Before Hoda Kotb was lighting up the mornings on Today, she was doing that for WWL’s nights. Even 25 years ago when she was just 28 years old, they knew she was going to be a star anchor!
Hoda Kotb was not fired from NBC for sexually harassing her co-anchors, quite the opposite. The popular news anchor got a big promotion today. She was named Savannah Guthrie’s new co-anchor for the 7a and 8a hours of Today, effective immediately. Plus, she will still have her show with Kathie Lee Gifford at 10a.
I think NBC made the right decision because who does not love her? She is warm, funny and speaks her mind whether she is sober or not!
But… I wonder how long she will do all three shows? I have a feeling either after the Olympics or in September, she will no longer do her show with Kathie Lee. They will get rid of one of either the 9a or 10a hour and have Gifford and Megyn Kelly host an hour together. Or make Kelly a reporter and give Gifford her own show with someone else.
Back in 1957, Leave It to Beaver debuted and it has been airing ever since. Making it one of the longest running shows on television. Even though it has been 60 years since the show first hit the airwaves, Beaver and his brother Wally are still talking about it. Jerry Mathers, 69, and Tony Dow, 72, were on Today and also on Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda to talk about the family sitcom that forever made them household names.
Did you know that show was on more than one network? Its first season aired on CBS and the remaining 5 were on ABC. A Variety critic said if the show lasted for more than 2 weeks, he would eat his hat. No word how the hat tasted. Also the actors revealed that their TV father, Hugh Beaumont, was working as a Methodist minister at the time and only became an actor to pay the bills. No wonder the show had and still has the wholesome feel.
But the best thing to came out of this interview was seeing how close the TV brothers are even after all of these decades. To me, when a show’s cast is still gets along years after the show has ended, it explains why the show is still a sucess even after it has been cancelled.
Now that NBC has paid Megyn Kelly a lot of money (much more than she is worth) and her show is bombing, it looks like the other Today shows were forced to make cutbacks. At least that is I was assume after seeing this photo of Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb interviewing Tyler Perry via flashlight.
Does that mean that the Peacock network does not have enough money to keep the lights on for Kathie Lee & Hoda? Nope, they were playing Boo Who, a game where you have to guess the Horror movie from a brief description.
