Overview
- Cooper, who delivered his final "I'm Anderson Cooper" on Sunday, closed a two‑decade run as a 60 Minutes correspondent with an emotional Overtime farewell.
- He said he is stepping back to be with his two young sons and because producing 60 Minutes pieces on weekends and vacations on top of anchoring at CNN had become too hard.
- In his send‑off, he praised the program’s independence and the trust it has with viewers, and he urged that the show’s core values be preserved.
- The departure comes during leadership changes at CBS News under David Ellison and editor in chief Bari Weiss, including a December hold on a CECOT prison story that correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called political and that Weiss said was not ready; the piece later aired largely unchanged.
- Several outlets reported speculation that editorial shifts may have influenced his move, though CBS and Cooper have publicly framed the decision as personal and tied to workload, and no definitive link has been established.