Meredith Viera

[Smurf]

Is Meredith a good choice to replace Katie Couric in the Today Show?

Poll coming.

[Maine-iac]

OK, I guess. Similar to Katie, but not quite as chirpy, which is a good thing. Not that I watch Today enough to really care.

[Jables]

But is she still gonna host the daytime Millionaire?

[Double High C]

She has years of experience on 60 minutes (years ago), and should be good.

Perhaps she would have been a better choice than Katie for the big CBS job (though there could be some bad blood there; my understanding is that she was fired from 60 min when she expressed a desire to cut back on her hours a bit back then, as she had young children, and perhaps her husband had been diagnosed with MS already by then also).

[Smurf]

I'm surprised that they are replacing Katie with an older woman. In the past, when a woman got old(like 40ish), she was replaced by a younger one. That's kinda what happened to Jane Pauley.

[Tobias Funke]

They should get Kelly Ripa to replace her but have her in a non-speaking role. I'd tune in.

[Double High C]

I guess they could have given the spot to Camby.

My guess is that she'll be a hard nyews anchor in the fairly near future.

[Double High C]

Originally Posted by Tobias Funke

They should get Kelly Ripa to replace her but have her in a non-speaking role. I'd tune in.

After her relative Jack gets through with her, she won't be doing much speaking.