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Weekend Today
Weekend editions of '' Today'', an American morning news and talk program that airs daily on NBC, began with the launch of the Sunday edition of the program on September 20, 1987. After NBC expanded ''Today'' to seven days a week in the 1990s, the name ''Weekend Today'' was adapted primarily for promotional purposes. The Saturday edition of the program, titled ''Saturday Today'' since March 2022, is broadcast live in alignment with the weekday editions of ''Today'' from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Since 2017, however, the Saturday broadcast is frequently shortened by a half-hour (sometimes even shorter/preempted due to earlier sports start times) to accommodate Premier League soccer matches or other sports events that start before 1:00 p.m. ET (and does not air at all during the weekend of golf's U.S. Open), allowing NBC stations to also accommodate programs from '' The More You Know'' block displaced from their normal timeslots to fulfill educational content q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Alexander (journalist)
Peter Marvin Alexander (born July 29, 1976) is an American journalist and television presenter who currently works for NBC News. He obtained the title of NBC News White House correspondent covering the White House and the President of the United States in December 2012. In October 2018, he was named co-anchor of ''Today (American TV program), Today'' for Saturday editions. His reports appear across all platforms of NBC News, including ''NBC Nightly News'', ''Today'', ''Meet the Press'', ''Dateline NBC'', MSNBC and NBCNews.com. He shared duties alongside Kristen Welker as the network's co-chief White House press corps, White House correspondent and as co-anchor of ''Weekend Today'', the Saturday edition of ''Today (American TV program), Today''. After Welker became the moderator of ''Meet the Press'', Alexander became the sole chief White House correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. Early life Alexander was born to a American Jews, Jewish family in Oakland, California, the son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The More You Know (TV Programming Block)
The More You Know (TMYK) is an American programming block that is programmed by Hearst Media Production Group (formerly Litton Entertainment), and debuted on October 8, 2016, as a replacement for the animation block NBC Kids. It airs on weekend mornings on NBC and Telemundo, and is replayed Sunday mornings on sister network Cozi TV. The block's programs are also available through all of NBC's video on demand venues, including the network's site/app, Peacock, and cable/satellite services. Based on NBCUniversal's series of public service campaigns of the same name, the three-hour weekend morning block features live-action programming aimed at pre-teens and teens ages 10 to 18 that are designed to meet federally mandated educational programming guidelines. It is Hearst's fourth E/I-centric programming block across the major American television networks, joining three other Hearst blocks: Weekend Adventure ( ABC), Dream Team ( CBS), and One Magnificent Morning (The CW) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Couric
Katherine Anne Couric ( ; born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and presenter. She is founder of Katie Couric Media, a multimedia news and production company. She also publishes a daily newsletter, ''Wake Up Call''. Since 2016, she has hosted the podcast ''Next Question with Katie Couric''. Couric has been a television host at all of the Big Three television networks in the United States, and in her early career she was an assignment editor for CNN. She worked for NBC News from 1989 to 2006, CBS News from 2006 to 2011, and ABC News from 2011 to 2014. She was the first solo female anchor of a major network (CBS) evening news program. From 2013 to 2017, she was Yahoo's Global News Anchor. In 2021, she appeared as a guest host for the game show ''Jeopardy!'', the first woman to host the flagship American version of the show in its history. In addition to her roles in television news, Couric hosted '' Katie'', a syndicated daytime talk show produced by Disney–ABC Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank had a Census-estimated population of 102,755 as of 2023. The city was named after David Burbank, who established a sheep ranch there in 1867. Burbank consists of two distinct areas: a downtown/foothill section, in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains, and the flatland section. Numerous media and entertainment companies are headquartered or have significant production facilities in Burbank—often called the "Media Capital of the World" and only a few miles northeast of Hollywood—including Warner Bros. Entertainment, the Walt Disney Company, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, The Burbank Studios, Cartoon Network Studios with the West Coast branch of Cartoon Network, and Insomniac Games. Universal plays a key role in attractions and entertainment in Burbank, with its theme park Universal Studios Holl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall (, ) was a guarded concrete Separation barrier, barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany). Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the government of the GDR on 13 August 1961. It included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, accompanied by a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that contained anti-vehicle trenches, beds of nails and other defenses. The primary intention for the Wall's construction was to prevent East Germany, East German citizens from Emigration from the Eastern Bloc, fleeing to the West. The Eastern Bloc, Soviet Bloc propaganda portrayed the Wall as protecting its population from "Fascist (insult), fascist elements conspiring to prevent the will of the people" from building a Communism, communist state in the GDR. The authorities officially referred to the Berlin Wall as the ''Anti-Fascist Protection Ram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the states of Germany, being the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country by area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.6 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, as well as the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Macatee
Bill Macatee (born November 17, 1955) is an American retired sports broadcaster for CBS Sports and Tennis Channel. Early life and education Macatee was born in Rome, New York, and grew up in El Paso, Texas. He graduated from Burges High School in El Paso. In 1978, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. While in college, Macatee worked at KLTV-TV in Tyler, Texas as well as KTVV-TV in Austin, Texas. Career Macatee became Sports Director at KBMT-TV in Beaumont, Texas, where he was hired by Bill Paradoski. Following that he worked at KMBC-TV in Kansas City before spending three years (1979–82) at WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas. Macatee was hired by NBC Sports in 1982 and worked for NBC News and NBC Sports while based in New York. Macatee began his network sports broadcasting career with NBC. where he covered a wide range of events including Wimbledon, the Super Bowl, the Rose Bowl and the World Series. He hosted NBC's ''Major League Base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS News Sunday Morning
''CBS News Sunday Morning'' (frequently shortened to ''Sunday Morning'') is an American television newsmagazine that has aired on CBS since January 28, 1979. Created by Robert Northshield and E.S. "Bud" Lamoreaux III, and originally hosted by Charles Kuralt, the 90-minute program currently airs Sundays between 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. EST, and between 6:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. PST. Since October 9, 2016, the program has been hosted by Jane Pauley, who also hosts news segments. Her predecessor, Charles Osgood, hosted ''Sunday Morning'' for twenty-two years (and is the program's longest-serving host) after taking over from Kuralt on April 10, 1994. History Charles Kuralt era (1979–1994) On January 28, 1979, CBS launched ''Sunday Morning'' with Charles Kuralt as host. It was originally conceived to be a broadcast version of a Sunday newspaper magazine supplement, most typified by ''The New York Times Magazine''. When the network introduced its new six-day-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet The Press
''Meet the Press'' is a weekly American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC. It is the List of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running program on American television, though its format has changed since the debut episode on November 6, 1947. ''Meet the Press'' specializes in interviews with leaders in Washington, D.C., across the country, and around the world on issues of politics, economics, foreign policy, and other public policy, public affairs, along with panel discussions that provide opinions and analysis. In January 2021, production moved to NBC's bureau on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The longevity of ''Meet the Press'' is attributable in part to the fact that the program debuted during what was only the second official "network television season" for American television. It was the first live television News broadcasting, network news program on which a sitting president of the United States appeared, this occurred on its broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Roker
Albert Lincoln Roker Jr. (born August 20, 1954) is an American weather presenter, journalist, television personality, and author. He is the weather anchor on NBC's ''Today'', and occasionally co-hosts '' 3rd Hour Today''. He has a lapsed American Meteorological Society (AMS) Television Seal of Approval (#238). Early life Roker was born in the borough of Queens, New York City, the son of Isabel, of Jamaican descent, and Albert Lincoln Roker Sr., a bus driver of Bahamian descent. He initially wanted to be a cartoonist. He was raised Catholic, his mother's faith, and graduated from Xavier High School in Manhattan. He attended the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego where he received a B.A. in communications in 1976. Career Early career (1974–95) Roker worked as a weather anchor for CBS affiliate WHEN-TV (now WTVH) in Syracuse, New York from 1974 until 1976, while he was enrolled at SUNY Oswego. During his time in Oswego, he also DJ'd at the campus radio station, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrick Utley
Clifton Garrick Utley (November 19, 1939 – February 20, 2014) was an American television journalist. He established his career reporting about the Vietnam War and has the distinction of being the first full-time television correspondent covering the war on-site. Early life Utley was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school in Westtown, Pennsylvania, in 1957 and from Carleton College in 1961. His parents, Frayn and Clifton Utley, were correspondents for the NBC Radio Network in the mid-20th century, based in Chicago. Career NBC News Utley joined NBC News in 1963 as researcher in Europe for The '' Huntley-Brinkley Report'', where he became Foreign and Principal correspondent. Besides covering the Vietnam War, Utley reported from many other areas, including stints as bureau chief in London and Paris. He reported on events within the U.S. as well. Utley was also an anchor. He served as weekend anchor from 1971–1973, and frequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyd Matson
Boyd Matson (born April 26, 1947) is the former anchor of ''National Geographic Explorer'' and a former co-anchor of NBC's '' Sunday Today'' program. He was also an NBC News correspondent in the 1980s, working mostly on news features and earlier as a sports reporter on KNBC in Los Angeles. He now hosts the show ''Wild Chronicles'' on PBS and the nationwide radio program NG Weekend. He also writes a monthly column for NG Traveler magazine. He lives in McLean, Virginia McLean ( ) is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population of the community was 50,773 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is ... with his wife, Betty Hudson, and their two children. References NBC News people CNBC people Living people 1947 births Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-journalist-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
