WASHINGTON -- Kathie Lee Gifford will make her return to TV on the fourth hour of NBC's Today.
The announcement, which had been expected after several weeks of discussion, was made Monday during the first hour of NBC News' top-rated morning show. She starts April 7.
Regis Philbin's former partner will co-host the fourth hour -- which is cleared in most of the country -- with NBC News correspondent Hoda Kotb.
Ann Curry will return to her primary duties as news anchor of Today during its first two hours and then co-host the 9 a.m. hour. Natalie Morales, who also worked the 10 a.m. hour, will co-host the third hour with Curry and Al Roker. Morales is Today's national correspondent.
Gifford attracted NBC's attention late last year when she sat in for a few segments during the fourth hour. Executive producer Jim Bell said her guest spot was impressive and showed off what she had learned and achieved in her 15 years on Live With Regis and Kathie Lee and elsewhere.
The announcement, which had been expected after several weeks of discussion, was made Monday during the first hour of NBC News' top-rated morning show. She starts April 7.
Regis Philbin's former partner will co-host the fourth hour -- which is cleared in most of the country -- with NBC News correspondent Hoda Kotb.
Ann Curry will return to her primary duties as news anchor of Today during its first two hours and then co-host the 9 a.m. hour. Natalie Morales, who also worked the 10 a.m. hour, will co-host the third hour with Curry and Al Roker. Morales is Today's national correspondent.
Gifford attracted NBC's attention late last year when she sat in for a few segments during the fourth hour. Executive producer Jim Bell said her guest spot was impressive and showed off what she had learned and achieved in her 15 years on Live With Regis and Kathie Lee and elsewhere.
- 3/31/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Now it's war.
The battle between NBC and the HFPA/Dick Clark Prods. reached fever pitch Friday as wrangling over Golden Globes money and creative control led the HFPA to pull NBC's broadcast exclusivity and turned the backstory into a drama as bloody as any of the films nominated for best drama.
The Globes press conference is now a network-neutral broadcast that NBC will not host or produce and instead serve as, at most, one of several broadcasters.
But that result only hints at the intensity of Friday's drama, which undoes a fragile repackaging of the show earlier in the week and serve as a messy coda to several days of recriminations. It also sets the stage for a potential lawsuit between Dick Clark Prods. and NBC over show costs.
On Monday, even as the WGA said it would still picket the Beverly Hilton, NBC retooled the Globes as an NBC News event, with the possible presence of "Access Hollywood", "Today" and other NBC personalities.
But sources said the HFPA and Dick Clark Prods., with whom the network has a contract, was incensed with what it perceived as a loss of creative control. It sought more influence over who would appear on the program.
At the same time, a dispute brewed between Dick Clark and NBC over clips to be delivered for a "Dateline" show. Sources say the network had agreed to pick up all of Dick Clark's preproduction costs for the show, an amount estimated at $1.25 million, in exchange for the clips. But Dick Clark said it was entitled to a separate fee for the graphics package as part of the three-hour block it was offering the network. The clips were never delivered and a check was never cut.
The dispute over the clips, however, was just a prelude to Friday's fireworks. That's when Dick Clark and the HFPA, still upset over creative control, asked for a fee -- either below $1 million or at $1 million, depending on which side is estimating it -- that NBC would pay for airing a Globes-branded telecast.
The battle between NBC and the HFPA/Dick Clark Prods. reached fever pitch Friday as wrangling over Golden Globes money and creative control led the HFPA to pull NBC's broadcast exclusivity and turned the backstory into a drama as bloody as any of the films nominated for best drama.
The Globes press conference is now a network-neutral broadcast that NBC will not host or produce and instead serve as, at most, one of several broadcasters.
But that result only hints at the intensity of Friday's drama, which undoes a fragile repackaging of the show earlier in the week and serve as a messy coda to several days of recriminations. It also sets the stage for a potential lawsuit between Dick Clark Prods. and NBC over show costs.
On Monday, even as the WGA said it would still picket the Beverly Hilton, NBC retooled the Globes as an NBC News event, with the possible presence of "Access Hollywood", "Today" and other NBC personalities.
But sources said the HFPA and Dick Clark Prods., with whom the network has a contract, was incensed with what it perceived as a loss of creative control. It sought more influence over who would appear on the program.
At the same time, a dispute brewed between Dick Clark and NBC over clips to be delivered for a "Dateline" show. Sources say the network had agreed to pick up all of Dick Clark's preproduction costs for the show, an amount estimated at $1.25 million, in exchange for the clips. But Dick Clark said it was entitled to a separate fee for the graphics package as part of the three-hour block it was offering the network. The clips were never delivered and a check was never cut.
The dispute over the clips, however, was just a prelude to Friday's fireworks. That's when Dick Clark and the HFPA, still upset over creative control, asked for a fee -- either below $1 million or at $1 million, depending on which side is estimating it -- that NBC would pay for airing a Globes-branded telecast.
- 1/12/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- A live broadcast of NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Wednesday Will headline dozens of hours of NBC Universal coverage of this week's event.
Williams will anchor the Nightly News from NBC Uni's booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. EST. After the broadcast, the anchor will unveil a redesigned Nightly News Web site at NightlyNews.MSNBC.com.
In October, NBC Uni signed on as the first-ever official broadcast partner for CES' annual trade show, which is expected to be more content-heavy this year. CES runs through Thursday.
In addition to the Nightly News broadcast, Al Roker and tech reporter Paul Hochman will film live segments from CES for Today beginning this Monday morning, and CNBC's Bill Griffeth and Maria Bartiromo will anchor Power Lunch and Closing Bell, respectively, from the NBC Uni booth Monday and Tuesday. CNBC's The Big Idea and NBC's Access Hollywood also will be filmed on the CES floor during the week.
Williams will anchor the Nightly News from NBC Uni's booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. EST. After the broadcast, the anchor will unveil a redesigned Nightly News Web site at NightlyNews.MSNBC.com.
In October, NBC Uni signed on as the first-ever official broadcast partner for CES' annual trade show, which is expected to be more content-heavy this year. CES runs through Thursday.
In addition to the Nightly News broadcast, Al Roker and tech reporter Paul Hochman will film live segments from CES for Today beginning this Monday morning, and CNBC's Bill Griffeth and Maria Bartiromo will anchor Power Lunch and Closing Bell, respectively, from the NBC Uni booth Monday and Tuesday. CNBC's The Big Idea and NBC's Access Hollywood also will be filmed on the CES floor during the week.
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