All the 60 Minutes stars who were fired or quit in 2026 — from correspondents to executive producers

The CNN anchor, who joined 60 Minutes in 2006, ended his 20-year run on the program earlier this month, citing he hoped to spend more time with family. He remains the anchor of Anderson Cooper 360° on CNN, and continues to host his podcast on grief, All There Is.

Sharyn preempted her firing with an unrelenting statement revealing that while she had yet to be formally fired prior to Thursday, May 28, her contract had not been renewed. “Over the weekend, my contract with CBS News expired, drawing to a close nearly twenty years with the network, including more than a decade at 60 Minutes,” she said. “Following an intense editorial dispute over our CECOT story, repeated attempts by my representation to establish a path forward were met with absolute silence from network executives. The message could not be clearer: my time at 60 Minutes is apparently over.”

“In the coming days, network leadership may attempt to hide behind corporate euphemisms like ‘modernization’ and ‘restructuring’ to explain away my departure. Don’t be misled. This was not a routine corporate transition; it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize factually accurate reporting, and it sends a chilling message to the entire newsroom,” she added, maintaining: “The wall between editorial independence and corporate interest at CBS is being methodically torn down. Journalists willing to challenge authority are being pushed aside in favor of those who will not.”

Cecilia has yet to issue a statement addressing her firing. The San Francisco native, who previously worked at ABC News and prior to that San Francisco local news, joined 60 Minutes in January 2023.

Tanya was named interim executive producer in April 2025 upon Bill’s exit, and later several of her colleagues, among them Anderson, Sharyn, and Cecilia as well as Scott Pelley and Leslie Stahl, and others, reportedly sent a letter urging George Cheeks, the CEO of CBS News and chair of TV Media at Paramount, to make her permanent executive producer of the show. 

In a farewell memo on Thursday, she wrote: “60 Minutes has always been more than just a broadcast: it is an institution built on independence, grit, and rigorous search for the truth,” adding: “That is work we did together — and with ratings up 9% over last year no less.”

The former 60 Minutes executive producer, who was with the program for over four decades, and who Tanya replaced, left in April of 2025. Similarly to some of his other departing colleagues, his statement upon his departure indicated disappointment in the network’s new direction, and how parent company Paramount handled a lawsuit against 60 Minutes on behalf of Trump over an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris. “Over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes, right for the audience,” he said.