“My goal in life isn’t to kindly people anymore.
I think if you’re likable … you don’t necessarily stand for anything.
It’s a question that many retired news anchors have had to face.
When is it important that they come back to television to remark on the state of journalism?
When is it better to just disappear?
Here’s what these retired news anchors are doing today.
I will have to, between just us, admit that he’s more talented.”
After Pauley left the show, Gumbel then anchored “TODAY” alongside Katie Couric.
After Gumbel left “TODAY,” he jumped over to “The Early Show” on CBS.
He remained as the host of “Real Sports,” an HBO Show, until 2023.
At that point, Gumbel finally retired for good.
However, the ratings never really showed up, and she wound up moving on from there as well.
She went on to anchor “Yahoo!
News,” ultimately leaving news behind for good in 2017.
On a podcast in 2018 (viaPeople), she said she was disappointed in Yahoo!
’s failure to promote her news show.
“It certainly was not very fulfilling for me.
In the years since she left news behind, Couric has remained busy.
She guest-hosted “Jeopardy” in 2021, taking over for the late Alex Trebek.
I was supposed to learn from her.
She was supposed to learn from me.
We were supposed to share life together.”
“Just give me the facts, folks.”
She has, however, stayed in touch with Kotb.
She wrote music for it, tellingMovieGuideabout one emotional day in the studio.
“I was on my face worshiping.
I really was heavy,” she said.
“I went over to my producer.
His hands were trembling and there were tears streaming down his face.”
His career stretches all the way back to “The TODAY Show” in the 1970s.
Brokaw officially left the news business in 2021.
Unfortunately, Brokaw’s retirement wasn’t entirely his own decision.
He mused, “I’ve had to change my life in some way.
I really had to give up my daily activity with NBC.”
Brokaw acknowledged that the split was mutual and that NBC had been headed in a different direction.
“I just wasn’t the same person,” he said.
The book recounts his family history, as he explained to Pauley on “CBS Sunday Morning.”
The answer, for Brokaw, seemed easy.
He said, “Oh, it’s because of my parents.”
He claimed that the bang out of journalism he once did has since fallen by the wayside.
He announced his departure in an email to his staff, which was later published byABC Newsonline.
Gibson wrote, “It has not been an easy decision to make.
This has been my professional home for almost 35 years.
“My wife and I are frequent cruisers,” he confessed.
“I cherish the sea days just sitting on a balcony looking at the water.
I feel totally at peace.
Cruises aren’t cheap, but the memories are worth every penny.”
Spoken like a true retiree!
For the record, Gibson hasn’t entirely disappeared into his love of traveling.
He also still appears occasionally on “Good Morning America.”
Alongside his daughter Katie, Gibson hosts a podcast called “The Book Case.”
Charlie offered, “The point is, there’s no magic bullet.
There really isn’t.
The interesting thing all the experts say: It’s up to the parents.”
