Monday, May 9, 2011

'Today Show' SHAKE-UP!

Meredith Vieira (L-R)  Hosts for 'Today' Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, and Al Roker speak during the 2007 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour for NBC at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel on January 17, 2007 in Pasadena, California.

The 'Today' show cast had a major shake-up this morning.  Meredith Vieira announced this morning that she is officially leaving the NBC morning show.


"After months of personal reflection and private conversations between my family and my friends, I've decided to leave 'Today,' in June," she said, sitting next to Matt Lauer and Al Roker.

Vieira, who has co-hosted the show with Lauer for the past five years, said she has decided to spend more time with her husband, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, and their three children.
Ann Curry will take over Vieira's chair, and NBC correspondent Natalie Morales will take over Curry's news desk position.

"I feel like the high school computer nerd who was just asked to the prom by the quarterback of the football team," an emotional Curry said, calling Vieira a "gift to this broadcast" and if it was her choice, Vieira would stay on 'Today.'



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