Today (American TV program)

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Today
Also known as	The Today Show
Genre	Morning news/talk
Created by	Sylvester Weaver
Presented by	Weekdays 7-9 ET: Savannah Guthrie Hoda Kotb Al Roker Craig Melvin Carson Daly Natalie Morales Weekdays 9-10 ET Sheinelle Jones Craig Melvin Dylan Dreyer Al Roker Weekdays 10-11 ET Hoda Kotb Jenna Bush Hager Saturday: Sheinelle Jones Peter Alexander 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 (2013–)
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
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	67
No. of episodes	17,624 (as of January 2, 2018)Template:Update inline
Production
Executive producer(s)	Libby Leist, Tom Mazzarelli
Location(s)	Studio 1A, NBC Studios New York City, New York
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	4 hours (weekdays), 2 hours (Saturdays), 1 hour (Sundays)
Production company(s)	NBC News Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Picture format	480i (4:3 SDTV) (1952–2006) 1080i (16:9 HDTV) (2006–present)
Original run	January 14, 1952 (1952-01-14) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Early Today
Other websites
Official 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.

On September 3, 2019, Kotb came on the Today Show via phone to announce she had adopted a baby girl again named Hope Catherine Kotb again fruit smoothies, french toast, salsa and chips, french toast, grilled cheese sandwich, pudding, pizza/s'mores, fruit smoothie again/corn, quesadillas/grilled cheese sandwich again/strawberry shortcakes & salad awesome job our dancers Slavik Is America’s Favorite dancer who made this season wearing masks, social distancing, washing hands, quarantining so special uh doctor. All of dancers of all stars of choreographers and judges, good night bye bye