NBC’s Meredith Vieira sat down recently with Charla Nash, the victim of a 2009 chimpanzee attack in Connecticut. The exclusive interview, which is Nash’s first since her face transplant at Brigham & Women’s hospital in Boston, will air tomorrow on “Today.”

Vieira, who was a “Today” show anchor at the time of the attack, first interviewed Nash in 2009. Nash has an exclusive deal with Peacock Productions, NBC’s in-house documentary unit, and “Today” has closely followed Nash’s progress for the past two years. In August, the NBC morning show revealed the first images of Nash’s post-surgery face.

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ABC News and TED, the nonprofit conference that promotes “Ideas Worth Spreading” are partnering on a new series of reports focusing on ideas and inventions that could change the world. Called “Ted + Diane” for anchor Diane Sawyer, the first report aired yesterday and focused on new research that is looking into ways to reverse the aging process.

The plan is to eventually feature a one-hour primetime special, but details on that are still being worked out. Check out the trailer below:

Legendary chef Thomas Keller is known for his restaurants French Laundry and Per Se, but this weekend he took his considerable skills to CBS, where he created a new dish: “The Sunday Morning,” in honor of the long-running CBS morning news program.

The dish is a bacon and cheddar popover with a poached egg on top. The recipe is here, and a video of Keller teaching correspondent Tracy Smith how to properly poach an egg is below.

If you’re a self-appointed grammar cop and can’t stand the sight of a typo, listen up. CNN is looking for a copy editor to join its New York-based team.

In this role, you’ll fact-check and proofread every script before it goes to air. You’ll be responsible for elevating the level of copy, and scanning every piece of tape in program. Copy should be conversational and easy to understand for a morning audience, so you should be able to break down a complicated story and tell it in a clear and concise way. Read more

Thursday night’s primetime “20/20″ special devoted to Regis Philbin delivered a solid but unspectacular eight million viewers for ABC at 8 PM. The special–hosted by Katie Couric–delivered ABC’s best numbers in that hour in eight weeks, and second best numbers since January. That having been said, the special placed third in its timeslot in total viewers, and fourth in the 18-49 demo.

The program was up against stiff competition, including a highly-touted Thursday Night Football game, CBS’ crime procedurals and “The X Factor” on Fox.

Last year CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer learned how to do the “Dougie” at the “Soul Train Awards”:

This year, Blitzer is once again returning to the BET awards show, though what he will be doing remains a mystery for now. That said, Blitzer tweeted a number of pictures from the taping, including the one below of him and Doug E. Fresh, the man behind the Dougie.
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Among the attendees at Regis Philbin‘s final “Live!” taping was his former co-host Kathie Lee Gifford. Gifford currently co-hosts the fourth hour of NBC’s “Today,” which starts promptly at 10 AM, right after “Live!” As a result, the fourth hour started this morning with a mad dash by Gifford from Disney’s Upper West Side headquarters to NBC’s 30 Rock studios. Things didn’t go exactly as planned, but Hoda Kotb had a glass of wine at the ready:

25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

• Total day: FNC: 321 | MSNBC: 132 | CNN: 138 | HLN: 104

• Primetime: FNC: 514 | MSNBC: 226 | CNN: 173 | HLN: 176

	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:	12a:
FNC	Five:	Baier:	Shep:	O’Reilly:	Hannity:	Greta:	O’Reilly:	Hannity:
	354	441	427	667	528	341	279	211
MSNBC	Matthews:	Sharpton:	Matthews:	EdShow:	Maddow:	O’Donnell:	EdShow:	Maddow:
	157	149	173	181	262	234	135	136
CNN	Blitzer:	KingUSA:	Burnett:	Cooper:	Morgan:	Cooper:	Burnett:	Morgan:
	139	117	147	140	168	210	148	146
HLN	Special:	Prime:	Issues:	Grace:	DrDrew:	Behar:	Showbiz:	DrDrew:
	67	58	114	193	148	198	112	106

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Lana Wood, the sister of actress Natalie Wood, talks with Piers Morgan tonight about the reopening of the investigation into her sister’s death 30 years ago.

Lana Wood, also an actress, (remember this role as a Bond girl?) opens up about Dennis Davern, the boat captain who appeared on “Today” this morning. Wood says about 10 years after her sister’s death, Davern would phone her and “tell me bits and pieces in a very agitated manner … very upset, crying that there was more to it than he said.” The interview airs tonight on CNN at 9pmET.

Meanwhile, THR reports actor Christopher Walken who was also on board the boat the night Wood died has hired an attorney in connection with the case.

This morning was Regis Philbin‘s last day co-hosting “Live! with Regis and Kelly,” and ABC went all-out to celebrate the man who holds the record for most hours spent in front of a TV camera. Attendees included Former NBC and CBS News anchor Katie Couric, who recently joined ABC, Couric’s former “Today” colleague Bryant Gumbel, “ABC World news” anchor Diane Sawyer, Disney CEO Bob Iger, former “Today” anchor Meredith Vieira, former “Good Morning America” anchor Joan Lunden, current “GMA” anchor Robin Roberts, Philbin’s former “Live!” co-host and current “Today” co-host Kathie Lee Gifford, actors Tony Danza and Alan Alda, cable news regular Donald Trump and more.

“I will always remember spending these mornings together,”Philbin said at the close of the program. “I hope to see you all again real soon.”

While Philbin may return to TV at some point, today’s event was treated as something of a retirement party, with New York City Mayor (and Bloomberg TV founder) Mike Bloomberg presenting Philbin with a key to the city, and Iger unveiling a plaque in Philbin’s honor outside of Disney’s New York headquarters on Columbus Avenue.

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