{"id":29600,"date":"2026-08-06T08:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29600"},"modified":"2026-08-06T08:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:24:31","slug":"stephen-colberts-daughter-quits-her-job-at-cbss-60-minutes-after-the-network-canceled-the-late-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29600","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert&#8217;s daughter QUITS her job at CBS&#8217;s 60 Minutes after the network canceled The Late Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/stephen-colbert\/index.html\" id=\"mol-53d485c0-913f-11f1-ace6-4128a0f36f24\" class=\"\">Stephen Colbert<\/a>&#8216;s daughter, Madeleine Carlisle, has reportedly quit CBS&#8217;s flagship news magazine, 60 Minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Carlisle, 30, had given her notice in recent days, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.status.news\/p\/david-ellison-cnn-cbs-news-nyt-oped\">Status<\/a>\u00a0reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She had served as an associate producer at 60 Minutes for the past four years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Carlisle&#8217;s departure comes just over two months after her father&#8217;s late-night talk show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-15998397\/jimmy-kimmel-stephen-colbert-return.html\">aired its final episode<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">CBS had announced in July 2025 that the network was canceling the series after 33 years, the first 22 of which had been hosted by David Letterman before Colbert succeeded him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Daily Mail has reached out to Carlisle, Colbert and representatives for 60 Minutes and CBS News to request comment but has not yet received a response.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-234d71bdc97ef5c1\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/06\/03\/110466335-16032431-image-a-12_1785982709370.jpg\" height=\"913\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Stephen Colbert's daughter, Madeleine Carlisle, has reportedly quit CBS's flagship news magazine, 60 Minutes. Carlisle, 30, had given her notice in recent days, Status reported on Wednesday; Carlisle and Colbert are pictured in 2015 in Washington, DC\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Stephen Colbert&#8217;s daughter, Madeleine Carlisle, has reportedly quit CBS&#8217;s flagship news magazine, 60 Minutes. Carlisle, 30, had given her notice in recent days, Status reported on Wednesday; Carlisle and Colbert are pictured in 2015 in Washington, DC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5d2e4a23a04c2ce0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/06\/03\/110467349-16032431-image-a-13_1785982718049.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Carlisle's departure comes just over two months after her father's late-night talk show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, aired its final episode; pictured May 21\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Carlisle&#8217;s departure comes just over two months after her father&#8217;s late-night talk show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, aired its final episode; pictured May 21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-38ad2166ecd76593\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/06\/03\/110466373-16032431-image-a-14_1785982723586.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"634\" alt=\"CBS had announced in July 2025 that the network was canceling the series after 33 years, the first 22 of which had been hosted by David Letterman before Colbert succeeded him\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">CBS had announced in July 2025 that the network was canceling the series after 33 years, the first 22 of which had been hosted by David Letterman before Colbert succeeded him<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Carlisle and CBS News had previously declined to comment to Status.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Colbert and his wife, Evelyn McGee-Colbert, share Carlisle and two sons: Peter and John.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Carlisle&#8217;s tenure with CBS News and 60 Minutes began in 2017, when she joined the long-running news program as an intern.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">From there, she moved into the world of print journalism with stints at The Atlantic and Time Magazine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In 2022, Carlisle rejoined 60 Minutes, this time as an associate producer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Status described her departure as part of the &#8216;brain drain&#8217; that 60 Minutes is facing, as other producers have left the series in the wake of the ousting of multiple reporters and producers in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In what 60 Minutes&#8217; remaining employees have reportedly come to call &#8216;Black Thursday,&#8217; <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/media\/article-15852833\/60-Minutes-sharyn-alfonsi-cbs-contract-out.html\">correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega were pushed out<\/a>, along with executive producer Tanya Simon and executive editor Draggan Mihailovich.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They were pushed out after The Free Press founder Bari Weiss was installed as the editor-in-chief of CBS News in October 2025 by Paramount Skydance CEO and Chairman David Ellison, despite having no experience in broadcast news.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6a30ec738c7f4698\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/06\/03\/110467227-16032431-image-a-15_1785984113360.jpg\" height=\"953\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Carlisle\u00a0had served as an associate producer at 60 Minutes for the past four years; pictured with Colbert in 2010 in LA\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Carlisle\u00a0had served as an associate producer at 60 Minutes for the past four years; pictured with Colbert in 2010 in LA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e529ee1e19daee39\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/06\/03\/110467229-16032431-image-a-16_1785984121306.jpg\" height=\"1020\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Carlisle began her association with 60 Minutes as an intern in 2017, before moving to The Atlantic and Time. She return in 2022 as an associate producer; seen with Colbert in 2010 in LA\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Carlisle began her association with 60 Minutes as an intern in 2017, before moving to The Atlantic and Time. She return in 2022 as an associate producer; seen with Colbert in 2010 in LA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-abb45a1fce854fe\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/06\/04\/110467789-16032431-image-a-3_1785985648549.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Status described her departure as part of the 'brain drain' that 60 Minutes is facing, as other producers have left the series in the wake of the ousting of multiple reporters and producers in May at the behest of CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss; pictured in 2024 in NYC\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Status described her departure as part of the &#8216;brain drain&#8217; that 60 Minutes is facing, as other producers have left the series in the wake of the ousting of multiple reporters and producers in May at the behest of CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss; pictured in 2024 in NYC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In May of this year, Weiss replaced Simon with executive producer Nick Bilton,\u00a0who had previously been a technology columnist at the New York Times and similarly had no experience leading a TV news show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Possibly the two most high-profile on-screen talents at 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper and Scott Pelley, have both <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/media\/article-15565689\/Anderson-Cooper-leaving-CBS-60Minutes-upheaval-network.html\">left the series in recent months.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Cooper announced that he was leaving 60 Minutes back in February, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-15574755\/Anderson-Cooper-60-minutes-CBS-Bari-Weiss.html\">two months after the show came under fire<\/a> for refusing at the last minute to air an already-completed segment titled\u00a0Inside CECOT,\u00a0in which Alfonsi explored the treatment of detainees at the Terrorism Confinement Center at a maximum security prison (CECOT) in El Salvador.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The notorious prison had interred Venezuelan migrants that the Trump administration had begun deporting earlier in 2025, and Alfonsi&#8217;s report featured interviews with <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-14332597\/MS-13-18-Street-gang-members-El-Salvadors-CECOT-prison.html\">detainees who alleged that they were tortured in CECOT<\/a>, along with photographic evidence detailing systemic abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Pelley, who had anchored CBS Evening News from 2011 to 2017, had also served as a correspondent at 60 Minutes until he was <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-7073151\/Pelley-says-complaints-execs-led-evening-news-ouster.html\">fired by CBS News on June 2<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Pelley had fiercely criticized both Weiss and Bilton at a 60 Minutes staff meeting, during which he blamed Weiss for &#8216;murdering&#8217; the series, and he said the circumstances under which Bilton was hired meant that he would &#8216;never be welcome&#8217; at the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After Bilton fired Pelley in response to his criticisms at the staff meeting, Pelley claimed that CBS management had interfered in reports on ICE protests in Minnesota earlier this year and had allegedly instructed him to insert falsehoods into the story.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to Status, more than 60 Minutes employees could be departing when the news program returns from a hiatus in September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f1ae447a816ca0fe\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/06\/04\/110467793-16032431-image-a-2_1785985644991.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Anderson\u00a0Cooper announced that he was leaving 60 Minutes back in February, two months after the show came under fire for refusing at the last minute to air an already-completed segment titled Inside CECOT; pictured in May 2025 in NYC\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Anderson\u00a0Cooper announced that he was leaving 60 Minutes back in February, two months after the show came under fire for refusing at the last minute to air an already-completed segment titled Inside CECOT; pictured in May 2025 in NYC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-12def3021d5bbb35\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/06\/04\/110466417-16032431-image-a-1_1785985558488.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pelley, who had anchored CBS Evening News from 2011 to 2017, had also served as a correspondent at 60 Minutes until he was fired by CBS News on June 2 for criticizing Weiss and newly installed executive producer Nick Bilton\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Pelley, who had anchored CBS Evening News from 2011 to 2017, had also served as a correspondent at 60 Minutes until he was fired by CBS News on June 2 for criticizing Weiss and newly installed executive producer Nick Bilton<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b36140a1a7a3cc3f\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/06\/04\/110467791-16032431-image-a-4_1785985673405.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"CBS described the decision to cancel The Late Show as a 'purely financial decision' in response to claims that Colbert had been silenced as CBS's parent company, Paramount Skydance, attempted to placate Donald Trump to smooth over its now-stalled attempts to purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery; Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison pictured in October\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">CBS described the decision to cancel The Late Show as a &#8216;purely financial decision&#8217; in response to claims that Colbert had been silenced as CBS&#8217;s parent company, Paramount Skydance, attempted to placate Donald Trump to smooth over its now-stalled attempts to purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery; Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison pictured in October<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-170c28d060483059\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/06\/03\/110467387-16032431-image-a-17_1785984128739.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"634\" alt=\"However, Colbert publicly disputed that characterization, claiming that CBS had tried to attach him to a five-year contract extension in 2023, though he ultimately negotiated for only a three-year extension; pictured in October 2025\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">However, Colbert publicly disputed that characterization, claiming that CBS had tried to attach him to a five-year contract extension in 2023, though he ultimately negotiated for only a three-year extension; pictured in October 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After CBS announced plans to cancel The Late Show last year, the network described it as a &#8216;<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/galleries\/article-14919919\/CBS-reportedly-lost-40M-Colberts-Late-year.html\">purely financial decision<\/a>&#8216; in response to claims from critics that Colbert had been silenced as CBS&#8217;s parent company, Paramount Skydance, attempted to placate Donald Trump \u2013 a longtime critic of Colbert \u2013 to smooth over its now-stalled attempts to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Anonymous sources connected to CBS claimed to the Wall Street Journal that Colbert&#8217;s show \u2013 which employed 200 people \u2013 was losing $40 million per year, while the host was earning $20 million a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, Colbert publicly disputed that characterization, claiming that CBS had tried to attach him to a five-year contract extension in 2023, though he ultimately negotiated for only a three-year extension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Less than two years before they called to say it&#8217;s over, they were very eager for me to be signed for a long time,&#8217; Colbert told the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/28\/business\/media\/stephen-colbert-late-night-show.html\">New York Times<\/a>. &#8216;So, something changed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After announcing The Late Show&#8217;s cancellation, CBS leased Colbert&#8217;s time slot to Byron Allen&#8217;s Allen Media Group, which began airing Comics Unleashed, along with the show Funny You Should Ask in the time slot immediately afterward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert&#8216;s daughter, Madeleine Carlisle, has reportedly quit CBS&#8217;s flagship news magazine, 60 Minutes. Carlisle, 30, had given her notice in recent days, Status\u00a0reported on Wednesday. She had served as an associate producer at 60 Minutes for the past four years. Carlisle&#8217;s departure comes just over two months after her father&#8217;s late-night talk show, The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/06\/03\/110466335-16032431-image-a-12_1785982709370.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-gossip"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}