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 the New York Post.
Former New York Times columnist and filmmaker Nick Bilton will replace Simon.
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Simon had spent more than 30 years with the program, according to The New York Times.
SCOOP: Bari Weiss is preparing to announce broad-sweeping changes at 60 MINUTES *today*…
Sharyn Alfonsi has been fired
Tanya Simon, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, has also been fired, per source
More to come…@PuckNews
— 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.
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