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Couric Will Be on '60 Minutes' Right Away

Katie Couric | Rascal Flatts | PassoverKatie Will Be on '60 Minutes' Right AwayWe all know by now that Katie Couric is going to anchor "The CBS Evening News." Even some of the inhabitants Saturn's blue ring have been e-mailing in about that.But, as we first confirmed in this column before anyone, I think, Couric is also going to be doing pieces on "60 Minutes."In fact, from what I'm told, Katie's smiling face will likely be seen on the first couple of new installments of "60 Minutes" in the fall. From then on, she will be a recognizable fixture on the show.The word from TV's most venerated news magazine is that Couric will be part of a new generation overhaul now that Mike Wallace is retiring and Morley Safer is being given a sort of emeritus status.When I asked a higher up at CBS News about Wallace, they replied of the soon to be 88-year-old's retirement: "It's time."And of Safer, who will turn a relatively spry 74 in November: "He's not going to be doing that much either."That leaves...

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