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’60 Minutes’ opens 59th season on CBS with no direct mention of show’s off-season turmoil

Headline from WHEC Rochester

The venerable newsmagazine “60 Minutes” opened its 59th season on CBS-TV on Sunday night. It made no direct mention of the turmoil and departures that have unfolded behind the scenes in recent months and waited until the show’s end to acknowledge that anything different was going on.

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  1. MS Now

    ‘60 Minutes’ has survived setbacks and scandals before — but maybe not like this (opens MS Now)

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    CBS News’ decision to mess with the legacy newsmagazine’s formula remains puzzling, aggravating, and thanks to its corporate management team, politically suspect.

  2. Insider

    Read the memo: CBS News leadership is selling staffers on '60 Minutes' as it relaunches under Bari Weiss (opens Insider)

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    CBS News is getting employees excited about the first full season of "60 Minutes" under Bari Weiss, months after a string of high-profile exits.

  3. WHEC Rochester

    ’60 Minutes’ opens 59th season on CBS with no direct mention of show’s off-season turmoil (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    The venerable newsmagazine “60 Minutes” opened its 59th season on CBS-TV on Sunday night. It made no direct mention of the turmoil and departures that have unfolded behind the scenes in recent months and waited until the show’s end to acknowledge that anything different was going on.

  4. Insider

    What smart people are saying about the '60 Minutes' relaunch (opens Insider)

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    The show was on shaky ground in recent months, following a string of high-profile departures like Scott Pelley and Anderson Cooper.

  5. Philadelphia Inquirer

    The Bari Weiss era of ‘60 Minutes’ begins (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    The version of America’s most watched news program that returned to CBS on Sunday looked a lot like the show viewers have come to expect.

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