{"id":223267,"date":"2026-02-17T00:19:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/anderson-cooper-to-exit-60-minutes-after-nearly-20-years-with-cbs-show\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T00:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:19:24","slug":"anderson-cooper-to-exit-60-minutes-after-nearly-20-years-with-cbs-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/anderson-cooper-to-exit-60-minutes-after-nearly-20-years-with-cbs-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Cooper to Exit 60 Minutes After Nearly 20 Years With CBS Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/anderson-cooper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Anderson Cooper\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> time with <em>60 Minutes<\/em> is coming to an end after nearly 20 years.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Cooper, 58, announced on Monday, February 16, that he would not be renewing his contract with the long-running CBS series.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBeing a correspondent at <em>60 Minutes\u00a0<\/em>has been one of the great honors of my career. I got to tell amazing stories, and work with some of the best producers, editors, and camera crews in the business,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/anderson-cooper-exit-60-minutes-cbs-news-1236664874\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Variety<\/em> <\/a>in a statement. \u201cFor nearly twenty years, I\u2019ve been able to balance my jobs at CNN and CBS, but I have little kids now and I want to spend as much time with them as possible, while they still want to spend time with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <em>Variety<\/em>, Cooper, who joined <em>60 Minutes<\/em> in 2007, had been in negotiations with CBS about a potential renewal in recent weeks but ultimately chose to focus on his work with CNN as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anchor on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anderson Cooper 360\u00b0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the network\u2019s annual New Year\u2019s Eve special, which he cohosts with Bravo\u2019s <strong>Andy Cohen<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/tv-shows-canceled-in-2026-2027-which-arent-renewed-for-more-seasons\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/tv-shows-canceled-in-2026-2027-which-arent-renewed-for-more-seasons\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Which TV Shows Are Canceled in 2026-2027<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t2026 has been brutal when it comes to our favorite shows getting canceled. Netflix cut ties with Boots two months after the show premiered. Based on Greg Cope White\u2018s memoir, the scripted series followed Cameron (Miles Heizer) as he joined the U.S. Marine Corps alongside his best friend Ray (Liam Oh) during the 1990s, the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cooper is the father of two sons \u2014 Wyatt, 4, and Sebastian, 3 \u2014 whom he shares with ex <strong>Benjamin Maisani<\/strong>. The journalist announced during a May 2020 CNN Town Hall broadcast that he had secretly welcomed his first child via surrogate, later asking Maisani, whom he dated from 2009 to 2018, to coparent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI don\u2019t really have a family, so my friends have become my family,\u201d he explained during a May 2020 appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/why-anderson-cooper-asked-ex-benjamin-maisani-to-help-raise-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Howard Stern Show<\/em><\/a>. \u201cThis is somebody I was involved with for 10 years. He\u2019s a great guy. I think it\u2019s good to have two parents if you can.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued, \u201cWhen I was a little kid, it was just my mom and my brother. My mom, she was not the most parental person, and I wish some adult after my dad died had stepped in and just been like, \u2018You know what, I\u2019ll take you to a ball game,\u2019 or, \u2018Let\u2019s go out to lunch every now and then, and let\u2019s just talk.\u2019 No one ever did that.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exes expanded their brood in February 2022 with Benjamin. Cooper previously opened up to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/anderson-cooper-leaving-60-minutes-11907494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>People<\/em> <\/a>about how he and Maisani, who is a nightclub owner, balance careers and parenthood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI work nights, and so he\u2019s there at night,\u201d Anderson explained to the outlet, noting that it was a very \u201cnatural\u201d process. \u201cAnd we both wake up right before they wake up, get them their milk and spend the first couple of hours of the day just us with them. And Benjamin speaks French to them. I have no idea what they\u2019re saying. I think they\u2019re plotting against me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/anderson-cooper-to-exit-60-minutes-after-nearly-20-years-with-cbs-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anderson Cooper\u2019s time with 60 Minutes is coming to an end after nearly 20 years. Cooper, 58, announced on Monday, February 16, that he would not be renewing his contract with the long-running CBS series. \u201cBeing a correspondent at 60 Minutes\u00a0has been one of the great honors of my career. 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