Roughly three months after the tumultuous exit of Shelley Ross, The Early Show on CBS has named Zev Shalev as the show's new executive producer. Rick Kaplan of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric had been filling in on an interim basis.

From the press release:

Shalev has been senior broadcast producer of the program since March.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/cbs-early-show-names-new-executive-producer#comments Media CBS News The Early Show Zev Shalev Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:34:09 -0400 Felix Gillette 70197 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/2008/ross-effect-cbs-touts-gains-early-show

Today, roughly three weeks after re-launching under new hyper-competitive EP Shelley Ross, CBS’s (perennially last place) The Early Show is touting some improved numbers over last year.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/ross-effect-cbs-touts-gains-early-show#comments Media CBS Shelley Ross The Early Show Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:14:01 -0500 Felix Gillette 64374 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/2007/overhaul-continues-cbs-early-show

New executive producer Shelley Ross continues to shake up CBS' The Early Show, which for some tmie now has been stuck in third place in the morning news battles.

Today, CBS announced that they've added a new anchor to the tag-team cast: Maggie Rodriguez, who has been co-anchoring the Saturday version of the show since June.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/overhaul-continues-cbs-early-show#comments Media CBS Maggie Rodriguez Shelley Ross The Early Show Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:38:42 -0500 Felix Gillette 61449 at http://www.observer.com