CBS Races to Steady '60 Minutes' Before Sept. 13 Premiere as 3 Correspondents Weigh Return
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Updated · CNN · Jun 4
CBS Races to Steady '60 Minutes' Before Sept. 13 Premiere as 3 Correspondents Weigh Return
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jun 4
Summary
Sept. 13 is now the pressure point for CBS News, which is scrambling to stabilize “60 Minutes” after Scott Pelley’s firing and last week’s ouster of top producers and correspondents.
Three remaining correspondents — Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim — met to assess the fallout as management tries to secure their return amid allegations of editorial interference.
Nick Bilton has been holding back-to-back meetings with staff, pushing development of Season 59 investigations, including early Trump-related stories, while summer episodes built from repurposed segments move ahead.
CBS publicly denied any political interference by ownership or Bari Weiss, framing the dispute as normal editorial back-and-forth even as veterans question whether the show can be ready by September.
The turmoil has exposed a wider split inside CBS over whether Weiss’s changes are damaging the newsmagazine or modernizing a siloed operation that needs tighter integration with the broader newsroom.