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* LiveButDelayed: To keep the crowd from not being TV-safe. One notable incident was August 2, 2000 when a woman took off her shirt revealing her bare breasts and a radio station bumper sticker stuck to her belly. The producer didn't notice, nor did Matt Lauer and Anne Curry, but Katie Couric ''did'' see it on her monitor at the Republican National Convention and was visibly shocked.
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* LiveButDelayed: To keep the crowd from not being TV-safe. One notable incident was August 2, 2000 when a woman took off her shirt revealing her bare breasts and a radio station bumper sticker stuck to her belly. The producer didn't notice, nor did Matt Lauer and Anne Curry, but Katie Couric ''did'' see it on her monitor at the Republican National Convention and was visibly shocked. [[http://www.today.com/video/today/49899387#49899387 Today referenced the incident later]] with {{Pixellation}}. (It was actually in 2000, not 2006 as Matt says.)
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* {{Parody}}: The OnionNewsNetwork's ''Today Now!'' (whose hosts, "Jim" and "Tracy", have [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/27/today-show-onion-news-network_n_814860.html actually appeared]] on ''Today'' itself).
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* {{Parody}}: The OnionNewsNetwork's [[Website/TheOnion Onion News Network]]'s ''Today Now!'' (whose hosts, "Jim" and "Tracy", have [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/27/today-show-onion-news-network_n_814860.html actually appeared]] on ''Today'' itself).
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* Where in the World is Matt Lauer? For one week, Matt will effectively go island-hopping to various points in the world, and Meredith, Al, and Ann (and you at home, too!) must guess where he is. However, the camera is heavily zoomed in on him to start, and he gives out a clue, but [[UnexpectedlyObscureAnswer it's very cryptic]]. Example: in 2001, he gave out a clue of "the manliest {{Pokemon}}" for Machu Picchu, Peru. Once Matt reveals where he is, he'll spend the rest of the episode talking with the locals and showing us some of the culture. This is an obvious ripoff of ''WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''; in fact, during the first few years of the segment, they even ripped off Rockapella's theme song!
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* Where in the World is Matt Lauer? For one week, Matt will effectively go island-hopping to various points in the world, and Meredith, Al, and Ann (and you at home, too!) must guess where he is. However, the camera is heavily zoomed in on him to start, and he gives out a clue, but [[UnexpectedlyObscureAnswer it's very cryptic]]. Example: in 2001, he gave out a clue of "the manliest {{Pokemon}}" for Machu Picchu, Peru. Once Matt reveals where he is, he'll spend the rest of the episode talking with the locals and showing us some of the culture. This is an obvious ripoff of ''WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''; ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''; in fact, during the first few years of the segment, they even ripped off Rockapella's theme song!
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* Today Throws a Wedding: AmericanIdol-style contest in which you, the viewer, must help the Today guys get a couple married. First, you must pick which couple will be married on the show, at Rockefeller Plaza. Then they go through several elements of the wedding, like the female's gown, what ring she'll be wearing, etc., and your votes decide it all. The wedding is usually done in September.
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** GreenAesop: When NBC Universal decides to go green, you can expect this show to be at the forefront. It uses a green logo, green NBC logo, green graphics, and so on.
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* [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Idiosyncratic Series Naming]]: At one point before DavidLetterman came around, one could turn on NBC and watch ''{{Today}}'', ''[[TheTonightShow Tonight]]'' and ''Tomorrow''.
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A long-running morning news program on Creator/{{NBC}}. It debuted as the ''The Today Show'' in January, 1952. Airs from 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Eastern time. Directly competes with ''CBS This Morning'' and ''Good Morning America''and America'' and is, so far, the only one of those three shows to be four hours in length.
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** Also in 2002, WSLS, the affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia, did a similar segment called "Where in Virginia is Sean Sublette?" It was pretty much the same thing, only Sean (then a meteorologist, now a [[Creator/{{ABC}} WSET]] meteorologist) went to locations in WSLS's coverage area. One location he went to was Mountain Lake, where ''DirtyDancing'' was filmed.
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-->''"From NBC News, this is Today, with Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, live from studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza."''\\
--''Weekday opening from September 2006 to June 2011, as read by '''Les Marshak'''''
A long-running morning news program on Creator/{{NBC}}. It debuted as the ''The Today Show'' in January, 1952. Airs from 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Eastern time. Directly competes with CBSThisMorning and GoodMorningAmerica and is, so far, the only one of those three shows to be four hours in length.
Like its competitors, ''Today'' airs more than just news. It's more like a variety show with some news thrown in. Among the more notable segments:
* Willard Scott, [[EnforcedPlug in conjunction with Smuckers]], gives out birthday wishes to 100+-year-olds.
* Where in the World is Matt Lauer? For one week, Matt will effectively go island-hopping to various points in the world, and Meredith, Al, and Ann (and you at home, too!) must guess where he is. However, the camera is heavily zoomed in on him to start, and he gives out a clue, but [[UnexpectedlyObscureAnswer it's very cryptic]]. Example: in 2001, he gave out a clue of "the manliest {{Pokemon}}" for Machu Picchu, Peru. Once Matt reveals where he is, he'll spend the rest of the episode talking with the locals and showing us some of the culture. This is an obvious ripoff of ''WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''; in fact, during the first few years of the segment, they even ripped off Rockapella's theme song!
** Also in 2002, WSLS, the affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia, did a similar segment called "Where in Virginia is Sean Sublette?" It was pretty much the same thing, only Sean (then a meteorologist, now a [[Creator/{{ABC}} WSET]] meteorologist) went to locations in WSLS's coverage area. One location he went to was Mountain Lake, where ''DirtyDancing'' was filmed.
* Gene Shalit's Critics Corner: The titular guy rips into some movies.
* Spanning the World: Sports bloopers segment done by the head of NBC Sports. Has a funny intro that appears to have gone unchanged since the 1980's, computer graphics and all, where the Earth actually splits open with the sound of a rooster crowing, and then the highlights for that segment pop out of the split. The bloopers are then presented as newspaper segments. The ending goes, "Tune in next time for Spanning the World! (rooster crow; split in the Earth heals) ...If there IS a next time! I'm Don Pardo!"
* The Toyota Concert Series: Originally founded as the Summer Concert Series. Bascially, in the second and third hours of the show, someone [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gives a live concert]]. Prior to the concert, they'll be interviewed.
* Today Throws a Wedding: AmericanIdol-style contest in which you, the viewer, must help the Today guys get a couple married. First, you must pick which couple will be married on the show, at Rockefeller Plaza. Then they go through several elements of the wedding, like the female's gown, what ring she'll be wearing, etc., and your votes decide it all. The wedding is usually done in September.
The fourth hour of this show, active since September 2007, is slightly different from the first three. Hoda Kotb and [[LiveWithRegisAndKelly Kathie Lee Gifford]] do a show that's more similar to TheView. Among their more notable segments:
* They begin their hour with a review of some weird news stories, Ã la Keith Olbermann's ''Countdown'', but without all the [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarking]] at conservatives. That says nothing about what they ''do'' deadpan snark...
* While Hoda interviews a health/fitness expert, Kathie Lee asks random people in some place close by to Rockefeller Center questions that are tied to the segment. They often joke about the "prize" for a correct answer, which at one point was [[UndesirablePrize Kathie Lee's latest CD]].
* Ambush Makeover: A viewer with a particularly ugly friend or relative will submit that person for a makeover from some beauty experts in the show's staff.
* It's also a literal DrinkingGame as the ladies (especially Kathie Lee) are known to consume morning libations quite liberally, finding any excuse for a segment to do so.
There are also lesser-known Saturday and Sunday editions of this show, anchored by Lester Holt and Jenna Wolfe. The Saturday edition has only one notable segment:
* Today on the Plaza: Similar to the Concert Series, but with Broadway shows.
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* '''AdoredByTheNetwork'''
* BigFun: Al Roker..
* EnforcedPlug: Willard's 100+-year-old birthday segments are sponsored by the Smuckers jelly company, and everyone else does cross-promotions of other NBC shows.
** GreenAesop: When NBC Universal decides to go green, you can expect this show to be at the forefront. It uses a green logo, green NBC logo, green graphics, and so on.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Kathie Lee and Hoda, to the point of MemeticMutation. Especially after Kristen Wiig's parody on ''SaturdayNightLive''
* LongRunners: This show is the '''third longest-running program in the history of U.S. TV'''. It debuted on January 14, 1952 and is the first of its kind.
* MeLoveYouLongTime: Ann Curry is the product of this trope. Her white father met her Japanese mother during WorldWarII.
** And possibly related to that, if you believe [=AskMen=].com, [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench Everyone Looks Sexier if Half-Japanese]].
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Ann Curry in 2012.
* ShoutOut: Kathie Lee's opening banter with Hoda Kotb is reminiscient of her banter with Regis Philbin.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Katie was introduced as "Katherine Couric" until about 1995 or so. (This was actually universal to all of her appearances at NBC, not just this show.)
* SpinOff: Al Roker's ''Wake Up with Al'' on TheWeatherChannel is pretty much him doing the ''Today'' weather segment for an hour.
** Two failed spinoffs featuring the titles ''Early Today'' (not the current show[[note]]A simple newscast produced by {{MSNBC}} which airs at 4 AM[[/note]], one in the 1980's) and ''Later Today'' have been tried by the network to little success. They later figured out just titling show extensions ''Today'' was better in the long run.
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-->''"From NBC News, this is Today, with Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, live from studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza."''\\
--''Weekday opening from September 2006 to June 2011, as read by '''Les Marshak'''''
A long-running morning news program on Creator/{{NBC}}. It debuted as the ''The Today Show'' in January, 1952. Airs from 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Eastern time. Directly competes with CBSThisMorning and GoodMorningAmerica and is, so far, the only one of those three shows to be four hours in length.
Like its competitors, ''Today'' airs more than just news. It's more like a variety show with some news thrown in. Among the more notable segments:
* Willard Scott, [[EnforcedPlug in conjunction with Smuckers]], gives out birthday wishes to 100+-year-olds.
* Where in the World is Matt Lauer? For one week, Matt will effectively go island-hopping to various points in the world, and Meredith, Al, and Ann (and you at home, too!) must guess where he is. However, the camera is heavily zoomed in on him to start, and he gives out a clue, but [[UnexpectedlyObscureAnswer it's very cryptic]]. Example: in 2001, he gave out a clue of "the manliest {{Pokemon}}" for Machu Picchu, Peru. Once Matt reveals where he is, he'll spend the rest of the episode talking with the locals and showing us some of the culture. This is an obvious ripoff of ''WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''; in fact, during the first few years of the segment, they even ripped off Rockapella's theme song!
** Also in 2002, WSLS, the affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia, did a similar segment called "Where in Virginia is Sean Sublette?" It was pretty much the same thing, only Sean (then a meteorologist, now a [[Creator/{{ABC}} WSET]] meteorologist) went to locations in WSLS's coverage area. One location he went to was Mountain Lake, where ''DirtyDancing'' was filmed.
* Gene Shalit's Critics Corner: The titular guy rips into some movies.
* Spanning the World: Sports bloopers segment done by the head of NBC Sports. Has a funny intro that appears to have gone unchanged since the 1980's, computer graphics and all, where the Earth actually splits open with the sound of a rooster crowing, and then the highlights for that segment pop out of the split. The bloopers are then presented as newspaper segments. The ending goes, "Tune in next time for Spanning the World! (rooster crow; split in the Earth heals) ...If there IS a next time! I'm Don Pardo!"
* The Toyota Concert Series: Originally founded as the Summer Concert Series. Bascially, in the second and third hours of the show, someone [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gives a live concert]]. Prior to the concert, they'll be interviewed.
* Today Throws a Wedding: AmericanIdol-style contest in which you, the viewer, must help the Today guys get a couple married. First, you must pick which couple will be married on the show, at Rockefeller Plaza. Then they go through several elements of the wedding, like the female's gown, what ring she'll be wearing, etc., and your votes decide it all. The wedding is usually done in September.
The fourth hour of this show, active since September 2007, is slightly different from the first three. Hoda Kotb and [[LiveWithRegisAndKelly Kathie Lee Gifford]] do a show that's more similar to TheView. Among their more notable segments:
* They begin their hour with a review of some weird news stories, Ã la Keith Olbermann's ''Countdown'', but without all the [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarking]] at conservatives. That says nothing about what they ''do'' deadpan snark...
* While Hoda interviews a health/fitness expert, Kathie Lee asks random people in some place close by to Rockefeller Center questions that are tied to the segment. They often joke about the "prize" for a correct answer, which at one point was [[UndesirablePrize Kathie Lee's latest CD]].
* Ambush Makeover: A viewer with a particularly ugly friend or relative will submit that person for a makeover from some beauty experts in the show's staff.
* It's also a literal DrinkingGame as the ladies (especially Kathie Lee) are known to consume morning libations quite liberally, finding any excuse for a segment to do so.
There are also lesser-known Saturday and Sunday editions of this show, anchored by Lester Holt and Jenna Wolfe. The Saturday edition has only one notable segment:
* Today on the Plaza: Similar to the Concert Series, but with Broadway shows.
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!!That's what's going on around the country; here are some of the tropes being used in your neck of the woods:
* '''AdoredByTheNetwork'''
* BigFun: Al Roker..
* EnforcedPlug: Willard's 100+-year-old birthday segments are sponsored by the Smuckers jelly company, and everyone else does cross-promotions of other NBC shows.
** GreenAesop: When NBC Universal decides to go green, you can expect this show to be at the forefront. It uses a green logo, green NBC logo, green graphics, and so on.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Kathie Lee and Hoda, to the point of MemeticMutation. Especially after Kristen Wiig's parody on ''SaturdayNightLive''
* LongRunners: This show is the '''third longest-running program in the history of U.S. TV'''. It debuted on January 14, 1952 and is the first of its kind.
* MeLoveYouLongTime: Ann Curry is the product of this trope. Her white father met her Japanese mother during WorldWarII.
** And possibly related to that, if you believe [=AskMen=].com, [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench Everyone Looks Sexier if Half-Japanese]].
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Ann Curry in 2012.
* ShoutOut: Kathie Lee's opening banter with Hoda Kotb is reminiscient of her banter with Regis Philbin.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Katie was introduced as "Katherine Couric" until about 1995 or so. (This was actually universal to all of her appearances at NBC, not just this show.)
* SpinOff: Al Roker's ''Wake Up with Al'' on TheWeatherChannel is pretty much him doing the ''Today'' weather segment for an hour.
** Two failed spinoffs featuring the titles ''Early Today'' (not the current show[[note]]A simple newscast produced by {{MSNBC}} which airs at 4 AM[[/note]], one in the 1980's) and ''Later Today'' have been tried by the network to little success. They later figured out just titling show extensions ''Today'' was better in the long run.
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