Meredith Vieira
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"Meredith Vieira" is an American journalist and talk show and game show host. She is known for serving as the original moderator of the American Broadcasting Company/ABC talk show The View (U.S. TV series)/The View (1997–2006), and for co-hosting the long-running NBC News breakfast television/morning news program Today (NBC program)/Today (2006–11). She is also known for being the original host of the U.S. Broadcast syndication/syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show)/Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, for contributing to Dateline NBC, Rock Center with Brian Williams, and for presenting Lifetime Television's Intimate Portrait (TV series)/Intimate Portrait series.

She is a special correspondent for NBC News, contributor to Today (U.S. TV program)/Today, NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC, and host of The Meredith Vieira Show.

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