Today (American TV program)

Today
Today
Genre	Morning news/talk
Created by	Sylvester Weaver
Presented by	Savannah Guthrie; Hoda Kotb; Al Roker; Craig Melvin; Carson Daly; Natalie Morales; Third Hour:; Sheinelle Jones; Craig Melvin; Dylan Dreyer; Al Roker; Hoda & Jenna:; Hoda Kotb; Jenna Bush Hager; Saturday:; Peter Alexander; Kristen Welker; Dylan Dreyer; Sunday:; Willie Geist; (See full list);
Narrated by	Fred Facey; Les Marshak (2006–present);
Theme music composer	Les Brown (1952–1961); Django Reinhardt (1962–1963); Erroll Garner (1963–1971); Ray Ellis (1971–1985); John Williams (1985–2013); Adam Gubman for Non-Stop Music (2013–present);
Opening theme	2012 Today AGOpen1 (2013–present)
Ending theme	"Energetic Today"; "Slow Today"
Composer(s)	Adam Gubman & Non-Stop Music
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	68
No. of episodes	18,201 (as of July 31, 2020)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Libby Leist,[1] Tom Mazzarelli
Production location(s)	Studio 1A, NBC Studios; New York City, U.S.
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup
Running time	4 hours (weekdays),; 2 hours (Saturdays),; 1 hour (Sundays)
Production company(s)	NBC News Productions
Distributor	NBCUniversal News Group
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	480i (4:3 SDTV); (1952–2006); 1080i (16:9 HDTV); (2006–present)
Original release	January 14, 1952 –; present
Chronology
Related shows	Early Today
Other websites
	Website

The Today Show is a morning talk/news show. It airs on National Broadcasting Company. As of 2016, the anchors were Savannah Guthrie. Natalie Morales reads the news and Al Roker forecasts the weather. Carson Daly contributes to the program on a regular basis as well.

During the week, the flagship hours of Today (7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.) are co-anchored by Savannah Guthrie (2012–present) alongside co-hosts Al Roker (weather anchor; 1996–present), Carson Daly (social media anchor/Orange Room anchor; 2013–present), Jenna Bush Hager (correspondent; 2009–present), and Natalie Morales (West Coast anchor/correspondent; 2011–present).

The show also has a third and fourth hour. The third hour is hosted by Morales, Roker, Tamron Hall, and Willie Geist. The fourth hour is anchored by Kathie Lee Gifford.

Former anchors include Bryant Gumbell, Katie Couric, Meredith Vieira, and Ann Curry

Craig Melvin & Willie Geist anchored the final edition of Today with with Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb on August 30, 2019. That day's broadcast ended with one of Kotb's favorite pieces of music instead of the traditional theme music.

Beginning on September 2, 2019, the broadcast was introduced simply as Today Show and it remained that way until January 2020.

References

Steinberg, Brian (January 17, 2018). "Libby Leist Will Lead NBC's 'Today' to Tomorrow". Variety.

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[1] Steinberg, Brian (January 17, 2018). "Libby Leist Will Lead NBC's 'Today' to Tomorrow". Variety.