I’m surprised she lasted this long…
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I reckon ratings also a factor. This gives them more of a reason to get rid of it. I thought the third hour was going well with the other Today anchors prior to Kelly’s arrival.
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That’s basically it. If it was rating well or even just as well as before, they would’ve probably kept her. Wonder what she’ll do now.
Today’s Take was so much more pleasant to watch than this. At least Tamron is hopefully moving onto bigger and better things. Ironic they axed her for this mess.
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Let’s circle back to NBC News and away from Blackface discussions. If you want to continue to discuss the merits of Blackface, I’ve started a thread.
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The poor ratings for the show didn’t help her, I believe there were even talks the show wouldn’t be renewed for another season next year. She never fit in with the rest of the TODAY show team. Will be interesting to see what happens long term with the 9am time slot.
I think prior to the events of the past week there was talk that she might stay with NBC News while the show would go.
Subsequent events led to a full departure.
Given that first scenario it seems there was general acceptance that the show wasn’t a good fit and that ratings performance didn’t justify renewal.
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Her recent comments just expedited the removal of her from NBC Today. Now the hard task of fixing the 9am hour begins.
They might as well hand the 9am time slot back to the affiliates for their own programming.
The TODAY take hour will most likely be returned. They have a radio show and an online show. They will most likely re-vive that show.
Tamron Hall was one of the best things about Today’s Take. Such a pity she left NBC after they stupidly hired Kelly. Al Roker needs to be teamed with the right person if they have any hope of recovering lost ground. Hopefully they find someone better than Jenna Bush Hager.
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They should get Meredith Vieira back to do 9 am, I don’t think she is doing much at the moment… from what I know 
It’ll probably be Al, Sheinelle, Craig and Dylan for the 9am hour but it wouldn’t hurt getting some new people into the 9am hour.
There’s talk they want Guthrie to do 9am with others, like Kotb at 10am with Kathie-Lee.
Or they should extend Kathie Lee and Hoda to 9am as well.
If they did that they would be wasted by 10:30 with all the wine they drink. LOL
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Peter Alexander is joining Weekend Today as co-anchor but will retain his role as NBC White House correspondent during the week.