Overview
- Multiple outlets this week reported that 60 Minutes intends to revive Andy Rooney’s closing commentary as a rotating segment for Season 59, which is set to premiere on Sept. 13.
- CBS has reportedly held talks with high‑profile figures including Stephen A. Smith, John Cleese and Jerry Seinfeld, with Seinfeld said to have declined; John McEnroe has also been named as a possible candidate in some reports.
- Those accounts come from Breaker Media, New York Magazine and secondary outlets and have not been confirmed on the record by CBS News or 60 Minutes.
- The initiative is part of a broader editorial overhaul led by editor‑in‑chief Bari Weiss and executive producer Nick Bilton that has produced several high‑profile departures and new hires from outside traditional TV journalism.
- Andy Rooney’s original end‑of‑show commentaries were short, light signoffs rather than hard reporting, and reviving a similar piece could shift the program toward personality‑driven moments intended to attract younger and digital viewers while testing audience response to the change.