A Bland ‘60 Minutes’ Season Premiere Suggests a Limited Bari Weiss Effect (So Far)

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What happened

Led by familiar faces Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Norah O'Donnell, Sunday night's episode was often mediocre, but not in any shocking or dramatically different ways.

Key facts

  • Reported by Hollywood Reporter and published Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:29:55 UTC.

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