Meredith Vieira says she doesn't watch The View now that she's poised to become the co-anchor of NBC's Today show on Sept. 13.

"I needed to think ahead," she said in an interview published in Time magazine on Sunday. "But I have to admit, the day after Star made her announcement, I watched. I feel very sad for everything that's happened and for everybody involved."

Star Jones Reynolds left The View in June after the announcement that Rosie O'Donnell will take over the moderator chair of the program.

Vieira, who was The View moderator for nine years, said she was proud of her work at the popular daytime talk show and feels it has taken a turn for the worse.

"It's hard to watch. It sort of became a joke," she told the magazine.

Though she turned down a job on CBS's Early Show in 2002, Vieira said, she couldn't turn her back on the opportunity to co-host the Today show.

"It's an institution," she said. "I'm not somebody who loves getting up at four in the morning, so this might kill me, but we'll see."

....once, "THE VIEW" was a "good" program, with serious discussions of current events and "women's topics"......but now, it's a "daily train wreck", with egos and personalities clashing and....still, for the most part, it's LIVE! Who knows WHAT you'll see tomorrow? {"An Encore Presentation", of course...the new telecasts don't start until next week!!}. I can't wait to see what Rosie will "do" to the show.....

As for Meredith, she ALSO has her daily edition of "{WHO WANTS TO BE A} MILLIONAIRE", as well as "THE TODAY SHOW". She wouldn't have time to watch "THE VIEW", anyway!

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yeah, i am not sure how Rosie will fit into this picture but it looks like there may be choppy waters ahead still for the show...viera was one of my favorites, and with her gone i don't think i will be as loyal to the show as before.