I'm on record that Meredith is not my cup of orange pekoe. She has always seemed a little dry and news-reporter-ish to me. But I've read scores of Millionaire contestant stories on the web, and the winners (and losers) all swear that Meredith is kind and gentle and warm. Sort of like game shows' St. Francesca of Assisi. So who am I to argue?
Another inarguable fact is that Meredith has kept the syndie going for eleven seasons, which is maybe ten more than I anticipated. Like everybody else, I thought ABC had burned the format out after three years of wild overuse in prime time. But though the syndie was never a huge hit and the ratings have eroded (like almost all broadcast TV) over the years, Meredith still keeps turning up in TV by the Numbers' top 25 syndie list.
Will Cedric Kyles bring better, worse, or pretty much the same kind of days to the show? We'll see starting this September. But Meredith left quite a mark.
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