• by Wayne Friedman , April 7, 2006

NBC's hiring of Meredith Vieira to co-host "The Today Show" is now the next ripple in the wake of Katie Couric's bombshell move to CBS.

Vieira's move has been expected ever since the recent stories about Couric gained momentum. A co-host of "The View" and host of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?," Vieira will start in September. She's expected to give up her role with "The View," but retain her "Millionaire" gig.

The choice for NBC was an easy one--considering Vieira's experience working as a journalist for CBS News and ABC News, and her various other talk show experiences--most recently with "The View." She started at ABC News's in 1993, and later worked for the network "Turning Point" news magazine show as a chief correspondent.