Today Show #1 for 700 Weeks

Ann Curry, Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, and Al Roker

Ann Curry, Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, and Al Roker

Congratulations to the Today Show team! According to Nielsen research, Today has been the most popular morning show for 700 consecutive weeks. That’s quite a winning streak. It started in December of 1995 when Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric were the hosts and has continued through the current reign of Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira.

As one of the five to six million people who wake up with Matt, Meredith, Ann Curry and Al Roker each weekday, I’m thrilled to know I’m in the majority. If nothing else, it’s good to have the odds on my side when I ask someone at work, “Hey, did you see that piece on the Today Show this morning?” The answer is often, “Yes.” For me, Today is the ideal combination of solid broadcast journalism and light-hearted fun. Matt, Meredith, Ann and Al are able to bounce between the tough stories and the silly segments with aplomb.

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  2. Cyril Smith says:

    Clash of Titans is a superb movie and i am a fan of the classic movies featuring Hercules and some other greek god.

  3. Kobe is a beast. Yeah he is the best of the best right now. Haters cannot admit that he is awesome because they are afraid of him.

  4. Mia says:

    I really like watching Matt, Meredith, Ann, and Al every morning. The Today Show is the only morning show I watch. My favorite part is the Summer Concert Series. They have an awesome line up for the summer. I am excited to see Black Eyed Peas and Kings of Leon perform!!!

  5. calvinmorris says:

    i was praying asking god for strength to do something that would change lives,i hear him say,just dont screw it up,i know who i need to be,i’ve come to know myself at the age of 38,now maybe if i were 20,i’d still be struggling with that.there’s no doubt that a lot of people identify with me,still,i admit its not easy,but i think my generation are sort of waking up and realizing that we potentially may not be able to have it all not at the same time.i know that political and personal lives are the same.so many times we have people who are born with that spoon in their mouth,and they have no concept of where a lot of us have come from,or where we are going.our challenges get publicized,and i see that as a gift to let people know there is no magic to this.it’s strange all of this,im here as a young man,as a father,as a citizen of this country,if any of this suppose to scare me,something might happen,im not worry,but you know what?something really powerful might also happen,and you might grow and learn and benefit others.now children from this day forward will not recall a time when there wasnt a black president of the united states of america,i am so proud of america.i am so proud of the obama family,whose image and a ccomplishments will chane stereotypes about black families and what black people can accomplish.

    may god bless every person that believe in his work.AMEM!

    sincerely yours,MR.CALVIN MORRIS.

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About Liz Warner

People's Choice staffer Liz Warner has been delivering news, entertainment & arts coverage to entertainment fans for years, most recently on air and online at LA's Indie 103.1 FM. Liz is also an author and actress who appears frequently in both LA and New York. Her solo monologue show The Wandering Eye premiered at HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival. Her critically acclaimed first book of essays, "Ditched by Dr. Right" (Random House) was published July 2005. Most recently, she was one half of the "He Said/She Said" Official Blogging Team for ABC's The Bachelor, and she is also announcer for Twentieth Century Fox TV's new series "Wedlock or Deadlock". Her second book is due for publication in 2011.