Meredith Vieira

Biography: A respected broadcast journalist who spent decades tackling hard-hitting news stories such as AIDS, white supremacy and adoption scams before becoming the no-nonsense moderator of the popular daytime talk show The View, Vieira began her career in the 1970s as a radio announcer. Her combination of good looks and sharp intelligence made her a natural for on-camera work, and she spent the 1980s and early 1990s at CBS, appearing on the network's evening news and morning shows and eventually becoming a correspondent on 60 Minutes. She left the lauded newsmagazine in 1991 when she became pregnant with her second child, but she didn't stay out of the spotlight for long. Two years later she jumped to ABC, and after a four-year stint hosting the now-defunct series Turning Point, she lent her journalistic credibility to The View, where she helped keep her outspoken cohosts on topic and under control. A devoted mother of three, Vieira effortlessly connected with viewers on a personalA respected broadcast journalist who spent decades tackling hard-hitting news stories such as AIDS, white supremacy and adoption scams before becoming the no-nonsense moderator of the popular daytime talk show The View, Vieira began her career in the 1970s as a radio announcer. Her combination of good looks and sharp intelligence made her a natural for on-camera work, and she spent the 1980s and early 1990s at CBS, appearing on the network's evening news and morning shows and eventually becoming a correspondent on 60 Minutes. She left the lauded newsmagazine in 1991 when she became pregnant with her second child, but she didn't stay out of the spotlight for long. Two years later she jumped to ABC, and after a four-year stint hosting the now-defunct series Turning Point, she lent her journalistic credibility to The View, where she helped keep her outspoken cohosts on topic and under control. A devoted mother of three, Vieira effortlessly connected with viewers on a personal level by sharing details about her life, including her husband Richard Cohen's struggles with multiple sclerosis and colon cancer. She then branched out by hosting the syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2002, which earned her a Daytime Emmy in 2005 and led to her setting a record for hosting more episodes of a game show than any other woman. In September 2006 she took over Katie Couric's spot on NBC's long-running morning show Today. With these jobs, Vieira has often let a more playful side of herself show, such as when she flirted with a naval officer who was a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and when she went along with Jay Leno's joke that she once worked for Naked News. She has also had to deal with headline-grabbing rumors since joining Today, including denying that she and cohost Matt Lauer were having an affair. Aside from hosting jobs, Vieira occasionally can be seen (or just heard) in films: She provided voices for characters in Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa and Shrek Forever After. Expand

Meredith Vieira's Scores

Average career score: 67
Highest Metascore: 84 Sports Night: Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 48 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Season 18
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
10 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Ghost Hunters: Season 7 Feb 23, 2011 Guest tbd
60 Piers Morgan Tonight: Season 1 Jan 17, 2011 Guest tbd
tbd The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Season 19 Jan 3, 2011 Guest tbd
tbd Dateline NBC: Season 19 Sep 24, 2010 Reporter tbd
tbd Dateline NBC: Season 19 Sep 24, 2010 Reporter tbd
tbd 30 Rock: Season 5 Sep 23, 2010 Meredith Vieira 8.1
tbd The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Season 8 Sep 13, 2010 Guest tbd
tbd Inside Edition: Season 23 Sep 6, 2010 Meredith Vieira tbd
48 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Season 18 Mar 1, 2010 Guest 1.3
tbd Intervention: Season 7 Nov 30, 2009 Narrator tbd
tbd Dateline NBC: Season 18 Sep 18, 2009 Reporter tbd
tbd Dateline NBC: Season 18 Sep 18, 2009 Reporter tbd
tbd Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Season 2 Sep 15, 2009 Guest 6.4
tbd Today : Season 58 Jan 1, 2009 Co-Anchor tbd
tbd Dateline NBC: Season 17 Dec 5, 2008 Reporter tbd
tbd Dateline NBC: Season 17 Dec 5, 2008 Reporter tbd
84 30 Rock: Season 3 Oct 30, 2008 Actor 8.6
tbd Martha: Season 4 Sep 16, 2008 Guest tbd
tbd The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Season 17 Sep 15, 2008 Guest tbd
tbd The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Season 6 Sep 8, 2008 Guest 7.8
tbd Today : Season 57 Jan 1, 2008 Co-Anchor tbd
tbd 30 Rock: Season 2 Oct 4, 2007 Herself 8.8
tbd The View: Season 11 Sep 10, 2007 Meredith Vieira tbd
tbd Today : Season 56 Jan 1, 2007 Co-Anchor / Co-Host tbd
tbd The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Season 15 Sep 18, 2006 Guest tbd
tbd The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Season 4 Sep 4, 2006 Guest tbd
tbd Martha: Season 2 Aug 16, 2006 Guest tbd
tbd The Tony Danza Show: Season 2 Sep 12, 2005 Herself tbd
tbd Late Show with David Letterman: Season 13 Sep 8, 2005 Guest tbd
tbd The View: Season 9 Sep 5, 2005 Host (1997-2006) / Meredith Vieira tbd