CBS Names Margot Wain New VP of Daytime Programs

Margot Wain has been promoted from Director, Daytime Programs to Vice President, Daytime Programs, CBS Entertainment, it was announced today by Angelica McDaniel, Senior Vice President, Daytime, CBS Entertainment, to whom she reports.

In her new position, Wain will continue as the current executive on daytime's top two dramas, The Young and the Restless and THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, and the #1daytime show THE PRICE IS RIGHT, working with writers and producers on all day-to-day creative and strategic elements.

Wain began her career at WBBM-TV Chicago as a researcher in news, moving up to writer/producer for a magazine show and then news writer. She transferred to CBS in Los Angeles working in the Program Practices department, and later joined Daytime as Manager before Being promoted to Associate Director and then Director.

Wain has been associated with The Bold and the Beautiful since the daytime drama's premiere in 1987. She also was involved in Daytime development, working on "Press Your Luck" and "Capitol," and worked on "The 25,000 Pyramid," "Tattletales" and "Card Sharks."

Wain is a graduate of Northwestern University. She is married and has four children.