Nine’s Darren Wick promises 60 Minutes is ‘here to stay’ in response to ‘fairy-tale’ Sunday Telegraph report

Nine’s national director of news and current affairs, Darren Wick, has hit back at reports in The Sunday Telegraph over the weekend that 60 Minutes is on the chopping block, calling it ‘one of the most important programmes on Nine’s schedule’.

A piece written for Sunday Confidential cited ‘industry sources’ who said the cancellation of Seven’s Sunday Night left a lack of competition for 60 Minutes and meant the quality of the program had slipped.

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