CBS is shaking up “60 Minutes” with sweeping changes, including a new executive producer.
Bari Weiss, the top editor at CBS, canned producer Tanya Simon, senior executive producer Draggan Mihailovich, and correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, according to theNew York Post.
Former New York Times columnist and filmmaker Nick Bilton will replace Simon.
Simon had spent more than 30 years with the program, according toThe New York Times.
SCOOP: Bari Weiss is preparing to announce broad-sweeping changes at 60 MINUTES *today*…
Tanya Simon, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, has also been fired, per source
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers)May 28, 2026
The Times framed the changes at “60 Minutes” as “by far the largest gamble of Ms. Weiss’s tenure” due to the show’s stature and longstanding ratings success.
Alfonsi was in the news last year for a “60 Minutes” report on torture at a Salvadoran prison that Weiss held for further reporting, including a comment from the Trump administration. Alfonsi claimed that “CBS was no longer separating editorial independence from corporate interests,” the Times reported.
Bilton, 49, said that his experience making documentaries and in TV will help him run “the most important news brand in American life.”
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