The Today Show

Today was the first of its genre when it first signed on in 1955 with host Dave Garroway[?]. The show successfully blends national news headlines, in-depth interviews with newsmakers, lifestyle features, other light news and gimmicks, and local news updates. It has spawned several other shows of a similar type, including ABC's Good Morning America[?] and CBS's The Early Show.

Today was the brainchild of Pat Weaver[?], the president of NBC between 1953 and 1955.

The show is currently hosted by Katie Couric[?] and Matt Lauer[?]. Al Roker[?] does weather updates and Ann Curry[?] reads news headlines.

Previous hosts have included Diane Sawyer[?], Bryant Gumbel[?], Jane Pauley[?] and Deborah Norville[?]. Popular former weathercaster Willard Scott[?] still appears on the show daily doing 100th birthday announcements he became famous for in the 1980s.