A new book reveals that Ann Curry told friends her final months at the Today show were "professional torture."
There was "a general sense of meanness" on the set of the morning show, New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter writes in his book, Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV, which is excerpted in New York Times Magazine.
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Matt Lauer is taking all the recent reports and jabs at his character in stride.
The Today host — who has been getting bashed in the press, including rumors that Anderson Cooper may replace him — decided to poke fun at himself while...
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Despite what you may have read, not everybody hates Matt Lauer.
So says Today executive producer Don Nash, who recently sat in on a focus group of female morning-show viewers. When they were asked what would make them stop watching the NBC program, "every one of them said, 'If Matt Lauer were to leave,'" Nash says. "Their opinions didn't square with what we had been reading in the papers and on websites."
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With Matt Lauer facing growing backlash over his role in Ann Curry's exit from the Today show, speculation has grown about whether NBC is looking for someone to replace him. A report Tuesday said CNN's Anderson Cooper had been approached about the morning show gig.
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NBC reportedly told former Today co-anchor Ann Curry she could not tweet a message of support for...
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