In a rare on-air rebuke April 27, longtime correspondent for the CBS newsmagazine Scott Pelley said the broadcaster's parent company Paramount had become heavy-handed in its oversight.

Find out more about Scott Pelley after his remarks targeting CBS’s parent company, Paramount, following Bill Owens' exit.

A high-intensity drama unfolded on Sunday night when veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley lambasted CBS parent entity Paramount Global over the abrupt departure of colleague Bill Owens. He alleged that the company came up with 'new ways' to 'supervise' the programming of 60 Minutes.