"Step Down" Andy Rooney, Was He Pushed?: Andy Rooney is the only thing he said he would never give up "60 Minutes. Rooney, 92, will be released at the end of Sunday's" 60 Minutes ". In the last two months of weekly commentaries reliable Rooney were often cut out of the CBS, apparently to make way for the reports. Rooney has steadfastly maintained that he would never leave “60 Minutes” voluntarily