A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
>> A FAMILIAR FACE IS RETURNING TO DAYTIME TV.
>> I MISSED YOU SO MUCH.
>> THE AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST HAS A NEW GIG.
>> THIS IS OUR AUDIENCE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.
>> SHE PASSED THROUGH BOSTON ON HER RECENT PROMOTIONAL TOUR.
I SPENT THE DAY WITH THE TEXAS NATIVE.
FIRST AT THE SEAPORT ENVOY HOTEL ROOFTOP.
THEN AT BOSTON’S NEWFIELD TAIL -- FEMALE FOCUSED CO-WORKING SPACE, THE WING.
BUT FIRST, A PROPER CHRONICLE INTRODUCTION WAS ON THE MENU.
>> WELCOME TO BOSTON.
>> THROWING DOWN IN THE OTHER KITCHEN WITH TATIANA ROSANNA FROM "CHOPPED.
SHE PREPARED SCALLOPS.
>> I S SCALLOPS.
>> SCAWL-OPS?
>> SCALLOPS.
ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY, IT IS BOTH.
THEY SURE ARE TASTY.
>> WE SHOULD HAVE A RESTAURANT.
>> TATIANA.
>> HALL KNOWS WHAT SHE IS DOING AFTER 25 YEARS IN TELEVISION.
SHE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO ANCHOR THE TODAY SHOW.
SHE TOOK A TWO-YEAR BREAK FROM THE BUSINESS IN 20, AFTER SHE ANNOUNCED MEGYN KELLY SHOW WOULD REPLACE THE NINE-HOUR OF TODAY.
WHAT WERE THE FACTORS FOR THE DECISION TO LEAD -- LEAVE?
>> I WAS AT A POINT MY LIFE AT 46, AND I DECIDED TO DO MY FATHER -- SOMETHING MY FATHER TOLD ME, WHICH WAS BET ON YOURSELF.
I WAS IN A FOG.
I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT I WOULD BE DOING.
YOU WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP, YOU’RE GIVING 100%, AND YOUR PARTNERS GIVING 10, AND THEY SAY, THEY DON’T -- THEY DON’T WANT YOU.
BUT YOU GET UP.
YOU HAVE A PIT PARTY, YOU THROW A GOOD ONE ANDY -- YOU FIGURE OUT THE NEXT DAY.
>> SHE DID BY DEVELOPING HER NEXT SHOW.
HER TELEVISION COME COMES AT AN EXCITING TIME.
2019 HAS GIVEN HER A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
>> A NEW MOM, NEWLYWED, AND NEW TALK SHOW.
DOES IT ANOTHER DOOR OPEN WHEN A DOOR CLOSES?
>> I DO.
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.
>> TELL ME ABOUT THE SHOW AND WHAT CAN BOSTON EXPECT?
BEING ON FOUR DIFFERENT NETWORKS, SEVEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHOWS, IT HAS GIVEN ME THIS ORGANIC RELATIONSHIP WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF VIEWERS.
WHAT I HOPE IS FAMILIAR, IS WHETHER I KNOW IT OR NOT, IS THAT SENSATION.
DAYTIME TV, KATIE COURIC AND MEREDITH FERA HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT.
WHAT WILL MAKE YOUR SHOW DIFFERENT?
>> IT’S NOT ABOUT BEING DIFFERENT.
IT’S ABOUT BEING MYSELF.
SOMETIMES, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, SOMETIMES DOING YOUR BEST HAS TO BE ENOUGH.
YOU CAN’T WORRY ABOUT WHO DID IT BEFORE AND WHAT HAPPENED.
>> SHE WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW IN OPRAH’S FOOTSTEPS.
SHE DOESN’T PUT PRESSURE ON HERSELF.
>> THE BEST TO PLAY BASKETBALL WAS MICHAEL JORDAN.
WE STILL PLAY BASKETBALL.
TALK DOESN’T GO OUT OF STYLE.
WE STILL TALK.
>> YOU HAVE A BAYESIAN HUSBAND, HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT?
>> I DON’T.
THAT’S BEEN THE FUND PART.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GIVING ME ADVICE AND IT REAFFIRMS WHAT KIND OF SHOW I WANT TO DO.
I FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING, I AM NOT BALANCING IT.
I WAS WITH MY SON FOR TWO HOURS LAST NIGHT.
NOW I AM HERE WITH LASHES AND MAKEUP AND A SMILE.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY MOMS FEEL THE SAME WAY RIGHT NOW?
HAVING THE COURAGE TO SAY, IT IS NOT WORKING OUT PERFECTLY.
I’M OK WITH THAT.
THE REALITY IS, THERE IS SOME PEOPLE AROUND ME THAT HELPED ME HOLD THIS DOWN.
>> AS WELL NEW FRIENDS IN BOSTON.
>> HUMBLED BY THE FACT I AM THE HOST OF A DAYTIME TALK SHOW.
>> IT’LL BE HERE ON CHANNEL 5.
SHE WAS GREAT TO TALK TO.
SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T HAVE A DREAM GAS.
SHE SAID IT WOULD BE THE PERSON THAT GIVES HER THAT MOMENT SHE WILL NOTE -- WILL NEVER FORGET.
I HAVE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR YOU.
IS IT SKIP - SCALLOPS OR SCAWLOPS?
>> AIXA SCA -- I ALWAYS SAID SCALLOPS.
ONLYIN -- ONLY IN NEW ENGLAND DOES IT HAVE