His colleagues reportedly love him and hes already part of the weekend 'Today' crew. Shapiro said a major unforeseen event such as losing Lauer is required to alter long-standing patterns. Like Willie Geist, Melvin is a super-safe choice for Matt Lauers replacement. Women have served as co-hosts or co-anchors on “Today” ever since, but always with a man. She got it when McGee died from an illness he hid from management. It had been put in her contract that she would get the title if the male host, Frank McGee, left the program. Barbara Walters was the program’s biggest star through the 1960s and early ’70s, but did not get a title equal to her male host until 1974. Women contributors were called “Today Girls” in the early years. “Today” launched in 1952, but it took more than 20 years for a woman to have a title equal to a leading man on the program. Currys departure from the show on Jwas a disaster for the network, killing ratings and harming the public profile of co-anchor Matt Lauer (not that it matters now). hours bring in estimated $500 million in ad revenue.
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Kotb’s arrival at the anchor desk is significant because of the legacy of “Today,” network’s TV first morning program that remains a lucrative franchise for NBC. “CBS This Morning” is being co-anchored by Norah O’Donnell and Gayle King while the network searches for a replacement for Charlie Rose, who was fired in November after reports that he sexually harassed women who worked at his now-canceled PBS talk show.
The typical network morning show tableau has a man and a woman as co-anchors.
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