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NBC Names Popular Anchor To Replace Hoda Kotb On 'Today' Show NBC Names Popular Anchor To Replace Hoda Kotb On 'Today' Show
NBC Names Popular Anchor To Replace Hoda Kotb On 'Today' Show The "Today" show didn't have to look far to find a replacement for Hoda Kotb, who is retiring early next year.  The show announced on Thursday, Nov. 14, that Craig Melvin who has been with "Today" since 2018, would do double duty and co-chair the news from 7 to 8 a.m. beginning early next year, NBC News said. The 45-year-old Melvin lives in Westport, Connecticut, with his wife, sports broadcaster Lindsay Czarniak, and their two children, Delano, 10, and Sybil, 8. He's worked with NBC News for 14 years.  “I am beyond excited and grateful,” an emotional Melvin said, flanked by "Tod…

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by Josh Lanier
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'Today' Show's Hoda Kotb Announces Exit To Spend Time With Kids At Bronxville Home: Report 'Today' Show's Hoda Kotb Announces Exit To Spend Time With Kids At Bronxville Home: Report
'Today' Show's Hoda Kotb Announces Exit To Spend Time With Kids At Bronxville Home: Report After more than five years as co-anchor, "Today" show fixture Hoda Kotb says she will be leaving to spend more time with her family in the suburbs. The 60-year-old Kotb announced her upcoming exit from NBC's "Today" during the show on Thursday morning, Sept. 26, saying on the show that she realized it was time "to try something new" during her 60th birthday celebration in August.  "I remembered standing outside looking at these beautiful bunch of people with these gorgeous signs, and I thought, 'This is what the top of the wave feels like for me.' And I thought it can't get better…

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by Ben Crnic
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Sister Act: Former First Daughters To Visit Westchester; Here's Where Sister Act: Former First Daughters To Visit Westchester; Here's Where
Sister Act: Former First Daughters To Visit Westchester; Here's Where Residents in the region will soon have a chance to spend time with two former first daughters. Both Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush will be in Northern Westchester visiting the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville at 364 Manville Rd. on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. as part of their "Love Comes First" book tour.  The tour is meant to promote the sisters' new picture book, "Love Comes First," which centers on two siblings who wish upon a star for a new sibling.  During their visit, the two sisters will spend the evening discussing the "value of prioritizing love in o…

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by Ben Crnic
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'You're On Live Television': Today Show Surprises NY Man On National Good Neighbor Day 'You're On Live Television': Today Show Surprises NY Man On National Good Neighbor Day
'You're On Live Television': Today Show Surprises NY Man On National Good Neighbor Day An upstate New York man got the surprise of a lifetime when he answered a knock at the door and found himself on live, national television. Rensselaer County resident Ernie Mann, age 75, opened the door to his City of Rensselaer home Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, and was shocked to find a camera crew from the Today show accompanied by two dozen cheering neighbors. Moments before the big surprise, Today correspondent Donna Farizan explained to viewers that Mann’s longtime friend, Amy Mooney, had nominated him for National Good Neighbor Day. Farizan then proceeded to knock on Mann’s front do…

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by Michael Mashburn