Meredith Vieira tries to do what so many can't: Crack the code of the daytime talk show

"Why am I doing this? What was I thinking?" Meredith Vieira said at the top of her new syndicated daytime talk show on Monday afternoon. She told her cheering audience it's the most common reaction she gets ever since she announced "The Meredith Vieira Show," a new hour-long chatfest syndicated on NBC stations.