Overview
- Madeleine Carlisle, an associate producer who returned to 60 Minutes in 2022 and is Stephen Colbert’s daughter, has resigned from the program according to reports from Status and media outlets.
- The exit is the latest in a wave of departures that followed May personnel moves by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, who removed multiple producers and correspondents from the show.
- Longtime correspondent Scott Pelley was later dismissed after publicly objecting to those firings, a dispute that has heightened internal tensions and public scrutiny.
- Weiss has installed new staff before the show’s next season, including naming Nick Bilton executive producer and hiring contributors such as Trevor Phillips and Ross Douthat, choices that critics say lack traditional news experience and have unsettled the newsroom.
- Reports say other behind-the-scenes producers are weighing exits, which could complicate production and editorial continuity as 60 Minutes prepares to return and follows CBS’s recent, contested programming decisions like canceling The Late Show.