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Good Morning America has a new technique for beating The Today Show in the morning ratings wars, and it's very simple: Interview the president and get him to take a side on a divisive issue on which he's been hedging for years.
Alec Baldwin has been angrily tweeting Tuesday night and Wednesday morning about the journalists staked out in front of his apartment (ironically to ask him about his stalker), but it was a perceived slight from a fellow NBC family member that drove him to hint he'd be leaving the network.
Fans who like the Today show just the way it is, this is your lucky day: Matt Lauer and NBC have worked out a deal, and the host won't be going anywhere.
Ryan Seacrest is rumored to be a top choice to replace Matt Lauer on The Today Show. Is he mature enough for that?
The presidential candidate again brushes off the magazine's photo choice
The CBS anchor is mulling a new TV show with her old 'Today' boss Jeff Zucker
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