CBS News Debuts Rebooted 60 Minutes on Sept. 13 as NFL Lead-In Shields Overhaul

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Sep 10

Sunday’s season premiere will lean on familiar faces — Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, Jon Wertheim and newly elevated correspondent Norah O’Donnell — even after a sweeping staff shake-up.
CBS is keeping the format largely intact with 3 segments and its prized post-NFL late-afternoon slot, a combination long seen inside TV news as the engine of the show’s ratings dominance.
The first episode itself is deliberately conventional, featuring a Los Angeles Rams segment, an exclusive interview with a U.S. pilot rescued behind enemy lines in Iran, and one unrevealed report.
Bari Weiss and new EP Nick Bilton still face scrutiny because senior producers and correspondents have exited or been pushed out, prompting warnings from former CBS leaders that the program’s institutional DNA is at risk.
As Paramount and CBS push Times Square billboards with the tagline “It’s Time,” the reboot has become a test of whether the most-watched U.S. newsmagazine can modernize without losing what made it dominant.