Savannah Guthrie has a hundred megawatt smile and she used it to her best advantage today (July 9) in her debut as the new co-host of the Today Show. Matt Lauer couldn’t stop smiling either. In fact, neither Savannah nor Matt could stop laughing and smiling. Whether this will help ratings is subject to debate. But at least they were having fun....
Savannah Guthrie’s rise to the “Today Show” couch aside Matt Laur begs a couple of questions: What does she have the Ann Curry doesn’t. And will it make a difference? You may not like the answers. In what increasingly looks like a panicked move by NBC, Curry was fired after only a year as co-host of the show, even though she’s a familiar and well-known presence. She’s worked as the news reader for 13 years....
Ann Curry made a tearful departure from NBC’s “Today Show” this morning (June 28) in what has turned out to be a thoroughly botched transition. The situation suggests NBC has far bigger problems than her presence next to Matt Lauer. But the drama isn’t over yet....
Matt Lauer’s wife Annette may be the real power behind the throne in determining who will replace Ann Curry on the sofa next to Matt on NBC’s “Today Show.” Although Matt is considered the franchise–he just signed a new $25 million-a-year contract– his wife has reportedly threatened to divorce him if Natalie Morales is his choice for the TV hot seat....
