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After 16 years, Joy Behar is leaving "The View."

Planning to replace Ms. Curry only a year after she became a co-host is effectively an admission that all is not well at “Today,” whose once reliably high ratings have dropped.

Regis Philbin, the most televised man in history, ends a run of affable irascibility this morning as he airs his last Live with Regis and Kelly. A few years ago, when he was about to debut as host of America’s Got Talent, I spent a little time with him to try to get at what made him so good at what is a very difficult-to-define job, hosting.

Coming soon to CBS: Charlie Rose, Gayle King and a complete makeover of “The Early Show,” the network’s low-rated morning television show. The network is putting the finishing touches on a two-hour news show, expected to be announced in New York next Tuesday, that will defy the gauzy conventions of morning television. It will emphasize hard news and use a conversational approach like “Morning Joe” on MSNBC and “The View” on ABC.

Meredith Vieira has spent her last morning hosting TV's most-watched morning show. The popular "Today" co-anchor ended her five-year run on Wednesday, telling viewers her decision to go is "right, but it's hard."

Meredith Vieira said Monday that she will leave NBC's "Today" show next month to spend more time with her family, and Ann Curry will replace her as host.

NBC's "Today" show has been one of the most stable and successful programs in the history of television over the past 15 years. Now it faces the possibility of a major makeover....