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‘60 Minutes’ Courts Anti-Woke Comics to Be New Andy Rooney
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60 Minutes Executive Producer Nick Bilton is looking to revive the program’s “A Few Minutes” segment, and is reaching out to some big names to do so. CBS’s flagship show has already seen several personnel changes this year, including the firings of correspondents Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecelia Vega, as well as the departure of Anderson Cooper. Replacement hires, like former New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, have reportedly irked staffers. Bilton, 49, is still looking for new faces in front of the camera ahead of next month’s Season 59 premiere. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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