Pluto Plans to Launch ’60 Minutes’ Streaming Channel
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCBS News’ venerable “60 Minutes” is creating a time machine, of sorts.The long-running newsmagazine will be form the bulk of a new channel at Pluto, the ad-supported streaming outlet that is, like CBS News, part of Paramount Global.
The streaming channel is expected to launch sometime this year, Bill Owens, executive producer of the show, told staffers during a town hall meeting Thursday.“The channel will allow us to share our broadcast and historic archive with the wider world,” Owens told employees.
Nicole Young, a longtime producer who works with “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley, will oversee the new venture, which will potentially let consumers sample decades of “60 Minutes” reports, whether they encompass a Mike Wallace investigation, an Ed Bradley interview with Bob Dylan, or Leslie Stahl’s various exchanges with former President Donald Trump.
The move shows “60 Minutes” continuing to explore opportunities to reach a new set of viewers through digital means. The show launched a program for Quibi, a hub for short-form streaming video, before it failed, and then tried to make that program work on Paramount+.
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