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Exploitation of a Live Show

It would be an interesting addition to the article if we were to add a section regarding the many documented cases of people in the outside audience engaging in the exploitation of Live TV by various means. --131.247.22.157 20:16, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is currently being pointed to on the Main Page as an Anniversary article. Links to this page indicate it went on the air on January 14, 1952, but the page itself says the program didn't start until 1955. Doh! —Mulad 22:25, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)

More history should be included. Jane Pauley and Bryant Gumbel became household names on this show and more needs to be said. Mike H 22:03, Sep 5, 2004 (UTC)

Title

Why is this article titled "The Today Show"? The correct name of the show is just "Today." NBC never refers to it by anything but the one-word name. Michael J 04:52, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Better late than never, but, for the record, Local 4 WDIV Detroit introduces it as, "The Today Show"... Just for the record. --Signed and Sealed, JJJJust (T C) 10:58, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is the official name of the show from the very beginning.

Summer co-hosts

I don't think the Summer co-hosts should be listed under the hosts section. They re not hosts and are only fill-ins Aronk 02:54, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Brand Extensions

There was also a THIRD brand extension to the Today show. It actually preceded Early Today & Later Today in 1999, as the FIRST brand extension. In 1982, Today introduced an earlier show titled "Early Today" (same name as the show in 1999). It was hosted by Gumbel & Pauley, and aired from 6 to 7 AM, preceding the Today show. It only lasted a year, as doing three hours a day (and having to get up an hour earlier) started to wear on the two hosts. The show was cancelled in 1983, and replaced by NBC News at Sunrise. Could someone add this fact in under the Brand Extensions. I'm not a regular contributor to this page, so I'd feel kind of funny stepping on someone's territory. Thanks

West Coast Feed

I'm pretty uninitiated when it comes to US broadcasting, so how exactly does the west coast feed of the Today Show look? Are the news updates recorded like the rest of the program or does the west coast get live news from the NYC studio, if so, are they presented by the regular newsreaders? Thanks --Pneumaman 10:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I live on the West coast, they only updated the show if breaking news happens and the show still looks the same. Usually its just a new opening of the show and they say Pacific on the Live graphic

Special Editions needs to be updated

Someone with more information may want to update the following paragraph under the Special Editions heading.

 Current plans call for another long-format special edition on Monday, September 11, 2006, to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2001 attacks. The hosts will be stationed at Ground Zero, with correspondents in Washington and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.