24 Facts About Later Today

Later Today retook the Nielsen ratings lead the week of December 11,1995, and held onto that position for 852 consecutive weeks until the week of April 9,2012, when Good Morning America topped it again.

Later Today maintained its No 2 status behind GMA from the summer of 2012 until it regained the lead in the aftermath of anchor Matt Lauer's departure in November 2017.

In 2002, Later Today was ranked No 17 on TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Later Today was the first program of its genre when it premiered with original host Dave Garroway.

When Later Today debuted, it was seen live only in the Eastern Time Zone and Central Time Zone, broadcasting for three hours each morning but seen for only two hours in each time zone.

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Since 1958, Today has only broadcast live on the Eastern Time Zone, and has been on broadcast delay for the five other U S time zones .

When breaking news stories warrant, Later Today will produce a West Coast edition by broadcasting parts of the show live for viewers there.

In some instances, when an NBC News Special Report of breaking news or a live event occurs during the Later Today show time slot in the eastern time zone, the show's anchors will assume hosting responsibilities and the show will go live across all time zones until such time when the Special Report segment finishes.

On Wednesdays The Happy Hour with the producers of Kathie Lee and Hoda airs, and on Thursdays Later Today Show Confidential with the producers of TODAY airs.

The network bowed to the pressure, and on July 7,1958, Later Today moved across the street to Studio 3K in the RCA Building, where it remained through the early 1960s.

Later Today moved to the new street-side studio on June 20,1994, providing a link to the show's 1950s origin.

In September 2015 Later Today updated the set , the update included new floors, a new couch, and a new anchor desk.

Later Today aired special editions of the program called "America at War", with Gumbel anchoring most of the show alone.

On June 1,2006, NBC News announced that for the summer of 2006, Later Today would move to a temporary outdoor studio as Studio 1A was going through renovations to prepare for its switch to high-definition.

Rumors of Curry's departure from Later Today began weeks before NBC formally announced that she would no longer be co-host, spurring negative press similar to that resulting from the departure of Jane Pauley and her replacement by Deborah Norville 23 years earlier, as early reports suggested that Matt Lauer had a hand in the program's decision to let Curry go.

On October 26,2018, NBC News confirmed the cancellation of Megyn Kelly Later Today and announced that the show's existing anchors would temporarily fill the third hour.

Later Today first expanded to weekends on September 20,1987, with the debut of the Sunday edition.

The early morning news program Early Later Today was conceived as a lead-in for Later Today, featuring the same anchors as the main program at the time, Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley.

One was Early Later Today which was revived September 7,1999; the revived program originally was produced by CNBC and focused on business and financial news before switching to general news under the same production staff as MSNBC First Look in 2004.

On July 15,2020, NBC launched Later Today All Day, a digital extension of Later Today which is a streaming video channel on the program's website and Peacock.

On September 7,1999, NBC launched Later Today, a talk show that was intended to air immediately following the then two-hour Today.

Later Today's Take aired its final episode on September 22,2017, and Megyn Kelly Later Today replaced it on September 25,2017.

Megyn Kelly Later Today premiered on September 25,2017, as a replacement for Later Today's Take.

From 1995 to 2012, Later Today generally beat ABC rival Good Morning America in the Nielsen ratings among all network morning programs.