“The Meredith Vieira Show” has found its band leader, show announcer and a slew of producers. Everett Bradley of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band will lead the band and Jon Harris will announce the upcoming show, which premieres in national syndication on Sept. 8. Harris, an old friend of Vieira's, most recently served as chief communications officer for the Hillshire Brands Company. Previous Vieira collaborators Geoff Rosen (“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”) and Matthew Strauss (“The View”) have been named co-executive producers for the daytime show. Also read: Katie Couric Eyed as Savannah Guthrie's Temporary ‘Today Show’ Replacement Benita Alexander,...
- 5/5/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
E Street Band’s Everett Bradley has joined The Meredith Vieira Show as bandleader and Jon Harris will serve as the show’s announcer, NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution said today. Bradley plays percussion and sings backup vocals with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and will lead the house band on the weekday show, a rarity for daytime TV. In addition, Geoff Rosen and Matthew Strauss have been named co-executive producers for the show, which has been sold to local stations in 98% of the U.S. Benita Alexander, Angela Lagreca and Leslie Peirez have joined as supervising producers. The Meredith Vieira Show premieres in national syndication on September 8.
- 5/5/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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