CBS News president Andrew Heyward stated at the time, "The Roman numeral II created some confusion on the part of the viewers and suggested a watered-down version.
Credited cast on 60 Minutes II included the following CBS correspondents: Dan Rather, Bob Simon, Charlie Rose, Vicki Mabrey, Scott Pelley and Lara Logan.
The following correspondents also worked on segments for the program: Christiane Amanpour, Ed Gordon, Jim Stewart, Charles Grodin, Carol Marin and Jimmy Tingle.
Grodin, Tingle, and Bill Geist contributed semi-humorous commentaries, paralleling the sister program's Andy Rooney.
[3][4] These events would lead to Rather's eventual departure from the anchor chair and ouster as correspondent from CBS News on March 9, 2005.