‘60 Minutes’ opens 59th season on CBS with no direct mention of show’s off-season turmoil
The premiere kept its usual three-segment format while CBS leaders promoted a new season after months of staff upheaval and departures.
- On Sunday, 60 Minutes premiered its 59th season on CBS-TV, featuring traditional investigative segments while sidestepping any direct acknowledgment of the significant leadership and personnel upheaval unfolded behind the scenes in recent months.
- Turmoil has persisted since CBS News Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss was appointed by Paramount owner David Ellison, and she installed Nick Bilton as executive producer earlier this year to lead a major staff overhaul.
- The restructuring resulted in an exodus of talent, including the firing of longtime correspondent Scott Pelley and the departures of correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega after what some staff described as tense confrontations.
- Executives at CBS News and parent Paramount Skydance aim to sustain the program's financial performance, as 60 Minutes generated $67 million in advertising in 2025 and saw its overall audience rise by 9%.
- The program plans to integrate more closely with the CBS News investigative unit, a strategy Weiss believes will modernize the show despite internal concerns about potential cost-cutting and editorial independence.
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’60 Minutes’ opens 59th season on CBS with no direct mention of show’s off-season turmoil
NEW YORK (AP) — The venerable newsmagazine “60 Minutes” opened its 59th season on CBS-TV on Sunday night with no direct mention of the turmoil and departures that have unfolded behind the scenes in recent months. Hosts waited until the show’s end to acknowledge that anything different was going on. While speaking about the claim...
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'60 Minutes' opens 59th season on CBS with no direct mention of show's off-season turmoil
The venerable newsmagazine “60 Minutes” opened its 59th season on CBS-TV on Sunday night. It made no direct mention of the turmoil and departures that have unfolded behind the scenes in recent months and waited until the show’s end to acknowledge that anything different was going on.
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