Lauer’s obvious replacement?

[Dick Whitman]

She’s already in the NBC family, so it would be a smooth transition.

Chelsea Clinton to NBC Nightly News

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Quit working YF's corners.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

I was going to say Seacrest, because he’s freakin’ everywhere else.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Quit working YF's corners.

 

[sgreenwell]

I was going to say Seacrest, because he’s freakin’ everywhere else.

Wouldn't "Live" be a better gig? One hour vs. two, similar or better pay, plus you only have to share airtime with one person instead of being on a panel show.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Somebody has to play the straight man in this act!

 

[Dick Whitman]

Wouldn't "Live" be a better gig?

I don’t know that he has the pipes.

 

[exmediahack]

No.

Michael Strahan is everywhere. Dude is getting paychecks from ABC *and* FOX.

"Live" may appear to be a better gig but Kelly Ripa is a handful to work with. I thought about Seacrest as an obvious choice - female viewers like him, he's well known. However, I think that position needs someone with "news chops".

Which is why I believe that, in 18 months, the male co-host of The Today Show will be...

Matt Lauer.

America loves a comeback story and NBC has a history of this. NBC did this with Marv Albert twenty years ago. Marv took a couple years off, went to Turner... and came back to NBC a few years later. Lauer is worth a hell of a lot more to Today/NBC than Marv was to NBA on NBC.

Lauer will go to treatment (Duchovny-style), NBC will pay off all of the complaints and, in 18 months, millions of people will watch Lauer and the Today Show will have a huge audience for a month or two.

 

[YankeeFan]

I am not much for public putdowns and private friendship.

I wish you could treat me with sincerity always, like a good friend does.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

No.

Michael Strahan is everywhere. Dude is getting paychecks from ABC *and* FOX.

"Live" may appear to be a better gig but Kelly Ripa is a handful to work with. I thought about Seacrest as an obvious choice - female viewers like him, he's well known. However, I think that position needs someone with "news chops".

Which is why I believe that, in 18 months, the male co-host of The Today Show will be...

Matt Lauer.

America loves a comeback story and NBC has a history of this. NBC did this with Marv Albert twenty years ago. Marv took a couple years off, went to Turner... and came back to NBC a few years later. Lauer is worth a hell of a lot more to Today/NBC than Marv was to NBA on NBC.

Lauer will go to treatment (Duchovny-style), NBC will pay off all of the complaints and, in 18 months, millions of people will watch Lauer and the Today Show will have a huge audience for a month or two.

It's your business, not mine, but I'd bet folding money you're wrong. These stories aren't going away. Any woman celebrity, and especially any woman politician, isn't gonna appear on a show with Lauer. That's just one problem. Sponsor boycotts would be the biggest one.

 

[Dick Whitman]

No.

Michael Strahan is everywhere. Dude is getting paychecks from ABC *and* FOX.

"Live" may appear to be a better gig but Kelly Ripa is a handful to work with. I thought about Seacrest as an obvious choice - female viewers like him, he's well known. However, I think that position needs someone with "news chops".

Which is why I believe that, in 18 months, the male co-host of The Today Show will be...

Matt Lauer.

America loves a comeback story and NBC has a history of this. NBC did this with Marv Albert twenty years ago. Marv took a couple years off, went to Turner... and came back to NBC a few years later. Lauer is worth a hell of a lot more to Today/NBC than Marv was to NBA on NBC.

Lauer will go to treatment (Duchovny-style), NBC will pay off all of the complaints and, in 18 months, millions of people will watch Lauer and the Today Show will have a huge audience for a month or two.

Whoo, boy. I think that's a stretch. This is a very different era than that was. Plus, Albert wasn't harassing co-workers. Unless something changes, the set of behaviors that fall under the umbrella "sexual misconduct" are absolute poison. You can't bring this guy back into your workplace. The first time he winks at someone, her name is going to be on the building, and rightfully so.

 

[YankeeFan]

I don’t think the morning show audience wants a star as their host. They like to develop a relationship with a host who is relatable, unassuming, and comfortable with them.

The mornig audience creates stars.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I am not much for public putdowns and private friendship.

I wish you could treat me with sincerity always, like a good friend does.

 

[poindexter]

No.

Michael Strahan is everywhere. Dude is getting paychecks from ABC *and* FOX.

"Live" may appear to be a better gig but Kelly Ripa is a handful to work with. I thought about Seacrest as an obvious choice - female viewers like him, he's well known. However, I think that position needs someone with "news chops".

Which is why I believe that, in 18 months, the male co-host of The Today Show will be...

Matt Lauer.

America loves a comeback story and NBC has a history of this. NBC did this with Marv Albert twenty years ago. Marv took a couple years off, went to Turner... and came back to NBC a few years later. Lauer is worth a hell of a lot more to Today/NBC than Marv was to NBA on NBC.

Lauer will go to treatment (Duchovny-style), NBC will pay off all of the complaints and, in 18 months, millions of people will watch Lauer and the Today Show will have a huge audience for a month or two.

I consider you the best, most interesting poster on the board. But this is a complete swing-and-a-miss. Just wait until there is a face behind the accusations. The whip it out girl or the Sochi girl. He is done.

 

[exmediahack]

I didn't think about my Lauer Theory until I heard his apology this morning. You can't tell me there isn't an NBC exec who is thinking "how can we leverage this?"

In two years, they will have cut Megyn Kelly and her $16M for low ratings. Lauer will be off the books for two years. They'll have more "cap room" than the 49ers.

Also, never underestimate NBC's ability to step on their own junk. Norville/Pauley, Leno/Letterman, Conan/Leno, Leno in Prime Time, Curry/Lauer, Morales/Lauer.

This would be just the latest step... but, if it were a 25-1 or 30-1 longshot that Lauer returns within two years as co-host, I'd put some dollars on it.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Exmedia is right about one thing here. They do need someone with some news familiarity and credibility. In a pinch, they could move Lester Holt from the nightly news by giving him a big raise, I guess.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I didn't think about my Lauer Theory until I heard his apology this morning. You can't tell me there isn't an NBC exec who is thinking "how can we leverage this?"

In two years, they will have cut Megyn Kelly and her $16M for low ratings. Lauer will be off the books for two years. They'll have more "cap room" than the 49ers.

Also, never underestimate NBC's ability to step on their own junk. Norville/Pauley, Leno/Letterman, Conan/Leno, Leno in Prime Time, Curry/Lauer, Morales/Lauer.

This would be just the latest step... but, if it were a 25-1 or 30-1 longshot that Lauer returns within two years as co-host, I'd put some dollars on it.

This is your Bitcoin post.

When do you guys predict BitCoin becomes essentially valueless? I say by the end of calendar year 2014.

 

[playthrough]

It's your business, not mine, but I'd bet folding money you're wrong. These stories aren't going away. Any woman celebrity, and especially any woman politician, isn't gonna appear on a show with Lauer. That's just one problem. Sponsor boycotts would be the biggest one.

But boffo ratings fixes all that. I lean toward it being highly unlikely too, but 18 months from now as exmediahack proposed is a long time. And there will always be something more outrageous somewhere that makes this look lame by comparison. Heck, is Brian Williams that toxic anymore? For a while he didn't look like he could get a gig at the Hungry Horse News, but would middle America really be upset if he was back on the network now?

 

[JC]

I didn't think about my Lauer Theory until I heard his apology this morning. You can't tell me there isn't an NBC exec who is thinking "how can we leverage this?"

In two years, they will have cut Megyn Kelly and her $16M for low ratings. Lauer will be off the books for two years. They'll have more "cap room" than the 49ers.

Also, never underestimate NBC's ability to step on their own junk. Norville/Pauley, Leno/Letterman, Conan/Leno, Leno in Prime Time, Curry/Lauer, Morales/Lauer.

This would be just the latest step... but, if it were a 25-1 or 30-1 longshot that Lauer returns within two years as co-host, I'd put some dollars on it.

Its a completely different world we are in now compared to even 6 months ago.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

But boffo ratings fixes all that. I lean toward it being highly unlikely too, but 18 months from now as exmediahack proposed is a long time. And there will always be something more outrageous somewhere that makes this look lame by comparison. Heck, is Brian Williams that toxic anymore? For a while he didn't look like he could get a gig at the Hungry Horse News, but would middle America really be upset if he was back on the network now?

The middle America that froths at libtarded NBC is teh fake newz!!!1! might raise a ruckus.