'60 Minutes' opens 59th season on CBS after off-season turmoil

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. An announcer noted the following: “For almost 60 years it has meant the same thing — journalism you can trust. Where we’re headed we’re going to need it."

CBS News leader Bari Weiss has said that the news show would take “new approach.” That included firing the top producer and two correspondents and installing a new chief with no TV broadcast experience. One of the show’s most famous faces, Scott Pelley, was fired after a tense confrontation with bosses earlier this year.

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