CBS sets 'This Morning' prod'n team

CBS News has set the senior production team due to its new ayemcast, "CBS Today," which will replace "The Very First Show" on Jan. 9. Former "Early Show" senior producer Tom Mazzarelli assists as senior broadcast producer under professional producer Chris Licht. Coping with Mazzarelli will probably be seven senior producers: Sharon Hoffman, late of "Hello America" "Early Show" vets" Ryan Kadro, Bob Meyer and Kevin Rochford former Bloomberg TV staffers Mosheh Oinounou and Avoi Nordstrom and Rachel Weintraub Riegel. Riegel done OWN's "The Gayle King Show" with King, who'll co-host "Today" with Charlie Rose and Erica Hill. Ron Jefferson, an MSNBC alum who's done NBC News programs different from "Hardball with Chris Matthews" to special events, remains attracted on as director of production. CBS has mentioned "Today" could have a much more hard-news bent that it's network rivals. The procedure change uses numerous reinventions of "Early Show" not successful to tug the interest from last place among the Large Three morning shows. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com