AP: Meredith leaving "Millionaire"

[BrandonFG]

She\'s planning to focus more on NBC News tasks, among others.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/meredith-vieira-leaving-millionaire

 

I believe she also lightened her workload to care for her husband, no?

[Matt Ottinger]

I believe she also lightened her workload to care for her husband, no?

 

That was a key reason she gave when she stepped down from doing Today full time.  We noted at the time that Millionaire could be adjusted to her schedule, and can get knocked off in hardly any time at all.  That, of course, hasn\'t changed.  It\'s hard to imagine that Millionaire presents any serious impediment from doing -- well, almost anything else.  My guess is that she\'s just bored with doing it.

[DoorNumberFour]

My pick: Bob Costas. I don\'t know how possible it would be, but...

[pacdude]

Someone on Facebook suggested Tom Bergeron and I\'d like to second that.


/second after me

//we need more fat pacific islanders on tv

[clemon79]

Someone on Facebook suggested Tom Bergeron and I\'d like to second that.

Damn sight more likely than Bob Costas, and that should tell you how likely I think Costas is.

[Kevin Prather]

Someone set the over/under before someone suggests Regis come out of retirement.

[weaklink75]

Someone on Facebook suggested Tom Bergeron and I\'d like to second that.


/second after me

//we need more fat pacific islanders on tv

 

That\'s a good idea- Tom lives on the East Coast (one of the reasons he turned down TPIR was he didn\'t want to move, although apparently CBS was willing to move the show if he signed up to a long term deal)..Another question is though- will they decide to pull the plug? It\'s still doing OK, but it\'s not what it used to be...

[J.R.]

Why is it that every time there\'s a hosting vacancy, people instantly bring up Tom Bergeron?


It\'s like whenever a coach is fired, the first name I always hear is Bill Cowher.

[TLEberle]

Why is it that every time there\'s a hosting vacancy, people instantly bring up Tom Bergeron?

He\'s just that damn good. I don\'t enjoy Hollywood Squares much at all. The humor doesn\'t do it for me and the gameplay is no great shakes, but I watched because Tom was there doing what he does. He was also good in his substitute host week.

 

Pat Kiernan. There, I said it.

 

\"You leave with $1,000. Thank you for your participation.\"

[BrandonFG]

Some good names thrown about...does Bob Costas do his Sunday Night Football halftime commentary from New York or is he at whichever stadium? If the former, I could see it. If the latter, he could obviously do his reports from 30 Rock, or record them in advance.

 

Can\'t go wrong with Bergeron or Kiernan IMO. If he wasn\'t so notorious for being such a prick in every TV gig he picks up, I\'d suggest Keith Olbermann. Not like he\'s doing anything... :-P

 

For some reason, I feel Anderson Cooper could pull off something like this.

[Joe Mello]

Some good names thrown about...does Bob Costas do his Sunday Night Football halftime commentary from New York or is he at whichever stadium? If the former, I could see it. If the latter, he could obviously do his reports from 30 Rock, or record them in advance.

Or they could just not tape on weekends during the season.

[PYLdude]

They don\'t tape on weekends anyway, do they? (Millionaire that is)

[rjaguar3]

They don\'t tape on weekends anyway, do they? (Millionaire that is)

They were planning on taping on November 3 (which would have been the first time Millionaire taped on a weekend), but the taping was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy.

[knagl]

Someone set the over/under before someone suggests Regis come out of retirement.

 

In all fairness, it\'s not like he\'s doing much these days, and he\'s still a ham who loves the camera...

[SuperMatch93]

I know this is another name that is thrown around frequently when is a host is needed, but how would Todd Newton do on a more serious show like this?