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Someone changed the network show names in the right info pane to Idiots and Vagabonds? --Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.84.147.151 (talk) 19:19, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
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Cute Animal News Stories Video
Dates
Shouldn't Matt Lauers date read 1994-Present not 1997-Present? He was news reader from 1994-1997.
Required Cute Animal Stories
There should be some reference to the required cute animal story that every news broadcast ends with. Some explanation about the demographic those are aimed at would be helpful. Is it something they teach in journalism schools, like, say, the one at Kent State University?Godofredo29 (talk) 16:40, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
Exploitation of a Live Show
It would be an interesting addition to the article if we were to add a section regarding the many documented cases of people in the outside audience engaging in the exploitation of Live TV by various means. --131.247.22.157 20:16, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
There is one black man that's seen in the outside audience every day, and the anchors even celebrated his birthday. Who is this man, or is it a case of exploitation of live TV? 70.171.209.15 (talk) 14:21, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
This is currently being pointed to on the Main Page as an Anniversary article. Links to this page indicate it went on the air on January 14, 1952, but the page itself says the program didn't start until 1955. Doh! --Mulad 22:25, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)
More history should be included. Jane Pauley and Bryant Gumbel became household names on this show and more needs to be said. Mike H 22:03, Sep 5, 2004 (UTC)
Title
Why is this article titled "The Today Show"? The correct name of the show is just "Today." NBC never refers to it by anything but the one-word name. Michael J 04:52, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
That is the official name of the show from the very beginning.
Summer co-hosts
I don't think the Summer co-hosts should be listed under the hosts section. They re not hosts and are only fill-ins Aronk 02:54, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Brand Extensions
There was also a THIRD brand extension to the Today show. It actually preceded Early Today & Later Today in 1999, as the FIRST brand extension. In 1982, Today introduced an earlier show titled "Early Today" (same name as the show in 1999). It was hosted by Gumbel & Pauley, and aired from 6 to 7 AM, preceding the Today show. It only lasted a year, as doing three hours a day (and having to get up an hour earlier) started to wear on the two hosts. The show was cancelled in 1983, and replaced by NBC News at Sunrise. Could someone add this fact in under the Brand Extensions. I'm not a regular contributor to this page, so I'd feel kind of funny stepping on someone's territory. Thanks
West Coast Feed
I'm pretty uninitiated when it comes to US broadcasting, so how exactly does the west coast feed of the Today Show look? Are the news updates recorded like the rest of the program or does the west coast get live news from the NYC studio, if so, are they presented by the regular newsreaders? Thanks --Pneumaman 10:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I live on the West coast, they only updated the show if breaking news happens and the show still looks the same. Usually its just a new opening of the show and they say Pacific on the Live graphic
Looking for segment
I'm a teacher looking for the name of a segment they used to do on the Today Show. Someone would throw a dart at the U.S. map. Then the reporter would go to the city indicated by the dart and pull a random name from the phone book. The reporter would then do a feature story on that person.
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Today vs. The Today Show
NBC, and flagship station WNBC refer to it as "Today." For this reason, I am going to change the title to "Today". Forgive me if we have decided against it on a page other than this one. aido2002 06:05, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Hour 4 Contract Restrictions
I know Meredith Vierra is by contract barred from hosting past 9am ET due to being host of Who Wants To Be A Millionarie. But why is Matt Laurer contractually barred? Article says both are but does not explain why. Dwp49423 16:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Pauley/Norville controversy
A section on this most memorable moment in Today history is lacking. Anybody up for doing the citation legwork? Lambertman 22:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
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Weather personnel
Lacks a mention of Joe_Witte, who had a degree in meteorology, and was backup for a period. Wfoj2 (talk) 01:24, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Controversies heading
Does anyone think there needs to be a qualifier under the sub-heading "Memogate" for this article, since usually when the term "Memogate" is used, it refers to the CBS incident during the 2004 campaign that, among other things, ran Dan Rather out of the CBS Evening News anchor chair? WAVY 10 Fan (talk) 19:37, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Special editions
Does this article really need a mention of every single time in the history of the show that one of the anchors has been outside New York? And can these be verified as the only times this has happened, or is this list both very long and incomplete? JTRH (talk) 19:40, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Number of episodes
The infobox says there were "20,718" episodes as of January 1, 2008, but doesn't cite a source for this figure. The number "20,039" was added by an anonymous IP, and the figure has been updated since then, but I found no source for these figures. In 2007, The Houston Chronicle said "more than 20,000 episodes", but this figure may have come from Wikipedia. I'm not sure how this number makes sense, because by my count, there were:
By my calculations, and assuming exactly 1 episode per morning, that gives 1862 x 5 + 254 x 6 + 804 x 7 + 3 4 = 16,465 16,466 episodes as of January 1, 2008. Anyone know where this 20,000+ figure came from or how it was arrived at? DHowell (talk) 06:51, 24 January 2009 (UTC) [Corrected calculation, I was originally off by one day. DHowell (talk) 00:46, 19 March 2009 (UTC)]
Current cast section
We seem to have a difference of opinion regarding the phrasing of this section; anybody want to offer a third opinion? Lambertman (talk) 22:30, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
News ticker
Any truth (and cites) to this statement at News ticker#United States? May want to mention it briefly on this article if so:
--an odd name 08:50, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
Current Cast Section-Lauer and Morales Joined dates.
I edited the year Matt joined the show to 1994, He was a Newsreader for 3 Years before he replaced Bryant Gumble as an anchor. I also edited the year Natalie Morales joint the show to 2003. she started out as a sub Newsreader/Anchor and Correspondant for Today show in 2003. ---- JoMontNW[[3]] -- Preceding unsigned comment added by JoMontNW (talk o contribs) 20:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
Ratings: Week of Royal Wedding
NBC News' "Today" continues as the dominant morning news program, topping the competition across the board. On the day of the Royal Wedding, "Today" posted nearly 10 million viewers, its biggest single-day audience delivery in more than a decade - since November 8, 2000, the day after the presidential elections of George H. W. Bush. "Today" also topped GMA by a whopping one million viewers on the Royal Wedding day.
For the week, "Today" posted its best total viewer delivery since the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Last week's win marks "Today's" 802nd consecutive week in first place.
Week Highlights:
- TODAY averaged 6.424 million total viewers, a +12% (+689,000) advantage over GMA and +142% (+3,774,000) over The Early Show.
- · This represents TODAY best total viewer delivery since the week of August 11, 2008 (Beijing Olympics).
- · TODAY also posted its best total viewer advantage over Early Show since the week of August 11, 2008 (first week of Beijing Olympics).
- · On Friday, TODAY averaged 9.628 million total viewers, its highest single-day audience mark since November 8, 2000 (day after Presidential election).
- · TODAY has now placed first for 802 consecutive weeks in both households and total viewers.
- · In rating A25-54, TODAY led GMA by +35% (+6 tenths) and Early Show by +188% (+1.5 ratings points). The NBC program also posted its best demo rating since the week of January 31, 2011.
- · Week-to-week, TODAY was up across-the-board in homes (+18%), total viewers (+19%, or +1,035,000), rating W/M/A18-49 (+32%/+11%/+29%)
- · TODAY grew versus the same week last season by double-digits in homes (+15%), total viewers (+23%, or +1,205,000), rating W/A18-49 (+19%/+20%)
TODAY II (9 a.m. hour) and TODAY III (10 a.m. hour) Week Highlights:
- · TODAY II delivered 3.905 million total viewers
- · TODAY II posted its biggest total viewer delivery since the week of January 31, 2011.
- · On Friday, TODAY posted its best single-day deliveries in total viewers since February 15, 2010 (Vancouver Olympics)
- · For the week, TODAY II topped CBS Early Show in homes (+53%), total viewers (+47% or +1,255,000)
- · TODAY II outperformed The View in total viewers (+3%, or +121,000), rating M/A18-49 (+67%/+13%)
- · Week-to-week, TODAY II posted gains in homes (+16%), total viewers (+14%, or +466,000)
- · TODAY II was up versus the same week last season in homes (+26%), total viewers (+32%, or +943,000)
- · TODAY III averaged 2.281 million total viewers
- · TODAY III posted its best total viewer audience since the week of February 21, 2011.
- · On Friday, TODAY III had its best single-day deliveries in total viewers since January 17, 2011 (MLK holiday)
- · Week-to-week, TODAY III grew in homes (+13%), total viewers (+12%, or +248,000), rating W/M18-49 (+14%/+50%)
- · Compared to the same week last season, TODAY III posted double-digit gains in homes (+21%), total viewers (+36%, or +605,000) --Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.26.18.151 (talk) 17:13, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Anchor chart
I have attempted to place this chart in the article. Why is it being removed? OCNative (talk) 07:15, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Website to get MOST today show episodes from 2011!
Okay, so I was able to get episodes of the TODAY show and i put them ALL up on the link below: http://todayshow.wikia.com/wiki/Today_Show:_Download_Page Have fun looking at the today show! -- Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.72.186.75 (talk) 16:36, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Start dates in infobox
I had made this change, but it was reverted by an IP with a history of vandalism warnings. As the infobox is currently written, it gives the years when Lauer (1997) and Guthrie (2012) became co-anchors, but when Roker (1996) and Morales (2006) started on the show at all. Lauer joined the show as news anchor in 1994, and Guthrie as third hour co-host in 2011. One of two changes should be made: Either all four should be given the dates when they started their current roles - Lauer 1997, Guthrie 2012, Roker and Morales as third hour co-hosts (2007?), or all four should be given the original start dates of their tenure on the show. I prefer the latter, but I don't feel strongly about it. Whichever way it goes, it should be consistent. Thoughts? JTRH (talk) 13:34, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Curry to Guthrie
What's the controversy, exactly? Because the section doesn't mention it, despite being placed under controversy--68.230.66.230 (talk) 02:00, 25 May 2013 (UTC)]
Willard Scott
May i suggest any edit to the Former on-air staff section weather anchors refering to Willard Scott it says: "The semi-retired Scott who gained fame through his antics that included costumes and props, --->(Still occasionally appears as Roker's fill-in)<--- That Statement (with arrows) isn't true he does not Still appear as Roker's fill-in the only thing he does is wish Centenarians Happy Birthday. ACase0000 (talk) 21:52, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
Significant format change September 2013
I hope I am wrong about this, but the show seems to have taken a significant format change as of 9-16-2013. The well known show or at appeared to have jettisoned (hard news leading in the 7am hour, with the lead interview in the first half hour, followed by softer stories in the 8am hour) in favor of a social free for all. News is no longer the lead for each half hour. In fact respectable journalism seems to have given away to loud chat feats, nervous POV camera operation and commercial plugs and Internet updates. This is a very important pivot for Today and someone who is less POV than I should cover this chaotic state of the program. Sjkoblentz (talk) 20:13, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Natalie Morales
There has been a controversy on this article about when Morales joined the Today show. According to Morales's Biography on the TODAY's website, she joined in 2006. I hope before editors change the year she joined, they check to make sure it is true... Corkythehornetfan (Talk) 00:03, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Al Roker
Al Roker on the TODAY Show. Someone keep removing him from the Presenter section where he always been for 12 Years. Stop trying to change everything. Morningtv13 (talk) 02:01, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
No I am not and Al is a presenter. he doesn't anchor the First Two hours but he dopes Host The third hour and sometimes does segments at 8. Leave well alone. It been like that for 12 Years and nothing worng with it. Are you even form the U.S? 02:06, 23 November 2014 (UTC)Morningtv13 (talk)
Al Roker is Co-Host of the third Hour and is part of The TODAY Team. He does segments sometimes in the 8am Hour. You might as well remove Ginger Zee from good morning america page then. Nobody has changed it in the has 12 teams and weather snapper is part of the team and is a presenter. Morningtv13 (talk) 02:28, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
TODAY Show Page list Al Roker as Co-Host http://www.today.com/allday/al-roker-co-anchor-weather-feature-anchor-6C10110723 Morningtv13 (talk) 02:34, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 02:53, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
IT Still the same. Al Roker still should be in the staring section because he is on the show. then remove Ginger Zee from the good Morning America page. Morningtv13 (talk) 02:58, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
If you going to do that then remove Ginger Zee from the staring section on the GMA Page as well Morningtv13 (talk) 03:01, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
He is not News anchor but he still co-Host of the third Hour. Kathie Lee and carosn aren't coanchors or newsanchors either. So why haven't you removed Ginger ZAee from the starting section on GMA Page? Morningtv13 (talk) 03:04, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Presenter staring it still kind of the same. Al Roker Co-host the third hour with Natalie, willie and Tamron which is called TODAY Take. When they talk about that hour they don't say TODAY Anchors and weatherman.. It TODAY Co-Hosts. The weatherman does more on the show then they did 20 years ago. they are practically presenters as well now. have you watch TODAY or GMA lately? Morningtv13 (talk) 03:11, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Again he is Co-Host of the Third Hour. He are you not getting that? And why haven't you removed Ginger Zee from Good Morning America Page? going by your logic she is just a weather lady and does nothing but weather every half hour. And I keep calling it starring because that where peoples names who are on the show go and it the same thing. Morningtv13 (talk) 03:17, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
- Per reliable sources - Fox News - Al Roker latest 'Today' host in trouble? and CNN - The entire 'Today' show anchor team -- Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Natalie Morales, Willie Geist, Carson Daly, Tamron Hall, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb.-- Isaidnoway (talk) 03:29, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda
"...the fourth-hour segment of Today which airs live from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern time..." -- Two things are wrong with this. First, it's a four-hour (not fourth) segment, and secondly, the start time is 7:00 a.m. Eastern time. CityKat13 (talk) 00:25, 14 January 2015 (UTC)CityKat13
Christmas Day and New Year Broadcasts
Shouldn't it be noted that TODAY Show on Christmas Day and New Year Day are pre-tape and that they are specials broadcasts of the show? Those are the only days out of the whole year that all four hours are pre-tape and they are not live. Worldtvjr15 (talk) 05:13, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
FINE I will ge edit it out of CBS and GMA then. BE FAIR! Worldtvjr15 (talk) 01:40, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
It has been noted on air and also on the TODAY Radio on XM on the Today Condifiential show on Friday 2pm EST on July 1st 2016 by the Executive Producers that the crew was happy that Christmas Day lands on a Sunday so they don't have to record a Christmas Day broadcast. Anchors complain since they have to stay late a couple weeks before the holiday and record a 3 hour show with all members of crew before they leave for holiday breaks.
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