Award-winning journalist Tanya Simon has been named executive producer of "60 Minutes​," America's #1 news program.

CBS News named Tanya Simon the new executive producer of “60 Minutes,” making her just the fourth executive to lead the program in its nearly 60 years on air and the first woman to do so. She takes the reins of the show at a tumultuous time,

CBS News has named “60 Minutes” veteran Tanya Simon as the broadcast's fourth executive producer. Simon, daughter of the late “60 Minutes” correspondent Bob Simon, has been with the show for 25 years and been running it on an interim basis since predecessor Bill Owens quit in April.