Fast Facts
Title: The Today Show
Anchors:
- Matt Lauer (1997 – present)
- Meredith Vieira (2006 – present)
Previous Anchors:
- Katie Couric (1991-2006)
- Bryant Gumbel (1982 – 1991)
- Deborah Norville (1991)
- Jane Pauley (1976 – 1989)
- Tom Brokaw (1976 – 1982)
- Jim Hartz (1974 – 1976)
- Frank McGee (1971 – 1974)
- Barbara Walters (1966 – 1976)
- Hugh Downs (1962 – 1971)
- John Chancellor (1961 – 1962)
- Dave Garroway (1952 – 1961)
News Desk: Ann Curry (1997 – present)
Previous News Reporters:
- Matt Lauer (1994–1997)
- Margaret Larson (1992–1994)
- Faith Daniels (1990–1992)
- Deborah Norville (1989)
- John Palmer (1982–1989)
- Chris Wallace (1982)
- Tony Guida (1979)
- Floyd Kalber (1976–1979)
- Lew Wood (1975–1976)
- Frank Blair (1953–1975)
- Jim Fleming (1952–1953)
Weather forecaster: Al Roker (1996 - present)
Previous Weather forecaster:
- Willard Scott (1980 – 1996)
- Bob Ryan (1978 – 1980)
Today Fourth Hour Anchors
- Hoda Kotb
- Kathie Lee Gifford
- Mario Lopez
Weekend Today Anchors:
- Lester Holt
- Amy Robach (Saturday)
- Jenna Wolfe (Sunday)
Previous Weekend Today Anchors:
- David Bloom
- Campbell Brown
- Soledad O'Brien
- Maria Shriver
- Garrick Utley
- Boyd Matson
- Scott Simon
- Jackie Nespral
- Jodi Applegate
- Jack Ford
Featured Journalists:
- Amy Robach
- Jenna Wolfe
- Mike Leonard
- Kelly O'Donnell
- Bob Dotson
- Jamie Gangel
- Tiki Barber
- Gene Shalit, movie critic
- Peter Greenberg, travel editor
Format: News program, with several set changes and an outdoor venue. Show begins with anchors delivering headlines at news desk, moving to individual interviews in a more traditional daytime talk show setting.
Broadcast information: Broadcast live from Rockefeller Center in New York City, weekdays 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.; Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.; and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on NBC.
Premiere Date: Jan. 14, 1952
When it debuted in 1952, The Today Show was the first morning news program of its kind. It was conceived and produced by NBC executive Pat Weaver.
