Ann Curry's days at Today could be numbered. Apparently NBC wants to replace her very badly because since she took over the show has really slipped in the ratings. I'm pretty sure Ann will be ok with it because she wants to go start her dream job which is to run a television network that is devoted 24 hours a day to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Ann has been at Today forever, but I guess everyone liked her over doing the news and didn't want to see her for the entire six hours that Today is on. OK, it is less than six hours, but it seems like way more. Kathie Lee Gifford is the most likely replacement.
It'll go to whoever Matt Lauer is fucking.
ReplyDeleteYou have been saying this for a while now... It's kind of becoming the boy who cried wolf.
ReplyDeleteI meant Enty, not you Vicki.
DeleteWhy the hell would they let Kathy Lee take over?
ReplyDeleteEspecially right after that Martin Short mistake? That was horrifying!
well this was all over blind gossip that this was happening a while back.I've just been waiting for her to be replaced to see who Matt's new girlfriend will be.
ReplyDeleteI thought Kathi Lee's reign of terror was finally at an end, then she re-surfaces on Today and slowly begins her inexorable climb back toward the spotlight. SHIT!
ReplyDeleteGood thing I never watch this show!
Please God no! Kathie Lee is beyond atrocious.
ReplyDeleteI think Savannah Guthrie will replace Ann.
ReplyDeleteRight on, @Nosey Parker. She's the most popular guess on blindgossip.com's BI on this.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking Natalie Morales may get Ann's job.
ReplyDeleteNo way Kathie Lee would want be able to get up that early. And not be drinking on air.
ReplyDeletePretty sure it will be Savannah. I grew up watching this show. I remember the Jane and Bryant drama, Matt and Katie (they worked well together). I also really liked Meredith, but I stopped watching about that time. I don't even remember Deborah Norville on there. Ann never worked. She was a bad choice, though I did enjoy her doing the news. Honestly, they both (Ann and Matt) need to go.
I'm with Nosey and everyone else - the word these last few months is that they are grooming Savannah Guthrie for the job, although personally, I would prefer Natalie Morales.
ReplyDeleteCannot stand Ann and her faux fawning, or her fake sympathy when she interviews people. She does not come across as genuine or all that likable.
Kathie Lee is horrid on the one hour she already has! such a condescending, sanctimonious, egotistical jacksass. no thanks.
ReplyDeleteI've only seen Kathy Lee on Today a couple times, but each time, she seemed drunk. Once she and Kota (?) were actually drinking wine on the air. What a hot mess.
ReplyDeleteOnce?!
ReplyDelete@Vicki well, I've only watched it twice ;)
ReplyDelete@Ima Guillotine, that's their schtick. They drink on the air every day more or less.
ReplyDeleteI am not an Ann Curry fan, but I think it's ridiculous to blame her for the show's declining ratings. They've had a series of stunts that have backfired: Palin hosting, Seacrest's (non-)announcement about the Olympics, and non-stop Kardashians. Perhaps they need to review their content.
I would like to see Savannah Guthrie take over. I really dislike Natalie Morales.
Promises, promises, promises, I won't watch this show until Ann is GONE! She was supposed to be fired when Lauer renewed his contract, but she's still there! Yuck.
ReplyDeleteI cannot stand Savannah Guthrie!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSleeping her way to the top must be working!
I prefer Natalie.
I don't think I can watch the Today show if Savannah is sitting next to Matt. She annoys me.
I think Matt, who was already dickish, kicked it up to be like Bryant, #1 douchbag. I cannot stand him, his self important ways, or the way he treats women. Kathie lee is an ignoramus, i dont see how she gets any work. Never watch daytime tv, so idc what they do. But i'd love to see Lauer get his comeuppence.
ReplyDelete@ HannahPalindrome - It's rumored that Natalie slept with Matt. I haven't heard about Savannah sleeping her way to the top.
ReplyDeleteOh man lol
DeleteShe's so likable but Savannah ughhh
@Nosey and I think that's why Natalie will never get the job as long as Matt's there. In the past the news person has taken over the co-host chair when an anchor has been absent. Not the case when Ann is gone. Instead of Natalie, it's always Savannah. Natalie and Matt are rarely on screen together and when they are, they're always with other people, never just the two of them.
ReplyDelete@nichole - I've noticed that too.
ReplyDeleteIt is about fucking time.
ReplyDeleteI never watch that show, or much tv. that said, I don't know why if they are in their right minds, they would replace anyone w/kathie lee.
ReplyDeleteI stopped watching the Today show years ago, but I remember when Ann did the news in the hour before the Today show started.
ReplyDeleteI've never been a fan of hers, but I can imagine after all of these years of working her way to the top, and then getting fired after so little time must be mortifying.
She has a lawyer working to get her a deal to keep working at nbc on another show.
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ReplyDeleteI'm obviously not a fan of Ann's, but the fact this has become public, must be so humiliating and demoralizing. And she has to sit there each day, knowing how everyone feels.
ReplyDeleteI think the rationgs decline is because CBS has a better show. I have switched over to Charlie Rose and Gail King on CBS This Morning. It is easier on everyone else's ego to blame Ann instead of looking at what a dud the Today show has become. Personally I like watching Ann much more than Matt, he is just so smug. But instead I'm with Charlie, Gail and Erica.
ReplyDeleteEnty, you had better be joking. Kathie Lee Gifford makes me gag. If that's true, it's the end of the today show for me.
ReplyDeleteThere is NO way KLG would replace Ann. The co-anchor has to be able to interview people who are heads of companies, countries, the President, etc. Giffords resume is Name that Tune, Regis, and the 20th hour of Today. Not exactly hard hitting journalist.
ReplyDeleteI used to ALWAYS watch the Today show when I was getting ready for school/classes, but now I only get to catch 15 or 20 minutes here and there. It seems all morning shows are less newsy now, but Today show really really downhill with their content and seemed as though they were trying to grab the E! Network demographic.
ReplyDeleteI also stopped being able to take any of them seriously with the arrival of the Kathie Lee/Hoda drinking hour. Poor Hoda - she used to be considered a serious journalist. I think she destroyed her career by participating in these antics
I hate all the hours of the Today show. All they do is plug shows reality shows that air on channels NBC's parent company owns. Of course, Good Morning America isn't much better. They plug the shit out of anything ABC or Disney related. I don't like any morning shows really. They seemed to be produced exclusively for viewers with severe ADD. Anytime I try to watch a segment that has some worth, they spend about four minutes on it. "For more information, you can go to our website" seems to be the mantra of all the network morning shows.
ReplyDeleteShe'll get a great exit package...can't feel sorry for her
ReplyDeleteLove Ann Curry! Can't stand Matt, Natalie or Savannah. They should just replace everyone.
ReplyDeleteBring back Captain Kangaroo!
ReplyDeleteAM- I switch between - don't laugh- Imus and repeats of AFV. If up early, Way Too Early with Willie but then I have to change the station immediately once Morning Joe and fake Blondie come on. But I also read 2 newspapers while watching (I have to have a newspaper in my hands in the AM, really old school):)
ReplyDelete@Robert, you are my peer !
ReplyDeleteI don't care who they stick in there. I stopped watching when Ann got the job. GMA is much better anyway.
ReplyDeleteI thought she was on her way out anyways...
ReplyDeleteThese morning shows always blame the woman. I remember on CBS, their endless parade of female anchors with Harry Smith. I liked all of them. It never occurred to CBS to replace Harry??? I don't like Matt Lauer. I used to, but he's too full of himself now.
ReplyDeleteMatt Lauer is such a simpy looking little prick. I can't believe he gets so much ass, even of it's middle aged reporter-trying to -move-up ass.
ReplyDeleteCan someone fill me in on the Ann Curry/Brangelina connection? I keep reading mentions of it but don't knwo where it is coming from /what it means?
ReplyDeleteIf fuckwit Gifford goes anywhere near 0700 I'm cancelling my podcast!
ReplyDeleteMatt was fucking Amy Rohbach (sp?) She thought that would get her the co-host job. Nope, Matt had her fired and now she's at ABC. I heard Matt was fucking Nathalie. I think it was a BI on here. Also heard he's now fucking Savannah and she is getting the big job. Matt's dick shouldn't be making these decisions for NBC.
ReplyDeleteI hoped Ann would've been a great replacement for Meredith, but she does suck...thought she was a great news desk anchor. Maybe she'll get to do more Dateline things. And I think ratings have gone downhill for reasons said here already, plugging other networks, stunts, etc. Funny. I didn't think I'd like Meredith back in the day and now I miss her.
ReplyDeleteSavannah isn't that bad, but I did like Natalie much better.
And now I feel shame for even caring this much about it! :)
I heard she was going to be a foreign news corespondent? I guess some people are just better suited on reporting on the travesty of the Darfur genocide than at laughing awkwardly at one of Matt Lauers jokes....
ReplyDeleteIf they hire drunk ol' Kathie Lee they need to give everyone in the audience (and in TV land) an eq
ReplyDeleteual amount of liquor. It's only fair.
Ima, lol! I've only seen clips on The Soup!
ReplyDeleteI love Ann. I met her at a taping of the show and she was so nice to everyone. The other people were not so friendly. I think my hubby has a secret crush on her, because when I told him this news he said, "Well I won't be watching the Today show anymore. I watch to see her and not Matt."
ReplyDeleteThe first time I have had any respect for Matt was today when they had the story about the bus monitor. He said the parents should be ashamed of their kids. He seemed very passionate about children behaving and treating people with respect. Otherwise, I think he is a huge ass.
@Agent**It: Yup! I'd watch those reruns to this very day!
ReplyDeleteViolet, when she interviewed Brad, it was clear that she had a mad schoolgirl crush on him.
ReplyDeleteSince this is NBC we're talking about, Ann needs to hook up with Jay Leno's people.
ReplyDeleteHe's the biggest turd out there but managed to steal the Tonight Show from Letterman after hiding in a closet to eavesdrop on top-brass meetings which he parlayed into a g'teed 10pm nightly show after getting canned from Tonight, then had the audacity to re-take Tonight from Conan after he drove audiences away with his lead-in 10pm clunker of a show. I swear, Jay must have a bestiality sex tape of Jeffrey Imeldt or something for him to still be working for NBC
And can somebody link to the Blind Item that revolved around this story? I'm having trouble finding it
ReplyDeleteThx! ;-)
I'm sure she is a nice enough lady, but she has never struck me as the most professional of news anchors.
ReplyDeleteI don't really know that putting her as a foreign correspondent is the best fit for her either.