Network upfronts kick off today, heralding that wonderful time when the sparkly-toothed denizens of television unveil their fall schedules to advertisers. First up, under a dazzling array of fireworks accompanied by a marching band, NBC will "formally" introduce The View's Meredith Vieira as Katie Couric's replacement on the Today show. Vieira, meanwhile, has been trying to prepare for her new morning gig:

"They ask much better questions than I would have thought of. I'll go, 'Damn it, where'd that come from?'" Vieira says over lunch. "I'm rusty."

Oh, Meredith, you're being far too hard on yourself. You've got plenty of challenging questions up your sleeve:

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