Matt Lauer

Matt Lauer was the host of TODAY from 1997 - 2017. When Lauer became a host he replace Bryant Gumbel's job. He has also been a host for 20 years. In those 20 years he has been host with 4 other hosts. Katie Couric, Meredith Viera, Ann Curry, and Savannah Guthrie.
Matt Lauer joined NBC in 1992 as a local NBC news station anchor. He later joined the TODAY show later in 1992 to fill in for Margret Larson as a news reader. In 1994, he joined the TODAY show full-time as a news anchor. Then in 1997 he became a host of the TODAY show with Katie Couric. He is best known for a segment called "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?". This segment was only used till 2009. NBC said they stopped it due to the country's economy. 
He was the host of TODAY until 2017 where he was terminated by NBC after they received reports about "a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace". NBC did not believe this was an isolated incident. 
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MattLauer First Day.png|Matt Lauer's first day on the TODAY show as host.
Lauer97.png|Matt Lauer in 1997.
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