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Cooper, who, in one of those happy coincidences that makes covering TV so serendipitous, anchors CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360." He will contribute up to five reports a year to the CBS Sunday newsmag while continuing as a full-time employee of Time Warner's CNN.

Cooper contributed two reports to "60 Minutes II" during the 2004-05 season.

In yesterday's announcement, CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein pointed out that the Cooper arrangement continues CNN's relationship with CBS. The cable news network's chief international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, was a contributor to "60 Minutes" from the mid-1990s until last season. But this time around, CNN will get to rerun each of Cooper's "60 Minutes" reports once.

"I'm very excited by the opportunity to work at '60 Minutes,' " Cooper said in a canned quote for the news release. "I grew up watching the broadcast and, like many Americans, still try to make sure I'm home Sunday nights at 7 so I can see it. I'm truly honored to be part of '60 Minutes' and look forward to working with [executive producer] Jeff Fager and all the other remarkable talents at CBS News. I can't wait to get started."

That's six "I's," in case you're counting.

In its bio of Cooper, CBS noted that since he joined CNN in December 2001, he has anchored major breaking news stories, most recently the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.

Cooper traveled to Sri Lanka to cover the tsunami and was in Baghdad for the Iraqi elections. He anchored much of CNN's live coverage of the funeral of Pope John Paul II in Vatican City as well as the Terri Schiavo story in Florida.

Before that, CBS News noted, Cooper was a correspondent for ABC News, contributing to "World News Tonight," "20/20," "20/20 Downtown" and the weekend editions of "World News Tonight."

They forgot to mention his time hosting ABC's reality series "The Mole," but they were probably pressed for space.

Fager, meanwhile, declared Cooper "among the very finest reporters of his generation, and he's got what it takes to be a perfect fit here at '60 Minutes.' "

What he's got is a 39th birthday coming up, which, what with Mike Wallace, who turns 88 today, retiring from the show, youngs-up the newsmag's on-air-talent profile considerably.

And yet, in another of those happy coincidences, the young demographic profile of "Anderson Cooper 360" is nearly identical to that of "60 Minutes."

Did you know that 18- to 49-year-olds make up 29.09 percent of the "60 Minutes" audience and 29.47 percent of the "Anderson Cooper 360" audience?

Me neither.

Cooper's show averaged 151,000 18- to 49-year-olds last month. Steve Colbert's "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central is averaging 716,000 18- to 49-year-olds these days. Better get to work on that Colbert bio.