In similar fashion, Wragge came to Houston in 1998 as Craig Roberts' backup on Channel 2 and was elevated to the top spot in 2000, a year before Roberts was let go. He left Houston in 2004 to replace veteran sportscaster Warner Wolf at WCBS in New York and two years later became the station's lead news anchor. "Everything I've done, whether it's being a sportscaster to going to ET to doing news for four-plus years, it's been to check all the major boxes you need to be aLinks of London sale morning show anchor," Wragge said during a recent trip to Houston. "This is what I've wanted to do. Everything I've done has been to prepare myself for the day I could be in one of those seats. I didn't know where it would be, but I was hoping I would get a shot at one of them." CBS has long lagged in the morning ratings through a long list of anchor teams (including, at various times, two other HoustonLinks of London Gingerbread Man alumnae in Paula Zahn and Hannah Storm), and Wragge is not unaware of the uphill climb that he and his colleagues will face against Today and GMA. "Who says things can't get better?" he said. "Who says we can't get this vehicle back on the highway and driving in the fast lane? Nobody has exclusivity on success. ... There is no reason we can't be as competitive and as successful. "People told me when I Links of London Globe Charm Houston (for WCBS), 'Are you kidding? Why would you want to leave this opportunity and the things you're doing with NBC Sports to go to that dog of a station? I went to that quote, dog, unquote, of a station and helped turn it into a powerhouse. And I genuinely feel that the people I'm working with can make (The Early Show) a hell of a lot better than it has been." He was hired for the job by CBS News president Sean McManus, who, like Wragge, has divided his time between news and sports and appreciates the flexibilityLinks of London H Charm sportscasters bring to the multifaceted nature of morning shows, where the phrase "on a lighter note" is a daily fixture. "Chris can handle curveballs, which is important in morning television," McManus said. "He can transition from interviewing a key political figure to the softer elements of morning television like the cooking and the celebrity interviews. He has a love of life and a curiosity that is infectious, and he comes across onscreen as enthusiastic and wanting to discover what the viewer wants to discover." Wragge's early days at Channel 2 coincided with the station's penchant for stunt stories, and Wragge pitched in with a segment called Wraggtime in which he tried out for various teams and famously lost a bet with Olympic diver Laura Wilkinson.
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