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Meredith Vieira on "Today"
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Meredith Vieira has been co-anchor of NBC News' "Today" since September 13, 2006.

Meredith Vieira also serves as host of "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire," a position she's held since 2002.  Meredith Vieira had been moderator of ABC's "The View" since the show's inception in 1997. Meredith Vieira started at ABC in 1993 when she joined their news division as Chief Correspondent of "Turning Point," which debuted in March 1994 and where she earned her seventh Emmy Award.

Prior to that,  Meredith Vieira spent more than a decade at CBS News, where she garnered five Emmy Awards for her work as a correspondent on news magazines "60 Minutes" and "West 57th." From 1989 to 1991,  Meredith Vieira was a co-editor of "60 Minutes." In addition, Meredith Vieira won an Emmy for the "60 Minutes" report, Thy Brother's Keeper, a story on Christians who saved Jews during the Holocaust. After two successful seasons, and pregnant with her second child, Meredith Vieira left "60 Minutes."

Meredith Vieira also frequently anchored the "CBS Morning News" and was contributing national correspondent on the "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather." In June 1991, Meredith Vieira became contributing correspondent for the CBS News primetime series "Verdict," reporting on actual courtroom trials.

Before joining "60 Minutes," Meredith Vieira had been a principal correspondent for CBS News' "West 57th," since its premiere in August 1985. In 1989 Meredith Vieira received four Emmy Awards for stories she reported on "West 57th" during its 1987-88 season.  Meredith Vieira joined CBS News as a reporter in its Chicago bureau in January 1982.  Meredith Vieira was named a correspondent in 1984 and covered Senator Alan Cranston's presidential bid, the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco and, as a correspondent, election night 1984.

Before joining CBS News,  Meredith Vieira was a reporter for WCBS-TV for three years, the CBS-owned television station in New York City.  Meredith Vieira's assignments included the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit, the trial of Jean Harris in 1981, and a series on child molestation that earned her a Front Page Award from the Newswoman's Club of New York. Meredith Vieira also served as a substitute anchor on the station's news broadcasts. Previously  Meredith Vieira was a reporter and anchor at WJAR-TV in Providence, Rhode Island. Meredith Vieira began her career as a news announcer for WORC-Radio in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1975.

Heavily involved with numerous philanthropic organizations, Meredith Vieira is a frequent contributor to several charitable foundations. In May 2001,  Meredith Vieira received the Safe Horizon Champion Award and from City of Hope the Woman of the Year Award. Meredith Vieira has also been honored by the Anti-Defamation League. In April 2004,  Meredith Vieira received the Mother of the Year Award from The Pajama Program, which collects and distributes bedtime books and pajamas to underprivileged children.

A native of Providence, Rhode Island,  Meredith Vieira received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.  Meredith Vieira and her husband and their three children live in New York.






MEREDITH VIEIRA: FACTS

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Age: 56 years old
Birthday: December 30, 1953
Height: 5' 3"
Nickname: Ditz
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Full Name / Real Name: Meredith Louise Vieira
Birthplace: Providence, RI
Current Residence: New York, NY
Husband: Richard M. Cohen




MEREDITH VIEIRA: NEWS (5)


Meredith Vieira on "Today" 'Real Housewives' Bring Their Drama to 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'From February 22 through 26, the ladies from the New York, New Jersey, Atlanta and Orange County franchises team up with real-life housewives for "The Real Housewives of Millionaire." Read more...
Poster of Farrah Foster that has sold over 12 million copies; has appeared in Life magazine as one of the iconic images that defined the '70s and that G.Q. magazine named "the most influential piece of men’s art of the last 50 years." 'Dateline NBC' Pays Tribute to Farrah Fawcett and Michael JacksonNBC News will also re-broadcast the two-hour documentary "Farrah's Story" about her battle with cancer that she shot with her own video camera over the past two and a half years. Read more...
Chris Egan on "Kings" NBC Breezes Into March with Premieres of 'Kings' and 'The Chopping Block'March sweeps highlights also include guest stars such Eriq La Salle, Noah Wyle, Stephanie March, Gabrielle Union and many more. Read more...
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THE VIEW: NEWS


Barbara Walters in "The View" Barbara Walters to End Oscar Special after This YearThe veteran newswoman announced that after this year, she will no longer host a "Barbara Walters Special" prior to the Oscars. Read more...
Cast of "The View" Barbara Walters Names Whoopi Goldberg Moderator of "The View"She will debut on "The View" on September 4 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET), the start of the show's eleventh season. Read more...

 
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MEREDITH VIEIRA: TWITTER

March 21, 2010
LOST - Meredith Vieira
1 day ago
I'm pretty sure Meredith Vieira has Tourette's. Can we have Katie back?
1 day ago
@RobSprance its not so bad if you mute it. meredith vieira was more fun. oh well.
1 day ago
Had lunch with Meredith Vieira yesterday... she wore a skirt & heels & so did I, @ 50 plus she is supper hot & I think she has my legs beat
3 days ago
Ok lunch hour with Meredith Vieira is over. Time to make some GREEN.
3 days ago
Meredith Vieira's shirt looks like it is made out of green reflective tape. Who allowed her to go on TV wearing that?!
4 days ago
Martha Stewart was rude to Meredith Vieira this morning. And Meredith was clearly perturbed..
4 days ago
Meredith Vieira nude, hot damn!
4 days ago
Today Show just had tease abt Meredith Vieira in a sword fight with knights at Medieval Times. Now how am I supposed to change the channel?
4 days ago
Meredith Vieira's sweater is blinding me!!! Aggghhh!!!
4 days ago
Meredith Vieira's sweater is burning my retinas.
4 days ago
RT @JoyVBehar: I'm at the Glaad awards with my lesbian lover, Meredith Vieira. She says hi
5 days ago
 
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