Almost exactly one year ago (Dec. 12), Chuck Scarborough retired from WNBC/4. No one had spent more time as a TV anchor in New York (50 years), and — barring some reversal of fortune in TV news itself — no one ever will again. Along with Sue Simmons (32 of those years), he was the other half a legendary tag team that symbolized local TV news.

On the occasion of his own departure, Walter Cronkite said that "old anchormen, you see, don’t fade away; they just keep coming back for more." But this particular anchorman — who turned 82 last month — isn't so sure about that. Scarborough admits he's still casting about for his next move (a book? documentary?) What was self-evident during a wide-ranging Zoom interview is that the word "retirement" sits uneasily with him.

How has this past year b

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