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CBS News insiders fear Bari Weiss will soon enact ‘massive changes’ to 60 Minutes

Bari Weiss 60 Minutes CBS News Sharyn Alfonsi CBS Donald Trump Tanya Simon Bill Owens Lesley Stahl Norah ODonnell
Seven 60 Minutes correspondents in business attire pose together in a television studio with cameras and lighting
Correspondents, Sharyn Alfonsi, L. Jon Wertheim, Bill Whitaker, Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley, Cecilia Vega, and Anderson Cooper Photograph: Jai Lennard/CBS via Getty Images

At a time when viewers are fleeing traditional television shows, the CBS Sunday newsmagazine 60 Minutes remains in a class of its own. The 12 April episode, which featured Pope Leo and a story on great white sharks, drew an astounding 10.1 million total viewers. The show is trending as the most-watched news program for the current broadcast season. So, as the saying goes, if it ain’t broke, why fix it?

That’s what some CBS News employees and veterans are wondering, amid persistent rumors that the show’s 59th season will look very different than the 58th, which ends on 17 May.

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