Did Stephen Colbert announce plans to launch a "60 Minutes"-style program with Scott Pelley? No, that's not true: The TikTok creator labeled the video with this fake announcement as AI-generated. A Google News search finds no reporting of a planned collaboration between Colbert and Pelley on a new program; articles mentioning both men relate to recent changes at CBS, not a joint "60 Minutes"-style venture.
The video (archived here) was uploaded to TikTok on June 4, 2026 by GossipNavigator (@eismwc8pw6). The post caption read:
Stephen Colbert plans to launch a new 60 Minutes style program with Scott Pelley and has said he hopes CBS collapses as soon as tomorrow. #stephencolbert #scottpelley #cbs #usa #celebrity
This is what the post looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:
(Image source: @eismwc8pw6 post on TikTok.)
Under the post caption (pictured below in the lower left corner) is a TikTok disclaimer stating:
Creator labeled as AI-generated
(Image source: @eismwc8pw6 post on TikTok.)
Lead Stories searched Google News for the names of the two former hosts of CBS shows, "stephen colbert scott pelley" (archived here). There were no relevant results reporting an announcement of a plan for the two to do a "60 Minutes"-style show together. There were articles that mentioned both names, but in a different context. Variety had a June 5, 2026 article titled, "Paramount Made Radical Changes to CBS Late Night and '60 Minutes.' Will Advertisers Still Spend?" (archived here). The two names also appeared in a June 4, 2026 People article reviewing Jimmy Kimmel's reaction to Scott Pelley's firing:
The late-night host explained to his audience that Pelley himself was later fired, joking that 60 Minutes would be replaced with Reporters Unleashed, a nod to CBS moving Comics Unleashed into the time slot formerly held by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
