Today 1952

Overview

The television series Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952, and was the first of its genre on American television and in the world. Today is the fifth-longest running American television series. Originally a two-hour program on weekdays, it expanded to Sundays in 1987 and Saturdays in 1992. The weekday broadcast expanded to three hours in 2000, and to four hours in 2007. The show provides current domestic and international news, weather reports, and interviews with newsmakers from various fields. Today was created by Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. and has been broadcast for many years, with its dominance being virtually unchallenged by other networks until the late 1980s. The show has a long history and has been a part of NBC's programming for many decades.