(As you know, Viacom bought Paramount, which had bought Desilu in the late 1960s and Desilu was the company that produced Trek...)
http://mediabiz.blogs.cnnmoney.com/2007/09/18/britney-boosts-viacom/...MTV shortened the awards telecast and focused it more on live performances. And the show turned out to be a true water cooler event thanks to a disastrous opening performance by a certain former member of the Mickey Mouse Club. “Britney Spears helped us, of course,” Dauman joked.
Article has more, but most of it has nothing to do with her, amazingly... especially with the article's headline, I was wondering if Viacom was going to keep Britney on full time. But I suspect she'll want to remain freelance...