Stephen Colbert’s daughter walks away from CBS 60 | TV Shows
Stephen Colbert pictured with his daughter Madeleine Colbert (Image: Getty Images)
A CBS exit seems to run in the household!
Stephen Colbert’s 30-year-old daughter, Madeleine Carlisle, has reportedly walked out of her job at CBS’ 60 Minutes just two months after her dad’s notorious Late Show cancellation.
Madeline, who Stephen shares with his spouse, Evelyn McGee-Colbert, spent the last 4 years at the CBS News show as an affiliate producer before she reportedly handed in her discover in latest days. It comes after The Late Show’s finale broke viewership information.
Madeline first joined 60 Minutes in 2017 as an intern, going on to work for The Atlantic and Time magazine. She returned to the long-running news program in 2022 as an affiliate producer.
Her exit from the CBS show, first reported by Status, follows her father Stephen’s May 21 swan music as host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. CBS announced in July 2025 that it was canceling The Late Show and ceasing all in-house late-night programming as of May 2026.
Stephen shares Madeline with his spouse Evie Colbert (Image: Getty Images)
The community later reached a deal in which producer and host Byron Allen’s company Allen Media Group purchased airtime from CBS in Stephen’s former timeslot to air its program Comics Unleashed.
CBS has firmly denied claims that its resolution to cancel The Late Show was politically motivated, despite reaching a $16 million legal settlement with President Donald Trump, who has been routinely vital of Stephen, 62, and other late-night hosts.
Trump also settled his lawsuit against CBS after claiming that a 60 Minutes interview with his 2024 presidential election opponent, Kamala Harris, was deceptively edited. CBS admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement.
Bari Weiss seems to be at the centre of the upheaval (Image: Getty)
Meanwhile, 60 Minutes has also been at the middle of the upheaval over the appointment of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News in October 2025.
Bari, 42, reportedly ruffled feathers behind the scenes by firing 60 Minutes producers Tanya Simon, Draggan Mihailovich and Matthew Polevoy, as nicely as correspondents Cecilia Vega and Sharyn Alfonsi, in May.
She appointed Vanity Fair particular correspondent Nick Bilton as the new 60 Minutes government producer, and added former British politician Trevor Phillips and conservative columnist Ross Douthat to its workers.
If that wasn’t enough in phrases of staffing modifications, longtime correspondent Scott Pelley was fired in June following an allegedly heated assembly with Nick. Scott, 69, subsequently accused Bari of making an attempt to insert political bias into 60 Minutes reporting.
The anchor went on to accuse Skydance Media, led by David Ellison, of “casting this legend [of 60 Minutes] aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration” after Skydance merged with CBS’ company homeowners, Paramount, in August 2025.
Express US has reached out to CBS for remark.
Stephen Colbert’s daughter walks away from CBS 60
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