Stephen Colberts daughter resigns from 60 Minutes as program grapples with talent exodus: report

Stephen Colbert’s daughter has resigned from “60 Minutes,” becoming the latest behind-the-scenes producer to leave the venerable newsmagazine as it grapples with a talent exodus, a reportedly unaired Jeffrey Epstein investigation and mounting scrutiny of its future ownership.Madeleine Carlisle, a well-regarded associate producer who joined “60 Minutes” after reporting stints at Time and The Atlantic, resigned from the broadcast in recent days, according to Status.The exit creates an awkward family bookend for CBS.Carlisle left just months after the network pulled the plug on her father’s top-rated “Late Show,” ending Stephen Colbert’s 11-season run on May 21 after CBS called the cancellation a “purely financial decision.”CBS and Carlisle both declined to comment on her departure.Carlisle’s exit comes as multiple producers have left the program since the May defenestrations of veterans on the team, according to Status.The ouster of journos including correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, along with executive producer Tanya Simon and executive editor Draggan Mihailovich, has since been come to be called “Black Thursday” by remaining staffers.Additional departures are potentially looming as “60 Minutes” prepares to return next month under the leadership of Bari Weiss and executive producer Nick Bilton, Status reported.The latest personnel shakeup coincides with fresh questions surrounding an Epstein investigation that never made it to air.Sen.

Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) says he sat for an interview with Alfonsi in March as part of a planned segment examining the relationship between big banks and the late financier and sex offender.Neither Wyden’s interview nor the broader Epstein story was ultimately broadcast before the season concluded in May, the senator said.CBS confirmed to The Post that Alfonsi interviewed Wyden for a potential segment but said the full story did not come together for airing during the latest “60 Minutes” ...