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60 Minutes 2026 Season
This Sunday evening, the historic 59th season of 60 Minutes will begin. The show will sport a new look, as newly arrived Executive Producer Nick Bilton has introduced several changes to the iconic news program. Gone will be the magazine graphics behind correspondents during the introductions to segments, as well as the walk-and-talk interview format, and several other updates.
Also gone is a fleet of names from the production, from in front of and behind the cameras. Scott Pelley, Anderson Cooper, and Sharyn Alfonsi all had their unique departures from the show last season, as well as numerous management figures behind the production. It’s as if the show is overhauling its roster, like the ever-rebuilding Miami Dolphins.
But one thing that appears firmly in place amid all the churning is the egotism of the program. The one glaring theme seen with all of the melodrama from last year was how those involved in the production behaved as if they were above any form of oversight. Pelley in particular was emblematic of this “Well, how DARE you!” attitude towards CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss for involving herself in the show.
Pelley comically took the position that he and the program were in a hands-off realm at the network. The executive in charge of the entire news division at CBS had the temerity to weigh in on the content and process of creating segments, which was held as a supreme offense.
That mentality appears to still be in place. In a piece on the return of 60 Minutes this weekend, The New York Times‘ Ben Mullin interviewed Bilton, as well as longtime and remaining correspondent Bill Whitaker. In speaking with the reporter, the topic of Ms. Weiss came up, as did the level of her participation with the show’s process.
Whitaker had direct comments about her involvement, and those reveal the elitism that seems entrenched with the old guard at the network.
In an interview on Monday, Mr. Whitaker said he had spoken to Ms. Weiss about the concerns of her interfering with the program. She told him to “call her on it” if he noticed a problem, he said. “She said she didn’t see it as interference,” Mr. Whitaker said. “She thought she was being helpful. And if I don’t think she’s being helpful, and I see it as interference, that I should just call her on it. So we shall see.”
This would be where I need to reiterate that Whitaker is her subordinate. It seems he needs to be reminded that the executives at the news division have oversight. Yet he speaks as if she is intruding into his revered territory and needs to mind her business around them.
Yes, Whitaker is a solid veteran, but he is not somehow privileged to be beyond the reach and supervision of management. His comments about measuring the involvement of his boss, and putting her in her place if needed, reflect the overarching mindset of his program — one that still exists, even after the ouster of numerous top correspondents and producers.
This attitude was seen from Pelley when he was peacocking during the arrival of Bilton last fall. In his first meeting with the staff, Bilton was told boldly by Pelley that he needed to answer for figures that were recently fired. Pelley was in no position to make that demand and Bilton had no involvement; he had just been brought in as a replacement. It was an asinine declaration.
Pelley also told Bilton firmly that no one on the 60 Minutes staff would work with him. It was then with deeply amusing obliviousness that, the next day, Pelley acted astounded to learn he was being fired. After repeatedly rebuffing attempts by Bilton to have a personal meeting, and then declaring in front of the staff that he would “never” cooperate, Pelley was offended that there was no discussion of a resolution when he was hauled to the curb.
To see how badly Pelley acted, his eviction was not a vengeful move by Bilton or Weiss; Pelley was let go, on no unclear terms, by one of the senior vice presidents of the entire network, in a matter of 15 seconds.
A similar case involved Sharyn Alfonsi. She was involved in the report about the El Salvadoran prison CECOT, where criminal immigrants were being sent. That segment was pulled in December just before airing, when Weiss instructed Alfonsi that it needed comments from the administration to be included. The reporter then displayed her version of the 60 Minutes ego.
Alfonsi declared she was being censored, that Weiss was caving to President Trump, and that the administration never responded to her requests for comments. Then the facts emerged. (Notably, facts involving a reporter needed to arrive later.)
First, Weiss was not censoring Alfonsi; she was requesting that items be added to her segment. Then it was learned that Alfonsi had, in fact, heard back from no fewer than three administration sources, ahead of the original air date. So she had lied about her reporting and was publicly condemning her superiors. Sorry, that kind of preening is going to see you loading up your desk items, Sharyn.
At the time, the collective journalism class was hailing Alfonsi, but notably, they were not hailing her work. When her CECOT segment was leaked by Canadian sources, it was widely announced, and people were implored to view it. When the segment later aired (ergo, it was not censored), the ratings were among the lowest of the season, and few, if any, touted the merits and importance of the content.
All of this is the result of the 60 Minutes staff operating with a sense of elevated stature, and they are egged on by many in the press holding that they are above editorial oversight. Most of this is generated by the imbalanced attitude across the media sphere towards Bari Weiss.
Much of that is not rooted in logic. Weiss had been scorched when she was hired by the very journalists who frequently wail about attacks on the press. The same people who recoil dramatically if President Trump says something insulting about a reporter were perfectly comfortable saying Weiss was incompetent.
She is a career journalist with decades of experience and who started her own successful news outlet. But she was insufficient to run a news division because television is different from journalism, somehow, and 60 Minutes in particular is sacrosanct.
This fractured approach to Weiss is pure emotion and often elides the facts. Look how she is constantly accused of having ruined 60 Minutes, with no regard to the results. We are led to believe she is sinking that venerated program, and yet, in her first year of guidance, she managed to improve the ratings for the show for the first time in 10 years.
That no one wants to report on that detail explains all of the hysteria that has been taking place.
“Suffered mightily”
This ignores that last season under Bari Weiss “60 Minutes” experienced its first rise in the ratings in about a decade.
It is ignored because of how this reflects positively on Bari Weiss. https://t.co/BUq07IQRvF pic.twitter.com/1lQiXJup8m
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) September 8, 2026
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