Lester Holt
Twenty years ago, the hottest genre in network television wasn't sitcoms, dramas or reality shows — it was newsmagazines. CBS's 60 Minutes was the number-one show. ABC had Barbara Walters and Hugh Downs scoring big ratings on 20/20 and signed Diane Sawyer for Primetime. NBC had the most difficult time getting a newsmagazine off the ground until it launched Dateline NBC on March 31, 1992 after trying and failing with 17 other shows.
Over the next 20 years...
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Good Morning America
The Today show's 16-year winning streak is over.
ABC's Good Morning America toppled its NBC rival for the week ending April 13 by 13,000 viewers, according to preliminary numbers. GMA averaged 5,147,000 viewers; Today, 5,134,000. Final numbers are due Thursday.
The Biz: Inside the morning show wars and Matt Lauer's new deal
"This is an exciting day but we will ...
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Matt Lauer
The team from ABC's Good Morning America sent a bucket of golf balls to Matt Lauer to congratulate him on his new deal to remain at NBC's Today. But the game for ratings leadership will only get more intense.
Lauer's new agreement keeps him in the coanchor chair of the morning show for...
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Kim Kardashian
Is Kim Kardashian dating Kanye West?
A day after reports surfaced that Kardashian is dating the rapper — who sings her praises in his new song — she coyly evaded the topic on Friday's Today show.
"Kanye and I have been friends for a long time. You never know what the future holds," she told Ann Curry.
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Time
Time's Person of the Year for 2011 is ... "The Protester."
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Ryan Seacrest
America could soon be waking up to Ryan Seacrest. After months of rumors that NBC execs were exploring hiring the American Idol host as an eventual replacement for Matt Lauer on Today, significant conversations are now taking place about making it happen as part of a larger deal between Seacrest and NBC parent company Comcast.
While the mention of Seacrest's name is likely to make TV-news purists cringe, Today has a history of hiring anchors without serious...
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Giuliana Rancic
Giuliana Rancic will undergo a double mastectomy.
"Unfortunately [in] one breast they weren't able to clear the margins and get all the cancer out," her husband Bill told Today's Ann Curry.
Two months ago, the E! News host revealed she had early stages of breast cancer. She learned of the diagnosis through a mammogram she had before an IVF treatment.
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Kris Jenner
Two days Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from Kris Humphries, Kardashian's mom-ager Kris Jenner appeared on Today to set the record straight (and, of course, to promote her new book).
"I knew [about the divorce] a few days before," Jenner said.
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Natalie Morales
Natalie Morales is the newest addition to NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams.
The Today show news anchor joins an already impressive roster of correspondents for the weekly newsmagazine debuting on Halloween, including...
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Giuliana Rancic
Giuliana Rancic has been diagnosed with breast cancer, she revealed on Monday's Today show.
"Through my attempt to get pregnant for the third time, through IVF, we sadly found out that I have early stages of breast cancer. It's been a shock," she told Ann Curry.
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