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Susan Zirinsky
Producer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn March 3, 1952 (73 years)
Susan Zirinsky (born March 3, 1952) is an American journalist and television news producer. She served as the President of CBS News from January 2019 until April 2021, when she was succeeded by Neeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon. She previously served as executive producer of 48 Hours from 1996 to 2019. In 2003, she won a Primetime Emmy Award as producer of the documentary 9/11, which aired on CBS in 2002.
In 2013, Zirinsky was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Television & Film Awards.
As CBS News President and Senior Executive Producer, Zirinsky was responsible for CBS News broadcasts and the division's newsgathering across all platforms including television, CBS News Radio, CBSNews.com and CBSN. Zirinsky is the first female President and Senior Executive Producer of CBS News.
In 2013, Zirinsky was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Television & Film Awards.
As CBS News President and Senior Executive Producer, Zirinsky was responsible for CBS News broadcasts and the division's newsgathering across all platforms including television, CBS News Radio, CBSNews.com and CBSN. Zirinsky is the first female President and Senior Executive Producer of CBS News.
Filmography
| 2025 | Turning Point: The Vietnam War (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | The Carters: Hurts to Love You (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Sin City Gigolo: A Murder in Las Vegas (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Burden of Guilt (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Mafia Spies (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | We Will Dance Again · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Pillowcase Murders (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Ctrl+Alt+Desire (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | #Cybersleuths: The Idaho Murders (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Born in Synanon (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | JFK: What the Doctors Saw · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Crush (2023) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Painkiller: The Tylenol Murders (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | 72 Seconds in Rittenhouse Square (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | King Charles: The Boy Who Walked Alone (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | King Charles: The Boy Who Walked Alone · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | FBI True (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | The Checkup with Dr. David Agus (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | 11 Minutes (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Secrets of the Oligarch Wives · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Who is Ghislaine Maxwell? (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Watergate: High Crimes in the White House · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Never Seen Again (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Ghislaine - Partner In Crime (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | NCIS: The Cases They Can't Forget (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | 48 Hours Live to Tell (2009) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Dateline on ID (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Beslan: Three Days in September · as Executive Producer |
| 2005 | 48 Hours: Hard Evidence (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2005 | Elvis by the Presleys · as Executive Producer |
| 2005 | Britney and Kevin: Chaotic (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | 9/11 · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | Survivor (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1988 | 48 Hours (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1987 | Broadcast News · as Associate Producer |