{"id":8831,"date":"2026-06-03T06:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/vedushhego-programmy-60-minut-skotta-pelli-neozhidanno-uvolili-s-telekanala-cbs-posle-burnoj-vstrechi-s-novym-rukovoditelem-kotoryj-utverzhdaet-chto-korrespondent-ustroil-emu-zasadu\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T06:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:14:49","slug":"60-minutes-host-scott-pelli-was-abruptly-fired-from-cbs-after-a-fiery-meeting-with-a-new-executive-who-claims-a-reporter-ambushed-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/vedushhego-programmy-60-minut-skotta-pelli-neozhidanno-uvolili-s-telekanala-cbs-posle-burnoj-vstrechi-s-novym-rukovoditelem-kotoryj-utverzhdaet-chto-korrespondent-ustroil-emu-zasadu\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;60 Minutes&quot; anchor Scott Pelley was abruptly fired by CBS after a heated meeting with a new boss who claims the correspondent ambushed him."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p> Veteran of the program <em>\u00ab60 Minutes\u00bb<\/em> Scott Pelley was fired from CBS after a heated argument with the show&#039;s new executive producer, Nick Bilton, during a staff meeting.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p> In a resignation letter obtained by PEOPLE, the longtime correspondent for the program &quot;\u00ab <em>60 minutes&quot;\u00bb<\/em> accused of &quot;ambush,&quot; &quot;hostility,&quot; and &quot;inappropriate behavior.&quot;.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p> The dramatic letter claims Pelley &quot;screwed up&quot; the meeting and &quot;showed no interest in contributing to the future success of the show.&quot;.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Veteran of the program <em>\u00ab60 Minutes\u00bb<\/em> Scott Pelley was fired from CBS after a heated exchange with the show&#039;s new executive producer, Nick Bilton, who accused the longtime journalist of &quot;ambush,&quot; &quot;hostility,&quot; and &quot;inappropriate behavior&quot; in a shocking resignation letter obtained by PEOPLE.<\/p>\n<p> The letter, signed by Bilton, notifies Pelley that his employment with CBS is &quot;terminated for cause effective immediately.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p> \u00ab&quot;I am deeply disappointed that you rejected this offer and instead opted for ambush tactics,&quot; the letter reads. &quot;Yesterday, you disrupted my first staff meeting to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with astonishing impoliteness and contempt.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p> The letter goes on to accuse Pelley of &quot;ostentatious hostility&quot; and &quot;lack of interest in the show&#039;s future success.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p> \u00ab&quot;My goal is to produce top-notch news programming, not to make headlines for newsroom drama,&quot; the letter reads. &quot;I look forward to working with others who share this goal.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p> \u00ab&quot;Your opposition to the future series has been made clear and unambiguous,&quot; the letter continues. &quot;And I heard you.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p> The dismissal came after reports <em>The New York Times<\/em> \u0438 <em>The Guardian<\/em> , Pelley allegedly clashed with Bilton during a tense program staff meeting. <em>\u00ab60 Minutes\u00bb<\/em> .<\/p>\n<p> According to the reports, Bilton told staff that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss &quot;adores <em>program &quot;60 minutes&quot;<\/em> \u00bb&quot;,&quot; to which Pelley replied, &quot;She kills.&quot; <em>\u00ab60 minutes<\/em> \u00bb&quot;She doesn&#039;t like this place, she was invited to destroy it, and that&#039;s exactly what she&#039;s doing.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Don&#039;t miss any news - subscribe to<\/strong> <strong>free daily newsletter PEOPLE<\/strong> <strong>, to stay up-to-date on the best PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> \u00ab&quot;She&#039;s not qualified for this job; you&#039;re not qualified for this job,&quot; Pelley reportedly continued, according to <em>The New York Times newspaper<\/em> . &quot;The changes she made to the Evening News were disastrous, so why should we expect it to get any better?&quot;\u00ab<\/p>\n<p> Bilton reportedly replied, &quot;Well, I&#039;ll show you. That&#039;s all I can say. That&#039;s my plan for the next two weeks. I&#039;ll meet everyone. I&#039;m very happy to meet everyone, including you.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p> As PEOPLE previously reported, Bilton was promoted to executive producer last week as part of a larger reorganization of the CBS news program&#039;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p> PEOPLE has reached out to CBS and Pelley for comment.<\/p>\n<p> Read the original article on People.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW: 60 Minutes veteran Scott Pelley was fired by CBS after a heated argument with the show&#039;s new executive producer, Nick Bilton, during\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kinoindustriya","hvn-theme-has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}