Bring back Bryant and Jane 
I couldnāt see Bryant being too happy to cover the topics the show spends so much time on these days.
Sat up and watched the first two hours last night. I hadnāt watched more than a few segments of the show at a time for about ten years and was shocked at how vastly different the format is now. I like that theyāve dispensed with the newsreader. The loose structure gives it a far less formal feel but the expanded team makes it feel a little less intimate.
Katieās appearance with Matt goes to show you canāt beat great chemistry between anchors. That seems to be so overlooked by producers of Australian news shows. Instead of experimenting with various people to find the right dynamic, they tend to throw people together and just expect it to work. I donāt watch much of Sunrise often but Iāve always found Sam and Kochie to be an odd fit and canāt understand why they wouldnāt use somebody like Natalie Barr when she obviously has far better chemistry with Koch.
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Isnāt it just the two anchors + Al + Carson Daly during the first 2 hours of Today?
for the moment at least. They donāt have a seperate news anchor since Natalie Morales left last year
I probably havenāt actually watched NBC Today for about 20 years 
Bit of a letdown that Al didnāt really interact with Matt and Katie, being at the Rose Parade and all, so will be watching for that a bit later on tonight/ tomorrow morning.
Not watching the show since Katie left, the set looks great, but not sure on the format. Love the hosts reading the news though!
I wish you could watch the whole show here in Australia 
Itās on 7TWO at 09:30 (to 11:59)
Yeah, but thats not the whole show. They cut out a lot, as they also incorporate some of the 9am hour.
NBC has signed Megyn Kelly from Fox News in a multi-faceted role.
That certainly is big news. Apparently she will host a new chat/news/talk show on the main NBC network, as well as a harder Sunday new show, and will be involved in marquee news coverage.
Will it bring a more conservative crowd to NBC or give Kelly a more liberal image?
More here: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/business/media/megyn-kelly-nbc-fox-news.html
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The Sunday component of Kellyās deal intrigues me the most for a few reasons:
- NBC News didnāt had much success when they last tried to do a primetime newsmagazine a few years ago with Rock Center so I wonder how they and Kelly will ensure this new program avoids the same fate
- The format of the show and where itās scheduled will be interesting to see considering NBC probably doesnāt want it to go up against or be similar to 60 Minutes
- Unless thereās a plan which hasnāt been revealed yet, this program will be pre-empted for three months each year due to Sunday Night Football so it will be hard for it to gain āmomentumā
Initially when I read Sunday show, I thought it was going to be a Sunday morning show, a la Face the Nation, etc.
Re: football. Theyāll probably try to make it a 9 month per year thing because you canāt really use it as a lead in or lead out.
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If she wants to be Barbara Walters, and do daytime, it wouldnāt be a year round show anyway. Probably limited series or regular specials and breaking news editions. Daytime is destined to fail though, unless they cut an hour of Today (9am?).
I was under the impression that it was going to be in the afternoon because she wants to see the kids off to school, and have dinner with the hubby.
NBC only has 1pm available - and thatās if they cancel Days of our Lives.
āA Sunday newsmagazine programā show makes me think they are going to move Willie Geist along in favour of Megyn Kelly or try to relaunch the old Rock Center program.
The press release announcing her signing states it will be in primetime
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Her position at Fox News obviously became untenable with the rise of Trump.
I just do not get why thereās such a huge amount of hate and vitriol being directed at her. So she criticised Donald Trump? So fucking what.