Perhaps he should be looking to the past . In the US it's either NBC's Today , or everyone else. Anyone who becomes a host has spent some time on the show as a newsreader or segment presenter, and probably several fill-ins while other personalities are on vacation or assignment. As a result every change they make appears to be seamless. A couple of years ago both CBS and ABC went through rocky multiple revamps, in one case sacking everyone and bringing in a prime-time news team, that failed to accomplish much of anything.
Today has lessons for any programmer anywhere to learn.
It's sad to see it going through some troubles, but I can't imagine it being worth watching without him. I think they'll struggle to find a successor once again - and during this interlude the audience just falls off. Vaughan's chatty opinions and informal wit were quite amusing in the mornings. Log in or create a new account .