On air, '60 Minutes' reporter says 'none of us is happy' about changes that led top producer to quit

60 Minutes reporter says on air 'none of us is happy' with changes that led producer to quit

60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley paid tribute Sunday to Bill Owens, the show's executive producer who resigned last week, saying on the air that "none of us is happy" about the extra supervision that corporate leaders are imposing.

Scott Pelley hits out at his own network as ‘60 Minutes’ producer quits

“It was hard on him and hard on us,” the CBSN News correspondent said of Bill Owens’ resignation. “But he did it for us and you.”

‘60 Minutes’ correspondent rebukes CBS’s parent company on air

If devoted viewers of “60 Minutes” weren’t previously aware of the behind-the-scenes network drama, they are now.

On air, '60 Minutes' reporter says 'none of us is happy' about changes that led top producer to quit

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’60 Minutes’ Calls Out Paramount for Executive Producer’s Exit in Rare On-Air Rebuke

All seemed normal in the first 98% of Sunday’s broadcast of “60 Minutes” on CBS. But the remaining 2% may have shocked viewers. In the show’s “Last Minute” segment, correspondent Scott Pelley told the audience of the venerable newsmagazine that Bill Owens, the program’s executive producer, opted to depart last week as Paramount Global, the parent of CBS News, tries to navigate its way to a merger and after it had placed more scrutiny on “60 Mi…

’60 Minutes’ Does Segment Explaining Departure Of Executive Producer Bill Owens: “Paramount Began To Supervise Our Content In New Ways”

CBS News’ 60 Minutes ended this evening with a segment on the surprise departure of executive producer Bill Owens, a move that has drawn a great deal of consternation in the news division over what’s ahead with parent company Paramount Global’s efforts to merge with Skydance. “Stories we pursued for 57 years are often controversial — lately the Israel-Gaza war and the Trump administration,” correspondent Scott Pelley told viewers. “Bill made s…