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After working as a correspondent on 60 Minutes since 2007, Anderson Cooper is leaving the program. “Being a correspondent at 60 Minutes 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,” Cooper shared in a statement with Deadline. “For nearly twenty years, I’ve 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.” He’s still working with CNN on Anderson Cooper 360 and the New Year’s Eve show with Andy Cohen — please pour out a shot in respect. Last December, Cooper renewed his contract with CNN to host 360 as well as a weekly program, The Whole Story, and a podcast, All There Is.
In a statement shared with Vulture, CBS News thanked Cooper for his time with the network, writing, “For more than two decades, Anderson Cooper has taken 60 Minutes viewers on journeys to faraway places, told us unforgettable stories, reported consequential investigations and interviewed many prominent figures. We’re grateful to him for dedicating so much of his life to this broadcast, and understand the importance of spending more time with family. 60 Minutes will be here if he ever wants to return.”
60 Minutes aired Cooper’s final segment this past Sunday. It followed the documentarian and lover of the slow zoom Ken Burns and what he thinks the Founding Fathers of the United States would be surprised by today.
Anderson Cooper Leaves 60 Minutes After Almost 20 Years
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