As the 2026 TV schedule moves along, CBS News has been going through shakeups for months, and the latest firing has really made waves. Now, after Scott Pelley was let go from 60 Minutes, an insider has shared information about how things are reportedly going. According to them, “morale is terrible.”
Pelley was fired after he allegedly got into a heated conversation with Nick Bilton, 60 Minutes' new executive producer. Apparently, the correspondent criticized editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and the changes CBS News has faced since she took over. While a former producer defended Pelley, he was ultimately fired. Now, an insider has told Us Weekly how things are allegedly going at the network in the wake of all this:
