On the Nov. 17, 2019 edition of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”, the “And Now” segment was entitled “A Look Back at Al Roker Delivering the Thanksgiving Kiss of Death” which featured a montage of clips of “The Today Show” weatherman at various Thanksgiving Day parades providing on-air promotions of NBC shows that […]
The news of the termination of ‘Today’ show anchor Matt Lauer represents a seismic change in morning television as well as another example of the consequences of sexual misconduct. Here are clips of how the other news programs reported and reacted to the story: “CBS This Morning” ABC’s “Good Morning America” MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” CNN’s […]
At the start of the Nov. 29 edition of NBC’s morning news program “Today“, anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb reported on the termination of now-former colleague Matt Lauer from NBC News due to sexual harassment of a female employee. “This is a sad morning here today and at NBC News,” Guthrie said. “As I’m […]
It was the summer of 2000 at the annual Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. Three “Today” show anchors — Matt Lauer, Katie Couric and Ann Curry — were present at an NBC session to promote the morning show’s then-upcoming extension from two hours to three hours each weekday morning. In addition, they, along with “Today” […]
Katie Couric returns to co-host the “Today” show with Matt Lauer for the week of Jan. 2-6, filling in for Savannah Guthrie who’s on currently maternity leave. Couric gained most notoriety as “Today” show anchor with Bryant Gumbel from 1991-96 and with Lauer from 1997-2006. Her presence along with the show’s move to the Rockefeller […]
Florence Henderson, who played beloved “The Brady Bunch” matriarch Carol Brady in the 1969-74 ABC sitcom, plus the countless spin-offs, died Thursday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of heart failure. She was 82 and was recently seen rooting for her TV daughter Maureen McCormick on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars.” Born on […]
