Earlier this week, Osgood, 83, met with his longtime pal, Rand Morrison who serves as "CBS Sunday Morning" executive producer. "We talked vaguely about his future," Morrison said, "and that's as far as it goes."
Meanwhile, Osgood is scheduled to undergo knee-replacement surgery in the next few weeks and is expected to be off the air for some time recovering, Morrison said. .
Osgood’s current deal with CBS News expires at the end of next December and some at the network had been planning to announce his departure from “CBS Sunday Morning” in May.
Insiders have pegged Jane Pauley, 65, as an early favorite to take over as host of the popular program — although there have been no formal discussions with the former NBC News star yet.
Osgood, who is known as CBS’ “poet in residence” has been the face of the highly-rated morning show for more than 20 years. He took over the telecast from legendary broadcaster, Charles Kuralt.
Since 1971 Osgood has hosted a short, daily program on CBS Radio stations, called “The Osgood File” and is expected to continue that show for the foreseeable future.
Pauley, a former “Today” co-host and anchor of “Dateline” on NBC, joined “CBS Sunday Morning” in April 2014 as a correspondent and occasionally substitutes as host for Osgood.
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