'Dan Rather Reports' premieres Tuesday at 8pm on HDNet.

"Neither Rather nor the network could say, as of Sunday, what stories would be featured on Tuesday's opener," USAT's Peter Johnson reports. "Rather says each program will mix 'hard-edged reports' on a world hot spot, an investigative piece, an interview and a news analysis -- all reported by him."

"Stop and think about it for a minute," Rather says. "I don't know any other journalist who has this. I feel like a proverbial cub reporter trying to make it..."