CBS News chief Bari Weiss set to remake network's iconic 60 Minutes: report
Source: The Independent
Wednesday 01 April 2026 12:53 EDT
CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is planning major changes to the networks iconic 60 Minutes program, according to a new report.
Weiss has privately told people she wants to revamp 60 Minutes, one of the highest-rated TV news programs, journalist Oliver Darcy reported Tuesday in his Status newsletter. The award-winning show, which first aired in 1968, is known for its in-depth, investigative reports.
Weiss had been looking to make changes mid-season but following discussions with CBS News president Tom Cibrowski and other leaders, she agreed to wait until the shows current season ends in May, according to the report. The top editor is expected to blow it up as soon as the season is over, one source familiar with the issue told Darcy, while another staffer said that no one knows what to expect.
Details of Weiss vision remain unclear but she is expected to bring in new correspondents who are younger and more aligned with her editorially. Shes also playing an active role in decisions that typically fall to the programs executive producer, such as staffing, Darcy reported.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/bari-weiss-cbs-news-60-minutes-b2950171.html
Link to REPORT (email or subscription required) - Bari's 60 Blow Up Plan (Oliver Darcy was a former CNN reporter)
AZ8theist
(7,626 posts)DESTROY the iconic program, and turn it into a Fascist mouthpiece in the mold of Fox News or Info Wars.
Here's hoping the new shows' ratings go in the toilet.
RockRaven
(19,748 posts)an active participant in your own subjugation.
QueerDuck
(1,939 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(2,892 posts)Nothing they do matters to rational clear thinking people. It's a real shame.
The Felon's America has become a real sh*t show.
chowder66
(12,502 posts)eringer
(544 posts)How exciting. 🤮🤕🤮🤕🤮🤮☠️☠️
LSparkle
(12,229 posts)Along with Network. Both were incredibly prescient about where our media has gone. Ned Beattys boardroom scene with Peter Finch about atonement is absolutely classic and still rings frighteningly true.
Ritabert
(2,612 posts)littlemissmartypants
(34,339 posts)Ritabert
(2,612 posts)lostincalifornia
(5,520 posts)City Lights
(26,023 posts)She is horrid.
LudwigPastorius
(14,989 posts)Here it comes.

usonian
(26,580 posts)Asking for a friend.
pecosbob
(8,489 posts)FakeNoose
(42,383 posts)When will Bari Weiss finally be fired?

Dulcinea
(10,304 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 1, 2026, 09:58 PM - Edit history (1)
But eventually Ellison will lose so much money he'll have to fire her.
RainCaster
(13,888 posts)Will be very expensive. He will keep her around as long as TSF make happy noises about CBS. Once Trump is gone, she will go too. By then, all the broadcast networks will be tanking. Permanently.
orangecrush
(31,118 posts)miyazaki
(2,676 posts)lastlib
(28,599 posts)BigmanPigman
(55,521 posts)I'm sure you and Bill Maher are celebrating tonight. You and CBS are toast.
YOU are the April FOOL of the day, month, year, and decade.
BidenRocks
(3,486 posts)Just don't use the name "60 Minutes" or the watch ticking.
calimary
(90,755 posts)littlemissmartypants
(34,339 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(137,348 posts)Change CBS to See BS.
Marie Marie
(11,509 posts)Even in the face of her abject failure thus far, she remains convinced of her superior ideas. With that kind of blind hubris, she should be working for the Trump administration. Please proceed Bari...
Beartracks
(14,653 posts)I know, I know, Weiss says she's a "Democrat without a home" or somesuch, but if she walks like a rightwinger, talks like a rightwinger, acts like a rightwinger, agrees with rightwingers, and makes up stuff like rightwingers, then she's a rightwinger.
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mdbl
(8,737 posts)Bari Weiss is just one of the undertakers.
EuterpeThelo
(434 posts)60 Minutes is one of those shows I grew up watching with my dad, along with Jeopardy (before Faux "News" poisoned his brain in the final decade or so of his life).
moonscape
(5,796 posts)together also, and Ive been recording it since.
LSparkle
(12,229 posts)It was great back in the Osgood days. I havent watched much since Pauley took over and since Im now off CBS I wont be tuning in again for the foreseeable future 😢.
Ford_Prefect
(8,663 posts)dystopian IMO.