Ex-60 Minutes Set to Rival the Show, Backed by Firing-Week Talent
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A former 60 Minutes producer, Bill Owens, is reportedly planning a rival current‑affairs program that would feature fired staffers and be led by Bari Weiss. The project is said to be pitched to major streamers (Netflix, Apple TV, YouTube) with about $50 million in funding, and could include ex‑60 Minutes figures such as Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega, Tanya Simon, Draggan Mihailovich and Matthew Polevoy, though the plans have not been confirmed and may face budgeting and platform hurdles.
- Ex-60 Minutes boss wants to create rival broadcast with fired staffers: report The Independent
- Ex-‘60 Minutes’ boss Bill Owens wants to launch rival news show with Scott Pelley, other fired staffers: sources New York Post
- ‘60 Minutes’ In Exile: Are Former Producers and Correspondents Plotting Their Own Show? The Hollywood Reporter
- Is Former ’60 Minutes’ Boss Recruiting Scott Pelley for Rival Show? TV Insider
- Sources: Former '60 Minutes' Chief Looks To Raise $50M For New Show; Possibly Starring Pelley TV News Check
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