'Meredith Vieira' Sold to NBC Owned Stations

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

The Meredith Vieira Show has been sold to
NBCUniversal's ten owned TV stations for a fall 2014 debut, NBCU Domestic
Television Distribution said Wednesday.

The ten stations are WNBC New York, KNBC Los Angeles, WMAQ
Chicago; WCAU Philadelphia; KXAS Dallas; KNTV San Francisco; WRC Washington,
D.C.; WTVJ Miami; KNSD San Diego; and WVIT Hartford. The group represents more
than 27% of the country's TV households.

"We couldn't be happier to welcome Meredith Vieira
to our 10 stations next year," said Valari Staab, president of NBC Owned
Television Stations, in a statement. "With her genuine warmth,
intelligence and likeability, as well as her extraordinary ability to
understand and connect with viewers, Meredith is a great addition to our
daytime lineup."

The move has been expected, after NBCU picked up the talk
show last week.

Vieira comes to daytime talk after spending her
career in broadcast TV. She has served as a correspondent for CBS' 60 Minutes, host of ABC's The View, anchor of NBC's Today and host of Disney/ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. She has
won 14 Emmys.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.