Today Tonight will have a new face next year as host Anna Coren has decided to leave the show and the network, Channel Seven, to become a news anchor and reporter for the U.S. cable news channel CNN. She is due to begin in December.

Following on-going difficulties and problems, including the court case involving Mercedes Corby, she took a screen test in the US last July. Now, we get to see who will replace her, after she replaced Naomi Robson after her credibility was eroded after the Wawa-gate incident in 2006.

Samantha Armytage is rumoured to take over Coren, but after gossip that Seven was seeking Nine’s Karl Stefanovic, there is suggestion that the network could be assessing other hosts for the position. According to the Sunday Telegraph, howver, Armytage is believed to be the frontrunner after signing a two-year contract before her contract expired in three months.

The deal also saw her salary bumped up by 60 percent. Armytage is currently the summer host for TT, the same position as Coren had held before being bumped up to a permanent role.