History Series / Today

* CuddleBug: Willard again - sort of taken UpToEleven; as demonstrated in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQDtxYv3W68 this video]], he's also prone to randomly kissing people as well.

*** "That's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods."

*** "My people!" when addressing concert crowds, a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheTenCommandments''.

[[caption-width-right:300:Left to right: Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb.]]

For Aussies, not to be confused with Creator/NineNetwork breakfast show of the same name[[note]]which, oddly enough, is not the sister show/counterpart for our ''Today''; that distinction goes to Seven's ''Sunrise''[[/note]]. For Brits, not to be confused with the [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4 show of the same name]], also a morning news programme.

For Brits, not to be confused with the [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4 show of the same name]], also a morning news programme.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb.]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:Left to right: Natalie Morales, Matt Lauer[[note]]No longer on the show[[/note]], Ann Curry[[note]]No longer on the show[[/note]], Al Roker. ]]

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: J. Fred Muggs from the show's early days.

->''"From NBC News, this is ''Today'', with Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, live from Studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza."''

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 Creator/{{CBS}}'s ''Series/CBSThisMorning'' and Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''Series/GoodMorningAmerica'', and so far is the only one of those three shows to be four hours in length.

The fourth hour of this show, active since September 2007, is slightly different from the first three. Hoda Kotb and [[Series/LiveWithRegisAndKelly Kathie Lee Gifford]] do a show that's more similar to Series/TheView. Among their more notable segments:

* 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.

->''"From NBC News, this is Today, with Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, live from studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza."''

->''"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'''

** Weatherman Al Roker is very laid back and upbeat for the most part, except when he was covering the 2016 Olympics and U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte was caught making a false police report for assault after vandalizing a Rio gas station restroom. An outraged Roker denounced Lochte as a liar while the other co-hosts tried to give the swimmer the benefit of the doubt.

** Co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, who joined in 2012, may appear to be your average "don't take me seriously" morning host, but she is known for her tough interviews and controversial statements.

** Both Katie Couric (co-anchor from 1991-2006) and Matt Lauer (co-anchor 1997 to 2017) fall under this category to some extent. While Katie was know for to have a perky sunny demeanor, and Matt a laid-back friendly demeanor on camera, both have had more than their fair share of hard-hitting interviews, and both of them have had some diva moments behind the scenes. NBC fired Lauer in 2017 over allegations of workplace sexual misconduct.

* {{Adorkable}}: Everyone has their little quirks, but Willard Scott fits this mold more than anyone else. He actually got to [[http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1991-10-31/lifestyle/9110300995_1_willard-scott-original-amateur-hour-ted-mack host a short-lived talent show]] on [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]] ([[TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX or whatever]] [[IHaveManyNames it's called now]]) mainly because he was so adorkable.

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 Creator/{{CBS}}'s ''CBS This Morning'' and Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''Good Morning America'', and so far is the only one of those three shows to be four hours in length.

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:

** 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 ''Film/DirtyDancing'' was filmed.

* 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 Franchise/{{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 ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''; in fact, during the first few years of the segment, they even ripped off Rockapella's theme song!

* CatchPhrase: Al Roker has several:
** "That's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods."
** "My people!" when addressing concert crowds, a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheTenCommandments''.
** "Sunday, SUNDAY!", with reverb on the last one.

** 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]], but the 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.

* 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 ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''; in fact, during the first few years of the segment, they even ripped off Rockapella's theme song!

** Both Katie Couric (co-anchor from 1991-2006) and Matt Lauer (co-anchor 1997 to 2017) fall under this category to some extent. While Katie was know for to have a perky sunny demeanor, and Matt a laid-back friendly demeanor on camera, both have had more than their fair share of hard-hitting interviews, and both of them have had some diva moments behind the scenes.

[[caption-width-right:300:Left to right: Natalie Morales, Matt Lauer, Ann Curry[[note]]No longer on the show[[/note]], Al Roker. ]]

** Both Katie Couric (co-anchor from 1991-2006) and Matt Lauer (co-anchor since 1997) fall under this category to some extent. While Katie was know for to have a perky sunny demeanor, and Matt a laid-back friendly demeanor on camera, both have had more than their fair share of hard-hitting interviews, and both of them have had some diva moments behind the scenes.