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Untitled

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Better late than never, but, for the record, Local 4 WDIV Detroit introduces it as, "The Today Show"... Just for the record. --Signed and Sealed, JJJJust (T C) 10:58, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

I was wondering this myself. I would assume that if anything, Lauer is not contractually obligated to appear during the third hour, since I'm fairly sure he's appeared then since Vieira joined and his contract was renegotiated. — Brother Flounder 14:46, 26 February 2007 (UTC) Dear Red team VS Blue team about a TV show on the is bet you on iam a girl and my name is katie higgins each team get pont each game for 1 to 20 question this a lot of homework too to practince[reply]

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)[reply]

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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)[reply]

Be BOLD --205.143.204.206 (talk) 13:02, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Great question, that. At the very list, It might be worth breaking off into another article. Lambertman (talk) 13:01, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. We need to have another article for special editions of NBC Today. SNIyer12 (talk), 17:37, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have decided to be bold. List of special editions of Today (NBC program) is available for improvement. Lambertman (talk) 18:27, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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:

1862 weeks from January 14, 1952 to September 18, 1987, while the show was broadcasting 5 mornings a week

254 weeks from September 20, 1987 to July 31, 1992, while it was on 6 mornings a week, and

804 weeks from August 1, 1992 to December 29 28, 2007, while it was on 7 mornings a week.

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)][reply]

From the looks of it the number came from [1] and it dates back even further than this by the looks of it. I'd also venture to guess the number came from something along the lines of this [2]. Afkatk - The Mind Reader (talk) 00:43, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This number was also added by an anonymous IP and had no source. The second link you give says there were 20,441 total days between January 14, 1952 and January 1, 2008 (not including that date). How could there have been 276 more episodes than total days of broadcasting? And that doesn't even acccount for the days that Today was definitively not broadcasting: i.e. weekends before 1987, Sundays before 1992. There may have been some special editions on some of those days, but I doubt there were 277 or more, and certainly not over 4000.

I'm going to update the figure based on 1862 x 5 + 254 x 6 = 10834 broadcasts until July 31, 1992, plus 6074 days from August 1, 1992 up to and including March 18, 2009, giving a total of 16,908 episodes so far. If anyone has any reason to change this figure, please explain the change in the edit summary or on this talk page. DHowell (talk) 00:46, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanted to quickly add I've updated the episode count according to this week, I forgot to add this in the edit summary so I thought I might notify you all here. Afkatk - The Mind Reader (talk) 22:24, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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:

Though modern and efficient news tickers were not popularized in the United States until September 11, 2001, the first record of a news ticker as part of a regular broadcast is from NBC's Today show on its debut edition, January 14, 1952. Without the benefit of computer-generated headlines and graphics, the ticker was vastly different than the one we would know today. The Today ticker was an actual piece of paper with typewritten headlines superimposed on the lower third of the screen. The ticker was never very successful as a communications tool and was dropped not long thereafter.

--an odd name 08:50, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 • contribs) 20:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Year	Male Anchor	Female Anchor	News Anchor	Weather Anchor	Women's Editor / Today Girl
1952	Dave Garroway	None	Jim Fleming	None	Estelle Parsons
1952			Jim Fleming
1953			Merrill Mueller
1953			Frank Blair
1954
1954
1955
1955					Lee Meriwether
1956					Lee Meriwether
1956					Helen O'Connell
1957
1957
1958
1958					Betsy Palmer
1959					Florence Henderson
1959
1960
1960					Beryl Pfizer
1961					Beryl Pfizer
1961	John Chancellor				Robbin Bain
1962	John Chancellor				Louise King
1962	Hugh Downs				Louise King
1963					Pat Fontaine
1963					Pat Fontaine
1964					Maureen O'Sullivan
1964					Barbara Walters
1965
1965
1966
1966		Barbara Walters			None
1967
1967
1968
1968
1969
1969
1970
1970
1971
1971	Frank McGee
1972
1972
1973
1973
1974
1974	Jim Hartz
1975
1975			Lew Wood
1976			Lew Wood
1976	Tom Brokaw	Jane Pauley	Floyd Kalber
1977
1977
1978
1978				Bob Ryan
1979
1979			None
1980
1980				Willard Scott
1981
1981
1982			Chris Wallace
1982	Bryant Gumbel		John Palmer
1983
1983
1984
1984
1985
1985
1986
1986
1987
1987
1988
1988
1989
1989			Deborah Norville
1990		Deborah Norville	Steve Frazier
1990			Faith Daniels
1991
1991		Katie Couric
1992
1992			Margaret Larson
1993
1993
1994
1994			Matt Lauer
1995
1995
1996
1996				Al Roker
1997
1997	Matt Lauer		Ann Curry
1998
1998
1999
1999
2000
2000
2001
2001
2002
2002
2003
2003
2004
2004
2005
2005
2006
2006		Meredith Viera
2007
2007
2008
2008
2009
2009
2010
2010
2011
2011		Ann Curry	Natalie Morales

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)][reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

You're new to Wikipedia; the site is constantly changing. Al is not an achor on Today, so his inclusion in the infobox under "presenter" is inaccurate. He is a weatherman, not an anchor or presenter, hence his exclusion. livelikemusic ^{my talk page!} 02:03, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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)

You might want to read up on the guidelines on personal attacks and Civility before continuing further. Roker's inclusion in the infobox is inappropriate. His length of time with the series has zero to do with this; only presenters (aka regular presenters) are included, Roker is not a presenter on the series. livelikemusic ^{my talk page!} 02:08, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Actually it does not. The headline of the article describes him as "co-anchor and weather and feature anchor". The initial paragraph of that page says that he

has been the weather and feature anchor on NBC News’ TODAY since January 1996.
he has been co-host of the morning show “Wake Up with Al” on the Weather Channel since July 2009.
also served as the weekday weather forecaster for News Channel 4’s early evening newscast Live at 5on WNBC-TV, NBC’s flagship owned and operated station in New York City until January of 2000.

The page uses the term host in exactly three places, saying

Since July 2009 he has been co-host of the morning show “Wake Up with Al” on the Weather Channel.
Since 1985, he has served each holiday season in midtown Manhattan as co-host for the annual Christmas at Rockefeller Center.
The seven-time Emmy award winner also co-hosts The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and Rose Bowl Parade and appears on various specials for NBC.

Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 02:53, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

If Ginger is removed, so should Al. Just because he's on the series and been with them doesn't mean his inclusion is warranted. He is not a news anchor on the series. livelikemusic ^{my talk page!} 03:01, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Both Kathie-Lee and Carson are presenters and anchors in their capacity, that's the issue; they do present on the series. It isn't a starring section, either. livelikemusic ^{my talk page!} 03:07, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

"Still kind of" and "does more than they did 20 years ago" and "practically presenters now" are not arguments that could be backed by reliable, third-party sourcing. And my watching or not watching has zero to do with the issue as an editor on the articles. livelikemusic ^{my talk page!}

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

First link refers to him only as a "weatherman" in the body of the paragraph; it's more about whether it should be news presenter only, since the series is a news program. livelikemusic ^{my talk page!} 03:33, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I was under the impression that the weather was part of their "news program". Nonetheless though, I'm certainly not going to argue and battle over something so trivial and nonsensical, sometimes a little common sense goes a long way in these kind of content disputes. Have a nice day.-- Isaidnoway (talk) 03:43, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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[reply]

This refers specifically to the fourth hour of the broadcast, the segment which is hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. 67.197.243.87 (talk) 10:04, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Can you provide a reliable source that backs up your information? If so, then yes it should. Corky | Chat? 01:12, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Everybody know it is. If you had ever watch it on those days then you would know as it is bluntly obvious. They have mention it in the pass. Worldtvjr15 (talk) 01:26, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You still need a reliable source to back it up. No videos as a source, either, as they are not reliable. Also, please do NOT add REDUNDANT information in the article as you did here. It is not needed and just because it is on one article, doesn't mean it needs to be on here; it is simply fine in prose form. It is kinda of like asking" if you'd go jump off a bridge just because your friends are." Your answer would most likely be "no". Corky | Chat? 01:37, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FINE I will ge edit it out of CBS and GMA then. BE FAIR! Worldtvjr15 (talk) 01:40, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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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The result of the move request was: not moved. Closing disruptive RMs started by blocked IP. Jenks24 (talk) 09:36, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Today (U.S. TV program) → Today (U.S. TV series) As per WP:NCTV. 2A02:C7D:564B:D300:3C1A:53BD:793E:CDDC (talk) 11:22, 9 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. As a news and talk program, Today is a non-episodic television program, thus instead falls under WP:NCTV#Non-episodic television. Zzyzx11 (talk) 18:21, 9 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Third hour - jumping the gun

NBC's announcement about the main anchors doing the third hour only pertains to the current week. No permanent decision has been announced about the format, hosts, location, or anything else. And Monday's show may well have been atypical because of the breaking news from Pittsburgh. We're jumping the gun if we assume that what's going on this week is permanent. JTRH (talk) 12:40, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please Wach this better

whoever is doing this Article Please wach it better ... Robin Roberts is AWESOME ,, but she is Still on GMA Jena (talk) 22:45, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Splitting proposal for Kathie Lee and Hoda

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The result of this discussion was to: split. Limmidy (talk) 05:19, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I propose that the section Today (U.S. TV program)#Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda be split into a separate page called Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda. The fourth hour of Today is notable enough for its own page and its section is large enough to fill it. Today with Kathie Lee & Hoda has been on for over 10 years and definitely isn't the same show as the earlier hours of Today. Also, ABC's new GMA third hour Strahan and Sara (formerly GMA Day) has its own page and I don't see why KLG and Hoda shouldn't. Limmidy (talk) 03:24, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Agree - It's treated as it's own deal, similar to the Strahan and Sara show on ABC, which has it's own article. Vjmlhds (talk) 21:30, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Canceled on Saturdays?

The Today show didn't air this morning. Was its Saturday show canceled? Lechonero (talk)

Studio

"After three years in the Florida Showcase, Today moved back to the RCA Building on September 13, 1965." I spent a fair amount of time skulking around NBC in the mid-60s, and my recollection is that the Florida Showcase was in the RCA building, making the above quote misleading and confusing. If I'm right — and I hope someone can confirm — Today moved upstairs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:140:8A00:9B80:55F5:1B88:75B8:C904 (talk) 19:21, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

65 years today show

65 years today show 184.54.37.158 (talk) 19:48, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Focus on Weekday program

Since we have separate articles for 4 hour weekday today and also another one for weekend editions, should this article only focus on the first 3 hours as to me the article looks a lot if it repeats in those other articles Hoopstercat (talk) 22:14, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

The “presented by” list is very clearly not correct. Most of these are Philippine politicians. I don’t know how to fix this. Someone please fix this. 98.61.144.228 (talk) 00:16, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]