While Meredith Vieira hasn't exactly brought a new audience to the Today show, we'll agree that she has succeeding in staying the course — and keeping ratings steady at about 5.8 million viewers. While Rosie O'Donnell flips her shit on The View and Katie Couric watches her news broadcast's ratings slide further than they were a year ago, Meredith is staying afloat. With a fruity umbrella drink in one hand and the SPF in the other.

"It has been too smooth," said Jim Bell, "Today" executive producer. "It has been too good. As great a story as it has been for us, it has just been seamless and that may be why it hasn't drawn as much attention."

Also, Meredith Vieira doesn't call Kelly Ripa a homophobe and out Clay Aiken.