{"id":5688,"date":"2026-08-19T10:12:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5688"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:12:31","slug":"60-minutes-courts-anti-woke-comics-to-be-new-andy-rooney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5688","title":{"rendered":"\u201860 Minutes\u2019 Courts Anti-Woke Comics to Be New Andy Rooney"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p><i>60 Minutes<\/i> Executive Producer Nick Bilton is looking to revive the program\u2019s \u201cA Few Minutes\u201d segment, and is reaching out to some big names to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5686\">CNN Host Exposes Scott Jennings\u2019 Hypocrisy in Clash Over Trump\u2019s Blonde Companion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CBS\u2019s flagship show has already seen several personnel changes this year, including the firings of correspondents Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecelia Vega, as well as the departure of Anderson Cooper. Replacement hires, like former New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, have reportedly irked staffers.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bilton, 49, is still looking for new faces in front of the camera ahead of next month\u2019s Season 59 premiere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Breaker reported Tuesday that the executive is aiming to bring back \u201cA Few Minutes,\u201d the humorous segment in which late comedian Andy Rooney had free rein to discuss whatever he pleased. CBS has discussed it with Jerry Seinfeld, John Cleese, and Stephen A. Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Seinfeld, who reportedly declined to participate, has openly said he doesn\u2019t \u201ccare about Palestine.\u201d In a 2024 interview, Seinfeld, 72, spoke with self-described \u201cZionist fanatic\u201d Bari Weiss about his pro-Israel advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>He said then that he felt \u201ca little bit\u201d politicized by the state of affairs, and while he supports younger generations diving into politics, \u201cwe have to just correct their aim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we get protesters occasionally, I love to say to the audience, \u2018You know I love that these young people, they\u2019re trying to get engaged with politics, we have to just correct their aim a little bit, they don\u2019t seem to understand that as comedians we really don\u2019t control anything,\u2019\u201d said Seinfeld, who later that year walked back his criticisms of the \u201cextreme left\u201d for suppressing comedy. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5684\">CNN Host Schools Yelling MAGA Guest in On-Air Clash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seinfeld has not retracted his comments about Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>Cleese, the 86-year-old English comedian and actor who co-founded Monty Python, has criticized Donald Trump and \u201cwoke\u201d culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s plenty of people who are PC now who have absolutely zero sense of humor,\u201d Cleese told the Daily Beast in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, the boisterous ESPN host, political commentator and actor, is not a comedian, though he has been known to pepper his monologues with catchphrases. Smith, 58, has been critical of both Republicans and Democrats. Donald Trump has lauded him as a \u201csmart\u201d guy with \u201cgreat entertainment skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whoever Bilton selects, the <i>60 Minutes<\/i> segment will feature a rotating cast, Breaker says. A CBS rep did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Beast.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>Obsessed with pop culture and entertainment? Follow us on <\/i><i>Substack<\/i><i> and <\/i><i>YouTube<\/i><i> for even more coverage.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5682\">Trump TACOs on Canada With Bonkers Excuse for Reversal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>60 Minutes Executive Producer Nick Bilton is looking to revive the program\u2019s \u201cA Few Minutes\u201d segment, and is reaching out to some big names to do so. Read more CNN Host Exposes Scott Jennings\u2019 Hypocrisy in Clash Over Trump\u2019s Blonde Companion CBS\u2019s flagship show has already seen several personnel changes this year, including the firings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201860 Minutes\u2019 Courts Anti-Woke Comics to Be New Andy Rooney - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5688\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201860 Minutes\u2019 Courts Anti-Woke Comics to Be New Andy Rooney - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"60 Minutes Executive Producer Nick Bilton is looking to revive the program\u2019s \u201cA Few Minutes\u201d segment, and is reaching out to some big names to do so. 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