Talk:Today (American TV program)

message: 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)
thread_title: Untitled

message: 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)
thread_title: Required Cute Animal Stories

message: 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)
thread_title:  Exploitation of a Live Show 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Title 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Summer co-hosts 

message: 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)
thread_title:  West Coast Feed 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Today vs. The Today Show 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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.  — BrotherFlounder 14:46, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hour 4 Contract Restrictions 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Pauley/Norville controversy 

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message: 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)
replies: text: Be BOLD --205.143.204.206 (talk) 13:02, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weather personnel 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Controversies heading 

message: 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)
replies: text: Great question, that. At the very list, It might be worth breaking off into another article. Lambertman (talk) 13:01, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. We need to have another article for special editions of NBC Today. SNIyer12 (talk), 17:37, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Special editions 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Current cast section 

message: 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)
thread_title:  News ticker 

message: 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[]  — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoMontNW (talk • contribs) 20:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current Cast Section-Lauer and Morales Joined dates.  

message: 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)
thread_title:  Ratings: Week of [[Royal Wedding]] 

message: I have attempted to place this chart in the article.  Why is it being removed? OCNative (talk) 07:15, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anchor chart 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Website to get MOST today show episodes from 2011! 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Start dates in infobox 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Curry to Guthrie 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Willard Scott 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Significant format change September 2013 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Natalie Morales 

message: "...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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Christmas Day and New Year Broadcasts  

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Third hour - jumping the gun 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Please Wach this better

message: 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)
thread_title:  Splitting proposal for Kathie Lee and Hoda 

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message: "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)
thread_title:  Studio 

message: 65 years today show 184.54.37.158 (talk) 19:48, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  65 years today show 

message: You should a clip from the movie Flashdance. She was is the movie Fame not Flashdance! 68.196.162.109 (talk) 13:20, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death of Irene Cara reported this morning 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Focus on Weekday program