It's a boy for Courtney Thorne-Smith

LOS ANGELES (AP) - January 13, 2008 "The parents are thrilled, and the baby is healthy, well and beautiful," publicist Karen Samfilippo said.

Thorne-Smith delivered the baby - her first - at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Friday, Samfilippo said.

The father is Thorne-Smith's husband Roger Fishman, a media consultant. The couple named the boy Jacob Emerson Fishman.

Thorne-Smith, 40, is known for roles in several TV shows including "Melrose Place," "Ally McBeal" and "According to Jim."