first on fox 18 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 NBC Universal has given a greenlight to a fourth hour of "Today," a bid to extend one of its most profitable franchises into a time period now dominated by syndicated cooking and talkshows. NBC notified its affiliated stations late Friday that the network intended to make a fourth hour available to them starting in the fall and plans to unveil it Wednesday at the Television Critics Assn. press tour in Pasadena. NBC won't announce talent on Wednesday, but sources said the net is only looking at internal talent including expanded roles for third-hour hosts Ann Curry and Al Roker, as well as Campbell Brown and Natalie Morales. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117957330.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2565 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightJunkie 55 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 ...oh boy, now Meredith Viera gets to "disappear" for two hours instead of just one. Must be nice to have a job you only have to be present at half the time. : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy B 0 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 ...oh boy, now Meredith Viera gets to "disappear" for two hours instead of just one. Must be nice to have a job you only have to be present at half the time. : Glad I'm not the only one to notice that, Matt Lauer does the same too, FGS when NBC hire someone they should at least stay on screen for the duration of the programme!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrothers 0 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 That means Martha may not be on around here anymore, it would be today, then the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJ2000 2 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 ...oh boy, now Meredith Viera gets to "disappear" for two hours instead of just one. Must be nice to have a job you only have to be present at half the time. : I should mention her contract with Milionaire prevent her from anchoring past 9am unless there's breaking news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Who is going to watch a news show for 4 hours straight? No one would... I'm sure not many people watch all of the first two hours of Today, GMA, and The Early Show. It's just that it would make an extra hour of Today-style "infotainment" people could sit down and watch instead of a talk show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1366 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 They going to take my sister's favorite soap opera (Passions) away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBC 5 Chicago 164 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Well here in Chicago the line up Today is... 7-9AM Today 10AM Martha 11AM iVillage Live 12PM Megan Mullaly My guessing would be... 7-10AM Today 11AM iVillage Live (or bring back 11am News they cancelled) 12PM Martha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 If all goes well, "Live with Regis and Kelly" could be returning to WALA this fall. NBC affiliate WPMI currently airs the program at 10:00 AM, followed by "The Martha Stewart Show" at 11:00 AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc7 Man 25 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Unbelievable... soon the Today Show will have so many hours they might change the name to "Tomorrow"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTrack8000 0 Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Oh darn.. no KWQC TV 6 news at 10 AM : (sarcasm) I think 4 hours is just a bit too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrothers 0 Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 WPSD -Move Martha to 11 and have noon newscast. -Martha at 11 and CHOP the midday newscast (which means KFVS has only midday newscast in area) -Sell Martha to WSIL,KFVS,WQWQ,KBSI,WDKA -Say no to 4th hour of today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tremayne 2 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Unbelievable... soon the Today Show will have so many hours they might change the name to "Tomorrow"... Excellent idea! Tom Snyder could host. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 232 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Well here in Chicago the line up Today is... 7-9AM Today 10AM Martha 11AM iVillage Live 12PM Megan Mullaly My guessing would be... 7-10AM Today 11AM iVillage Live (or bring back 11am News they cancelled) 12PM Martha Hampton Roads Lineup Current: 7:00 AM: Today 10:00 AM: The 700 Club 11:00 AM: The Megan Mullally Show (soon to end) b]Possible: [/b] 7:00 AM: Today 11:00 AM: Anyone's guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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