Remember the good ol' days when there was just two hours of 'The Today Show' on NBC? Just eight years ago, you could tune in between 7AM-9AM, get your dose of (at the time) Matt, Katie, Al and Ann, and go on with your day.
Those days are long gone, as NBC officially announced this week the anchors that will be holding down the fourth hour of 'The Today Show' starting on Sept. 10.
Ann Curry, Natalie Morales and Hoda Kotb are the trio of minority ladies that will be hosting the fourth hour of 'Today.'
Kotb, who out of the three is new to the 'Today Show' family, has been a 'Dateline NBC' correspondent since 1998 and has hosted a weekly syndicated series called 'Your Total Health' since 2004 for NBC.
Also making cameos during the fourth hour will be David Gregory, Giada De Laurentis, and Tiki Barber.
However, you won't see Matt Lauer or Meredith Vieira on the fourth hour of the show.
Because of the fourth hour, NBC canceled the popular soap opera 'Passions' which is moving exclusively to DirecTV.
Kudos to NBC for going with three minority women - it really will go a long way I think in diversity on daytime television.
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By: craig donahue on 9/09/2008 12:58PM
hoda kotb is black not middle eastern as she claims.
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By: Like okay whatever on 8/15/2007 5:37PM
What! Passions got cancelled?! & I got Cox Cable?! Aww Hell to the naw!
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By: talia on 8/16/2007 9:24AM
I'll take an additional hour of news ANY day over an hour of "Passions"!! (the worst soap on tv!) NBC has finally seen the light. Thank GAWD! lol
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By: Kim Black on 8/16/2007 9:14PM
I think it is great! More educational segments, more entertaining segments and three great women! Much better than a stupid soap opera filled with sex and stupidity. I think they all are worthless and I use to watch them until I got a life!!!! BRAVO to NBC. I LOVE THE TODAY SHOW!!!! Its my morning ritual and gets my day off to a great start!!!
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By: Annette Henson on 8/20/2007 7:13PM
What happened to Campbell Brown .
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By: Keenan on 8/20/2007 7:59PM
Campbell Brown will be on CNN beginning in November. Supposedly she will replacing Paula Zahn...
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By: Belinda Carlilses on 8/20/2007 10:14PM
This should be a welcome change to our viewing. I like news and entertainment combination programming. I hope it wildly successful.
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By: Nikkita on 8/21/2007 12:52AM
PASSIONS IS NOT THE WORST OR THE BEST BUT I LOVE IT. IHAVE COX BUT I'M CONSIDERING CHANGING OVER. NEVER WATCHED THE TODAY SHOW WHO NEEDS 4 HOURS OF IT.
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By: Miss Cece on 8/21/2007 12:09AM
I love the show Passions, and I am sorry to hear that it
is being replaced with another hour of depressing news
from around the world, rather than finding out if Vincent
and Chad will get back together... Wow that was some
steamy love scenes.... I think those guys should recieve
an Emmy next go around. And Whitney is just dumb...
She should have know her man was down low. Some of you
Girls are really Lame.
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