Pelley became the anchor of the "CBS Evening News" on June 6, 2011, succeeding Katie Couric. In Pelley's first nine months in the anchor chair, the program gained an additional daily 821,000 viewers. CBS News has also enjoyed increases in its audience for special news events. After election night, 2012, "Variety" wrote, "With Scott Pelley front and center; the Eye was up 8% from four years ago." The "CBS Evening News" increased its audience every year from 2011 through 2015. On May 29, 2015, the media website, "The Wrap", wrote: "These days, CBS brass may finally have a reason to smile. On Wednesday, the network announced "Evening News with Scott Pelley" added more than 1.25 million viewers over the past four years – a whopping 21 percent jump. The show also saw audience growth for the fifth consecutive season, the first time any network evening news broadcast has done that since 1987."