‘60 Minutes’ Executive Producer Bill Owens Resigns, Saying He Was No Longer Allowed To Make “Independent Decisions” About The Show
Updated with additional details and comments: Bill Owens, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, said Tuesday that he is resigning from the venerable CBS newsmagazine, telling staffers he had lost his ability to make independent decisions about the show.
“Over the past months, it has also become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it,” Owens wrote in a memo obtained by Deadline. “To make independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes, right for the audience. So, having defended this show – and what we stand for – from every angle, over time with everything I could, I am stepping aside so the show can move forward.”
“The show is too important to the country, it has to continue, just not with me as the Executive Producer.”
The New York Times first reported on his exit. Read Owens’ full memo below.
“Over the past months, it has also become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it,” Owens wrote in a memo obtained by Deadline. “To make independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes, right for the audience. So, having defended this show – and what we stand for – from every angle, over time with everything I could, I am stepping aside so the show can move forward.”
“The show is too important to the country, it has to continue, just not with me as the Executive Producer.”
The New York Times first reported on his exit. Read Owens’ full memo below.
- 4/22/2025
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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