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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Matt Lauer and Bobby Brown
Bobby Brown is opening up for the first time since the sudden death of his ex-wife Whitney Houston and putting to rest some big rumors about their troubled marriage.
In an interview with Matt Lauer set to air Wednesday and Thursday on Today, Brown says that he was not the person who got Houston addicted to drugs. "It makes me feel terrible," Brown says of the rumors, which...
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Claire Danes, Kristen Wiig
Kristen Wiig, Claire Danes, Chelsea Handler and Jessica Chastain are among Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World.
As part of the honor, each recipient's entry is written by a notable friend or colleague. Judd Apatow calls Wiig's breakout Bridesmaids performance "vulnerable, explosive and hilarious."
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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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Katie Couric and Josh Elliott
One lesson learned in this wearying week of morning-show warfare: Some people should never give up their dream day job. Which is why it was so gratifying for the week to end with the announcement that Today's Matt Lauer was staying put for years to come. I'd like to think he saw the future — or maybe Today's future — staring at him on Wednesday, when he sat across from...
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Matt Lauer, The Today Show
Not so fast, Seacrest.
Matt Lauer has signed a new multiyear deal to stay on as co-host of NBC's Today, The New York Times reports.
The new contract ends months of rumors that Lauer, 54, might leave the program to join former co-host Katie Couric on her upcoming...
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Ryan Seacrest
Today anchor Matt Lauer sat down with Ryan Seacrest Wednesday morning, and the two addressed the rumors that Seacrest might be in talks to replace Lauer as Today host.
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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin joined the "lame-stream media" Tuesday when she co-hosted the Today show and talked about everything from politics to Jessica Simpson's pregnancy weight gain.
The former vice presidential candidate first appeared as a guest in the 7 o'clock hour, during which Matt Lauer asked her about the Republican primaries ...
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Ryan Seacrest
One of the busiest men in Hollywood may be getting a lot busier.
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