CBS 60 Minutes Producer Madeleine Carlisle Resigns

Madeleine Carlisle, the daughter of former late-night host Stephen Colbert, has resigned from her position as an associate producer at CBS News’s 60 Minutes. Her departure, reported in early August 2026, follows a wave of high-profile exits and terminations at the venerable newsmagazine over the past year.

Carlisle, 30, had worked at 60 Minutes for approximately four years, having first joined as an intern in 2017 before returning as an associate producer in 2022. She also previously worked for Time and The Atlantic. Her resignation comes roughly two months after her father’s program, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, concluded its 11-season run on May 21, 2026. CBS had announced the cancellation in July 2025, describing it as a financial decision.

Her exit is part of broader staffing turbulence at 60 Minutes that began after Bari Weiss was appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News in October 2025. Under Weiss’s leadership, the program has seen significant personnel changes. In May 2026, correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, along with executive producer Tanya Simon and executive editor Draggan Mihailovich, were dismissed in a single day, an event some remaining staffers...