Meredith Vieira's television career took off when she joined the CBS News team as a correspondent and later co-anchor for the CBS Morning News. She then moved on to work for ABC News, where she became a co-anchor for Turning Point and a correspondent for news magazines such as 20/20 and Primetime Live.
In 1997, Vieira joined the popular talk show The View as one of its original co-hosts, where she gained widespread recognition and acclaim.
In 2006, Vieira left The View to join NBC's Today show as a co-anchor, a role she held until 2011. During her time at Today, she also became the host of the syndicated version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, a position she held from 2002 to 2013. In 2014, she launched her own talk show, The Meredith Vieira Show, which ran for two seasons until 2016.