Brokaw, NBC agree on 10-year post-anchor role

Tom Brokaw is leaving the anchor chair but not NBC. He signed a 10-year contract Wednesday to remain at the network, largely to produce and narrate documentaries.

Brokaw, 64, is stepping down as anchor of NBC’s “Nightly News” on Dec. 1 and will be replaced in that role by Brian Williams.

“To a lot of people that meant I was going to sit around in an old anchorman’s home with a lap robe and a drool cup,” Brokaw said. “But I never intended to stop working.”

NBC News has a tradition of locking its big names to long-term contracts; “Meet the Press” host Tim Russert, for example, is signed through the 2012 election.