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A long-running morning news program on Creator/{{NBC}}. It debuted as ''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/CBSMornings'' and Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''Series/GoodMorningAmerica'', and so far is the only one of those three shows to be four hours in length.

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A long-running morning news program on Creator/{{NBC}}. It debuted as ''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/CBSMornings'' ''CBS Mornings'' and Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''Series/GoodMorningAmerica'', [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]]'s ''Good Morning America'', and so far is the only one of those three shows to be four hours in length.
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** Also in 2002, WSLS, the NBC affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia, did a similar segment called "Where in Virginia is Sean Sublette?" It was pretty much the same thing, only meteorologist Sean (later with [[Creator/{{ABC}} WSET]], now with the website Climate Central) went to locations in WSLS's coverage area. One location he went to was Smith Mountain Lake, where ''Film/DirtyDancing'' and ''Film/WhatAboutBob'' were filmed.

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** Also in 2002, WSLS, the NBC affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia, did a similar segment called "Where in Virginia is Sean Sublette?" It was pretty much the same thing, only meteorologist Sean (later with [[Creator/{{ABC}} [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany WSET]], now with the website Climate Central) went to locations in WSLS's coverage area. One location he went to was Smith Mountain Lake, where ''Film/DirtyDancing'' and ''Film/WhatAboutBob'' were filmed.



* They begin their hour with a review of some weird news stories, much like a less political (though no less [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]]) version of ''Series/CountdownWithKeithOlbermann''.

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* They begin their hour with a review of some weird news stories, much like a less political (though no less [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]]) version of ''Series/CountdownWithKeithOlbermann''.''Countdown with Keith Olbermann''.
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* FollowTheLeader: Pretty much every other morning news program out there follows the template established by ''Today''.

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** 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.

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** 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) TheEighties) and ''Later Today'' have been tried by the network to little success. They later figured out that just titling show extensions ''Today'' was better in the long run.



* TrueCompanions: The ''Today'' team, like most TV show clans, are incredibly close-knit.

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* TitleConfusion: It is often referred to by popular culture and the mainstream public as ''The Today Show''.
* TrueCompanions: The ''Today'' team, like most TV show clans, are is incredibly close-knit.
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** Two failed spinoffs featuring the titles ''Early Today'' (not the current show[[note]]A simple newscast produced by Creator/{{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.

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** Two failed spinoffs featuring the titles ''Early Today'' (not the current show[[note]]A simple newscast produced by Creator/{{MSNBC}} 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.
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Adding another opening voiceover that Today has had in its history

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* OpeningNarration: The opening quoted above is not the only opening narration that ''Today'' has had-- in the 80s, for instance, Fred Facey said, "From NBC News, this is ''Today''...with Bryant Gumbel...and Jane Pauley."

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