The Today Show

The program is watched by more viewers than ABC's Good Morning America Weekend and CBS's Saturday Early Show. Other:. MSNBC's Natalie Morales, Amy Robach, Alison Stewart and Kristine Johnson, along with Today's National Correspondent Melissa Stark report the daily news headlines from the newsdesk. Natural phenomena:. Weekend Today is currently hosted by Lester Holt and Campbell Brown with weather reports from Janice Huff on Saturdays and Sean McLaughlin on Sundays. Artistic works:. Lyne Pitts is the executive producer of Weekend Today. Fictional characters:.

Weekend editions are tailored to the priorities and interests of weekend viewers—offering special series such as "Saturday Today on the Plaza," featuring live performances by the biggest names in music and Broadway outside the studio throughout the summer. Ophelia may be:. Interaction with the crowd outside the studio is a major part of the program. Reviving Ophelia, non-fiction book by Mary Pipher. In addition, the show offers visitors to New York City a chance to observe firsthand the workings of a live television broadcast with its windowed studio on Rockefeller Plaza. Dying Like Ophelia, fiction film. The weekend broadcasts continue the Today tradition of covering breaking news, interviewing newsmakers, reporting on a variety of popular-culture and human-interest stories, covering health and finance issues and presenting the latest weather reports. Hurricane Ophelia, 2005 storm.

However, when major events in Washington happen during the morning hours, the program is broadcast from NBC studios in Wasington. 171 Ophelia, asteroid. The program is broadcast from Studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza in New York. Ophelia (moon). Five years later, on August 1, 1992, the Saturday edition made its debut, expanding the broadcast schedule of the Today franchise to seven days a week. Ophelia (album), of recorded music. The Sunday edition of NBC News' Today premiered on September 20, 1987. Ophelia, choreographic piano piece by John Cage.

However, there are many female hosts waiting to take over including Ann Curry and Campbell Brown. Ophelia (painting). Couric said she hasn't yet made up her mind if she will be leaving or staying with the Today Show. Ophelia, fictional character on The Life and Times of Juniper Lee. Reports say that CBS is offering her 15 million dollars a year plus hosting 60 Minutes. Ophelia (character), associate of Hamlet. Couric can't negotiate a contract until her contract expires in May of 2006.

This supposed feud was one of the factors (but certainly not the main factor) that led to speculations of Couric hosting the CBS Evening News as a replacement for Dan Rather. Couric has denied these reports, and says she has been rather hurt by them. In addition, a few one-show victories by rival ABC Program Good Morning America has fueled rumors of a feud, and some even went so far to suggest that Couric might be replaced in the near future. Some report also suggest that Couric has become a bit too proud (some say obnoxious) because of this, and began to offend Lauer and the rest of the hosts.

Reports say that this was due to Katie Couric's prominence in the show and the general perception that she is the only person who can guarantee high ratings for the news program. Beginning in 2004, there were rumors that the hosts of Today were in the midst of a feud. On December 11, 2005, the show marked its 10th year of placing first in the ratings. In 1999, a later version of Today called Later Today was launched with hosts Jodi Applegate, Florence Henderson, and Asha Blake; sagging ratings in that final hour caused its cancellation in 2000.

There's an early morning version of the show, called Early Today that now airs on NBC's cable counterpart MSNBC and on many NBC affiliates. Other hosts also served between Deborah Norville and Katie Couric. Joe Garagiola also hosted the show twice, first from 1967-1973 and then again in the early 1990s. The hosts of the show include the following: Dave Garroway (1952–1961), John Chancellor (1961–1962), Hugh Downs (1962–1971), Frank McGee and Barbara Walters (1971–1974), Jim Hartz and Barbara Walters (1974–1976), Tom Brokaw and Jane Pauley (1976–1982), Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley (1982–1989), Bryant Gumbel and Deborah Norville (1989–1991), Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric (1991–1997), and Matt Lauer and Katie Couric (1997–present).

This segment also airs on WNBC-TV's NewsChannel 4 at 6PM and 11 PM on a monthly basis. "Spanning" is a reel of odd and interesting sports highlights from the past month, with a recorded introduction and closing by Don Pardo. One popular monthly feature is "Spanning the World" with WNBC-TV sports anchor Len Berman. Stark also acts as host of MSNBC Live.

Melissa Stark is National Correspondent for Today. Weekend Today host Campbell Brown often subs for Couric. Also NBC News correspondent David Gregory has recently been added as substitute host for Matt Lauer. Morales is also a correspondent for the show.

She often subs for Ann Curry and sometimes for Katie Couric. Natalie Morales can also be considered a member of the Today Show team. Both Roker and Curry have recently started interviewing guests and taking part in other segments in addition to their weather and news duties. Alexis Glick is a correspondent for Today and appears during the 3rd hour of the program.Gene Shalit is the entertainment critic and Peter Greenberg is the travel editor.

Al Roker does weather updates and Ann Curry reads news headlines. The show is currently hosted by Katie Couric and Matt Lauer. He was president of the company from 1953 to 1955 (during which time Today's late-night companion, The Tonight Show , premiered), and then served as chairman of the board for another year. Today was the brainchild of Pat Weaver, who was then vice-president of NBC.

(In summer 2005, CNN reversed the trend, moving its morning show indoors and uptown to the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle.). Since the premiere of the 1990s set, the morning shows of each of the major broadcast and cable-news networks has moved streetside -- including two of Today's Rockefeller Center neighbors, Fox News's Fox & Friends and CNN's American Morning. However, when major events happen in Washington during the morning, like presidential inaugurations, the show broadcasts from NBC studios in Washington. Today moved to the current streetside studio in the mid-1990s, providing a link to the show's 1950s street-level set at the old RCA Exhibition Hall, also Rockefeller Plaza.

The studio is located right next to the street and many times the hosts do the weather or other events from outside. The show broadcasts from Studio 1A in Rockefeller Center, New York, just across the street from NBC headquarters at the GE Building. In other countries the format was copied - most notably in the United Kingdom with the BBC's Breakfast and ITV's Good Morning Britain; and in Canada with Canada AM. It has spawned several other shows of a similar type, including ABC's Good Morning America, CBS's The Early Show.

Fred Muggs as the show's mascot during the early years), and local news updates. The show successfully blends national news headlines, in-depth interviews with newsmakers, lifestyle features, other light news and gimmicks (including the presence of the chimpanzee J. Today was the first of its genre when it first signed on with host Dave Garroway. Central Time/Mountain Time) on October 2, 2000.

Eastern Time/Pacific Time; 6:00–9:00 A.M. ET, until NBC expanded it to three hours (7:00–10:00 A.M. For many years it was a two-hour program from 7:00–9:00 A.M. Since 1958, Today is tape-delayed for the different time zones.

Later, Today aired live for five hours a morning, but it was seen for only two hours in each time zone. When Today started in 1952, it was seen only in the Eastern and Central time zones, broadcasting three hours a morning but seen for only two hours in each time zone. . Ironically, the Nine Network's main rival, the Seven Network, tape-delays and broadcasts NBC's Today Show.

The Australian version has aired on that country's Nine Network since 1982. It first aired on January 14, 1952, an entirely new experiment not only in morning television, but also in the combination of hard news and light features. Today (commonly referred to as The Today Show) is a morning news and talk show airing on the NBC television network in the United States.