Vieira Returns to `The View' _ As Guest

Vieira Returns to `The View' _ As Guest

"The View" is getting a visit from a prominent alum.

No, not THAT one. Meredith Vieira, the show's moderator before being briefly replaced by Rosie O'Donnell who was replaced by Whoopi Goldberg is returning to the daytime chat show Oct. 8. It will be her first guest appearance since leaving the ABC show.

Vieira, 53, will talk about her experiences as co-host of NBC's "Today" show, and is hawking a new "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" DVD game that will be released next month. She is host of the game show.

She spent nine seasons as moderator of the Barbara Walters-invented ABC talk show before leaving in June 2006.

During that time, she dressed as a hot dog and dominatrix, sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" while tap dancing and gave Wesley Snipes a lap dance.