Today (tv program)

'Scary Mommy' promotes new book on 'Today'

2013-04-09 07:35:00

Baltimore's Scary Mommy kicked off the tour for her new book Tuesday with an appearance on "Today." The blogger/author Jill Smokler chatted with Hoda Kotb -- who said the book had her cracking up even though she doesn't have kids. "Motherhood Comes...

Richard Oare, attorney

2013-04-01 14:21:07

Richard Oare, an attorney who successfully defended the the mayor of York, Pa., on a decades-old murder charge dating to a 1969 race riot, died of prostate cancer March 26 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The White Hall resident was 68. Born John...

Barbara Walters retiring after 52 years in television

2013-03-28 12:41:00

Barbara Walters will retire in May of next year, a source familiar with her plans told Reuters on Thursday. (Deadline Hollywood broke the story; Read it here.) The 83-year-old executive producer and co-host of "The View" has struggled with health issues...

Wedding registries get wacky as couples ask for cars or even engines

2013-03-18 07:42:00

Have you heard about the wacky registry trend? It’s true! Brides are going a little wacky with their registries nowadays. Recently NBC's "Today Show" even had a segment about “Registries Gone Wild” where couples asked for things like...

Chelsea Clinton and 'Rock Center' - The misery continues

2013-03-02 12:09:00

Remember when Chelsea Clinton and NBC News launched this misadventure featuring her as a "special correspondent" on "Rock Center" with a fanfare of hype and outright lies about what she and the journalistically-challenged NBC News were up to? Steve...

Steve Capus leaves NBC News worse off in ratings and journalism

2013-02-01 13:12:00

Ending a tenure marked by the costly decline of the 'Today' show, the failure of the newsmagazine 'Rock Center'� and an erosion of journalistic values, Steve Capus Friday resigned as president of NBC News after almost eight years on the job. While NBC...

'Today Show' comes to Inner Harbor for Ravens rally

2013-02-01 15:11:00

Victoria Hopkins-Rheubottom — sporting a purple wig and team gear from head to toe — played the part of unofficial Ravens cheerleader Friday at the Inner Harbor for a visit from the "Today Show," part of the countdown to Super Bowl Sunday....

For Super Bowl, 'Today' filming live from Inner Harbor Friday

2013-02-01 05:06:00

Remember how everyone threw on all their purple and hauled their spirited selves down to the Harbor Monday to see the Ravens off? Well, the "Today Show" folks are hoping at least some of them will be back there Friday as they film live to show off...

Baltimore gets Super Bowl face time Friday from CNN, NBC

2013-01-31 11:00:00

All week, it's been Baltimore Ravens 24/7 on the sports channels thanks to Sunday's Super Bowl. But when it comes to cities, all the focus has been on New Orleans, the site of the game, not Baltimore or San Francisco. Tomorrow, Baltimore finally...

'Today' show weatherman and feature anchor Al Roker visits Baltimore for book signing

2013-01-16 15:52:00

For all of his wit, charm and success, a little bit of the boy who once was nicknamed "Fat Albert' still clings to "Today" show weatherman and feature anchor Al Roker. It's there in the excess 140 pounds that once draped Roker's frame. It's in his...

Bel Air High alums' holiday cookies touted on 'Today'

2012-12-11 09:28:00

Ugly holiday sweaters are bad enough. But ugly holiday sweater cookies? Isn’t that taking things a bit too far? Apparently not for Bel Air High and MICA alums Brennen and Zoe Lukas, whose perhaps-too-colorful Christmas confections were spotlighted...

Are media losing their way in mad #My2K and #Lauerfail hashtag chases?

2012-12-03 09:40:00

From #SaveBigBird and #womeninbinders, to #Lauerfail and #DrunkDianeSawyer, it seems like we are awash in stories with hashtags these days --stories about the 140-character wonders of Twitter and their impact on media and politics. And while there is...

Today Show hosts Natalie Morales and Willie Geist taste a specialty cheesecake from Eli's Cheesecake during the broadcast of a segment from Millennium Park Wednesday.

2013-05-22 15:17:00

Fixing NBC's "Today" show will be a top priority for Deborah Turness, the new head of NBC News. Above, hosts Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer)

2013-05-20 15:38:00

An excerpt of the book "Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV," by New York Times reporter Brian Stelter, says the main person behind Curry's ouster was "Today" executive producer Jim Bell.

2013-04-18 16:14:46