such a backhanded way? It sounds like someone high up really didn’t like him. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pelley-ousted-as-anchor-at-cbs-evening-news-reassigned-to-60-minutes/787767/7 "2017-05-31T17:54:39Z")
[Ratings.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/31/scott-pelley-is-out-as-cbs-evening-news-anchor-will-return-to-60-minutes-full-time/?utm_term=.f0f9e7cbf64a) That’s all that matters. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pelley-ousted-as-anchor-at-cbs-evening-news-reassigned-to-60-minutes/787767/8 "2017-05-31T18:00:00Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Why was he ousted? Particularly in such a backhanded way? It sounds like someone high up really didn’t like him. They don’t. > [@](#): > > Insiders tell us that CBS News president David Rhodes “is making [Pelley] move to ‘60 Minutes,’ ” and that the pair “don’t get on.” > > Another TV insider said that while Pelley’s ratings have been down, “There’s also been friction between him and [Rhodes].”