'View' co-host Vieira joins NBC's 'Today'

The View co-host Meredith Vieira will replace Katie Couric as a co-anchor of NBC's breakfast news programme, Today.

Couric announced yesterday that she is joining CBS to anchor that network's evening news broadcast.

Vieira made her announcement on Thursday's edition of The View, saying that she is "very honoured" to be chosen by NBC to succeed Couric.

"This is an announcement that I couldn't be happier to be making," said Jeff Zucker, CEO of NBC Universal Television Group. "Meredith's vast experience as an award-winning journalist, as well as talk show host, make her the ideal candidate for this job. She joins a distinguished legacy of Today show co-anchors: from Barbara Walters to Jane Pauley to Katie Couric. We're lucky to have her as the newest member of Today, and I am thrilled to welcome her to the NBC family."