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Okay – here’s the latest on the “will she or won’t she” story of Katie Couric and her potential move to CBS and its Evening News.

If you believe the word leaking out of 30 Rock today, then Katie will announce on Wednesday morning that she is leaving NBC and The Today Show. What she likely WON’T say on Wednesday morning is that she’s leaving Today to become the anchor of the CBS Evening News (and in turn make television history by becoming the first solo female anchor of a network evening newscast). The reason for the non-mention of the CBS deal? The terms of her contract with NBC will prohibit her from discussing her new position until the expiration of the contract, which will come at the end of May.

Concurrently, NBC is supposedly thiiiiiis close today to closing a deal with Meredith Vieira to leave ABC's The View and take over as Today co-host. Rumored to be complicating matters is Meredith's contract with Buena Vista to host Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Reportedly, the syndicator is playing hardball with Vieira in her attempts to free herself from that contract. If the rumblings are true and Vieira is succesful in breaking her contract with Millionaire, then she would join Today in September.

If Vieira does end up signing with NBC, then the result would be a Today Show helmed by two former WJAR personalities (Meredith was once a WJAR news reporter/anchor, and Matt Lauer once co-hosted WJAR's PM Magazine).

Stay tuned...