Meredith Vieira

As predicted and rumored to replace Katie Couric on the Today show, Meredith Vieira has officially announced to the viewers of The View that she will indeed replace Katie on the Today show this morning. Vieira told the audience:

I’m thrilled, I’m really thrilled,” she said. “You would love these people. I believe in growth, but right now I’m feeling terrific growing pains.

This announcement comes a day after Katie had announced she was jumping ship to CBS. According to NBC’s CEO Jeff Zucker, they went with Vieira because:

Meredith’s vast experience as an award-winning journalist, as well as talk show host, make her the ideal candidate for this job

This deal will make Vieira a $40 million woman and also put her into the number one morning show. There no way up but down.

[AP]

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