Neufeld takes on Early Show.(Top of the Week)(Victor Neufeld becomes executive producer of CBS News' 'The Early Show')(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, August, 2003 by Bednarski, P.J.

Victor Neufeld, former executive producer of ABC's 20/20 and most recently senior executive producer of ABC's newsmagazines, is joining CBS News' The Early Show as executive producer, working under Michael Bass, senior executive producer of the least-watched but somewhat revived morning news show that revamped itself last October.

CBS News has never been much of a player in the morning, lagging NBC's Today show, the long-time ratings champ, and ABC's Good Morning America.

Neufeld, who spent 30 years at ABC, admitted that it seemed strange to be leaving ABC but wouldn't discuss his contract there, concentrating instead on the "unique exit ramp" The Early Show provides. He said that, as he discussed moving to CBS with executives there, "it got to...

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