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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

How tall is Meredith Vieira? How old is Meredith Vieira? Where was Meredith Vieira born? Where does Meredith Vieira live? Find out here.

Age: 55 years old
Birthday: December 30, 1953
Height: 5' 3"

Nicknames:
Ditz
Ditzy
MV

Full Name / Real Name: Meredith Louise Vieira
Birthplace: Providence, RI
Current Residence: New York, NY
Husband: Richard M. Cohen




MEREDITH VIEIRA: NEWS (4)


Meredith Vieira on "Today"'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...
Following One of the Most Anticipated Book Releases of All Time, J.K. Rowling Speaks to NBC's Meredith Vieira in an Exclusive Television Interview Discussing for the First Time the Conclusion of the Harry Potter SeriesThe interview will air on "Today," Thursday, July 26 and Friday, July 27 and during a one-hour special of "Dateline," Sunday, July 29. Read more...
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MEREDITH VIEIRA: TWEETS

Has anyone seen David Backes on NBC's Today Show trying to teach Meredith Vieira how to shoot a puck?
3 days ago
@SportsNation This is by far my favorite segment. Michelle makes a good Meredith Vieira.
3 days ago
One day, my knowledge of random facts will help me meet Meredith Vieira and win $1 million.
3 days ago
@carrieanninaba Thanks for that "I disagree" scare! That spooked me as much as Meredith Vieira always does on Millionaire with those players
4 days ago
David Plouffe author of "The Audacity to Win" on CBS this morning, defending the President. Liberal Media? Meredith Vieira, WTF?
4 days ago
Dept. of Corrections: I misspelled Meredith Vieira's name when I crititweeted her lack of journalistic integrity. I kinda regret the error.
4 days ago
Meredith Vieira did a McDonalds drive thru prank on the Today show. I must say though, Letterman did it better.
4 days ago
Some one should let Meredith Vieira know that "objective" doesn't mean "antagonizing." She's terrible.
4 days ago
@todayshow Who is Meredith Vieira's press agent?
5 days ago
Does anyone know the press contact for the Today Show? Trying to get in touch with Meredith Vieira- her press agent would be perfect.
5 days ago
ROFL meredith vieira was hilarious in her McDonald skit XD
5 days ago
Love the direction in which the Today Show is moving some segments, like Meredith Vieira working McD's drive–thru – radically anti–funny.
5 days ago
Meredith Vieira was in the @McDonalds drive-thru this morning! Hope she put some change in the RMHC Donation Boxes!
5 days ago