Meredith Vieira

"Today" show co-host Meredith Vieira, center, participates in a music video segment during her final show, in New York, Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Joining Vieira are her successor Ann Curry, left, Jimmy Fallon, background center, and the shows co-host Matt Lauer, right.

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 says goodbye to "Today" show

"Today" show co-host Matt Lauer talks about his favorite "Meredith" moments with co-host Meredith Vieira, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in New York, the morning before her final day on the program.

"Today" show co-host Meredith Vieira is seen on June 3, 2011, in New York.

Ann Curry, left, and Meredith Vieira appear during a segment of the NBC "Today" television program, in New York's Rockefeller Center, Friday, May 27, 2011. Curry is to replace Vieira as co-host of the program after Vieira leaves the show on June 8, 2011.

Meredith Vieira attends the 20th Annual Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame Awards on Oct. 27, 2010, in New York. The co-anchor of NBC's "Today" show announced on May 9, 2011, that she will leave the show in June after nearly five years. Vierira, who joined the top-rated morning show in 2006 as Katie Couric's replacement, will be succeeded by Ann Curry.

"Today" show co-host Meredith Vieira, dressed as pop star Lady Gaga, appears on NBC's "Today" Halloween episode at Rockefeller Plaza on Oct. 29, 2010, in New York.

From left, "Today" show co-host Al Roker (as Superman), co-host Natalie Morales (as Justin Bieber), actors Tina Fey and Will Ferrell (dressed as their "Megamind" characters), co-host Ann Curry (as Amelia Earhart) and co-host Meredith Vieira (as Lady Gaga) appear on NBC's "Today" Halloween episode at Rockefeller Plaza on Oct. 29, 2010, in New York.

"Today" show hosts, from left, Matt Lauer, Ann Curry, Meredith Vieira, and Al Roker attend The Friars Club's roast of Matt Lauer on Oct. 24, 2008, in New York.

"Today" show hosts Ann Curry, left, and Meredith Vieira attend The Friars Club's roast of Matt Lauer on Oct. 24, 2008, in New York.

Co-hosts Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer chat with tennis player Roger Federer after he won the 2007 US Open Championship during NBC's "Today" show on Sept. 10, 2007, in New York.

Meredith Vieira attends the 14th Annual Kids' Night On Broadway "Fan Festival" at Madame Tussauds on Feb. 2, 2010, in New York.

Meredith Vieira attends the Disney and ABC Television Group Summer press junket on May 15, 2010, in Burbank, Calif.

Meredith Vieira speaks onstage at the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards gala on Jan. 12, 2010, in New York.

Meredith Vieira and actress Emmy Rossum attend the The Skin Sense Awards presented by the Skin Cancer Foundation on Oct. 10, 2007, in New York.

Meredith Vieira attends the 2009 Matrix Awards, honoring women in the communications industry, in New York, on April 27, 2009.

Meredith Vieira is teased by a dinosaur during a NBC "Today" show episode on June 20, 2007, in New York's Rockefeller Center.

Meredith Vieira attempts a figure skating maneuver with actor Will Ferrell during his appearance on NBC's "Today" show on March 26, 2007, in New York.

Matt Lauer laughs as his co-host Meredith Vieira surprises him by smearing frosting from a cake on his nose during her first day on NBC's "Today" show outside the networks studio in Rockefeller Center on Sept. 13, 2006, in New York.

Actress Sigourney Weaver, rihgt, and Meredith Vieira attend the Human Rights First Gala Awards Dinner on Oct. 16, 2006, in New York.