Does Meredith Vieira Want to Leave Today?

What is going on with the musical chairs in daytime talk? Especially when it comes to The View co-hosts past and present. It is rumored that the former moderator from The View is not happy with her new job on the Today show. It hasn’t even been a year!!!! Some claim that Meredith wants to leave because she doesn’t get to spend enough time with her family. Hmm…

Wow. Okay, I totally thought of musical chairs myself and now, the article I am reading refers to these morning talk show shananigans with the same term! Anyway, the article broke it down like this:

Vieira, 53, left ABC’s “The View” in May 2006 and joined Matt Lauer on the NBC morning show in September, replacing new CBS news anchor Katie Couric.

But quoting those darn unidentified sources and unnamed friends, “Meredith told me she’s already planning her exit strategy so she can leave ‘Today’ with her dignity intact,” Star quotes a pal. “For her, it’s been a noble experiment that hasn’t worked as well as she had hoped.”

Departing would definitely have its sacrifices: Vieira signed a sweet four-year, $10-million contract when she took the morning news job. But while she’s been putting in overtime trying to make a success of it on “Today,” she misses her husband of 21 years, journalist Richard Cohen, and her teenage children Benjamin, Gabriel and Lily, a friend says.

“She carried around a lot of guilt about not being home to see her kids off in the morning and coming home dragging her behind at the end of her workday.”

The “Today” gig has been a bumpy ride. After an initial ratings spike, ratings have been up and down. Recent national numbers reveal “Today” show viewership has dropped about 9% from last year.

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