What would a news recap be without mention of 'famous legs'?

The AP reports that Katie Couric's takeover of the CBS evening news went off without a hitch, can you imagine? A woman who has been living in insipid morning-news land actually pulled it off! Magnificent!

But please don't ever forget that as a woman, she is automatically subject to this kind of prose:

As the end credits rolled, Couric, wearing a white jacket over a black shirt and skirt, was leaning against the edge of her desk, showing her famous legs.

Someone who's older than I am, please tell me, when Walter Cronkite or Peter Jennings or whoever took over the nightly news, did the news stories the next day talk about his handsomly tailored suit, the color of its pinstripes, and the newscaster's famous ... Adam's apple ... eyes ... wrists ... anything?

I actually saw a few minutes of Couric's maiden broadcast, and I have to say, she has a very warm and empathetic demeanor that I quite enjoyed for the few minutes I experienced it. As for what stories she decides — or helps decide — to cover, well, who gives a fuck? I don't watch evening news; I work.