“NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution has sold ‘The Meredith Vieira Show in 80% of the U.S. for its second season in national broadcast syndication,” the company has announced.

The announcement adds, “Stations groups including Hearst, Sinclair, Hubbard, Scripps, Gray, Dispatch, Graham Media, LIN, Bonten, Media General and Schurz have renewed ‘The Meredith Vieira Show’ for its second season. These stations join previously announced NBC Owned Television Stations.”

As for the show’s ratings, B&C wrote on Jan. 15 that for the week of Jan. 4th, “Vieira” “was steady at a 1.1 in households, while growing 20% to a 0.6 in the demo.”

Vieira’s show will be broadcast live in a number of markets this week.

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