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Every 'Today Show' Host Ranked by Longest Tenure, Ranging From 1 Year to 20 Years

NBC’s Today has been on the air since the early 1950s and many of the show’s lead anchors have stuck around for many years!

Throughout the 71 years of the program’s history, there have only been 16 hosts who have sat in the lead anchor chairs. For the first 14 years of the run, there was only one lead anchor until Barbara Walters became a co-anchor and the show’s first female anchor.

Including current co-anchors Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie, eight men and eight women have served as the primary anchors on Today. While many of them have held roles on the show for years, we’re only counting their years as lead anchors for this ranking.

Browse through the slideshow to see who has been on the show the longest…

Katie Couric Reveals Matt Lauer Was Ever 'Pervy' In Her Presence, If They Still Speak

Katie Couric is opening up about her current relationship with her former longtime Today show co-host Matt Lauer, and revealing if she had heard any of the whispers about him during their time at NBC.

The 64-year-old longtime NBC co-host called Lauer‘s behavior “grossly inappropriate” and “callous.”

Click inside to read everything else she revealed…More Here! »

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Katie Couric Reveals the Text Messages She Sent to Matt Lauer After He Was Fired from 'Today Show'

Katie Couric has a new tell-all book being released in a few weeks and excerpts are starting to leak online, including the portion of the book where she talks about Matt Lauer‘s firing from The Today Show.

Lauer was fired by NBC in November 2017 after he was accused of sexual misconduct by numerous women.

Katie‘s new book “Going There” will be released on October 26 and it features the text messages that she sent to Matt after he was fired.

Click inside to read what they said to each other… More Here! »

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Matt Lauer Seen With 'Hatred' Tattoo After Calling Ronan Farrow's Reporting Into Question

Matt Lauer has a new tattoo.

The 62-year-old former Today show co-host was seen wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses and a white button-down shirt while driving in Sag Harbor near New York City, and was seen sporting new ink on his arm, via E! News.

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The new tattoo reads: “Hatred corrodes the container it’s carried in.”

Although the quote’s origin isn’t certain, it was a line repeated by former Senator Alan Simpson during his eulogy for late President George H.W. Bush: “You would have wanted [Bush] on your side. He never hated anyone. He knew what his mother and my mother always knew: Hatred corrodes the container it’s carried in,” he had said at the time.

The new ink comes after Matt gained media attention for penning an article calling into question Ronan Farrow‘s reporting in his book Catch and Kill, which includes a rape allegation against the former Today anchor.

Find out what he said, and how Ronan then responded…

Matt Lauer Lashes Out at Ronan Farrow for Rape Allegation Reporting

Matt Lauer is firing off at Ronan Farrow following a recent New York Times story questioning the 32-year-old journalist’s reporting integrity, called “Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True?”

The 62-year-old former TV news anchor, whose rape allegation was part of Ronan‘s book Catch & Kill, spoke out in a media column on Mediaite on Tuesday (May 19), called “Why Ronan Farrow Is Indeed Too Good to Be True.”

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“I was shaken, but not surprised, that few in the media were willing to thoroughly challenge the accusations against me, or the person making them,” he wrote.

“I had originally intended to release [Tuesday’s rebuttal] in November of 2019, but personal considerations at that time, and later news events impacting us all, delayed those plans…this week The New York Times published a piece that was highly critical of Ronan Farrow’s journalistic methods and standards,” he went on to write.

“The rush to judgment was swift,” Matt said of the allegation against him.

“In fact, on the morning I was falsely accused of rape, and before I could even issue a statement, some journalists were already calling my accuser ‘brave’ and ‘courageous’…I was also disappointed, but not surprised, that Ronan Farrow’s overall reporting faced so little scrutiny. Until this week’s critical reporting by The New York Times, many in the media perceived his work as inherently beyond basic questioning. However, [Farrow] was hardly an unbiased journalist when it came to anything to do with NBC, and he was rarely challenged as he dropped salacious stories in a daily marketing effort designed to create media attention for his book,” Matt wrote.

“This is not just about accusations against the former host of the Today show. It’s about whether changing social attitudes can be allowed to change the most fundamental rules of journalism…it’s about whether, as journalists, we have a responsibility to check facts and vet sources,” he continued. Click here to read the full piece.

“All I’ll say on this is that Matt Lauer is just wrong. Catch and Kill was thoroughly reported and fact-checked, including with Matt Lauer himself,” Ronan later wrote on Twitter.

Ronan Farrow recently called out his book publisher for this reason.

Who Is Shamin Abas? Get to Know Matt Lauer's New Girlfriend

Matt Lauer is reportedly in a new relationship with Shamin Abas and you might be wondering who she is, so we have you covered.

The 62-year-old former Today Show host split from his wife Annette Roque this past summer and it seems that Shamin was someone who Matt was able to lean on throughout his breakup.

Shamin, who has been married and divorced twice before, is a longtime friend of Matt‘s and In Touch reports that they’ve known each other for at least 15 years.

“Obviously one thing led to another, and they’re a full-fledged item now,” a source told the mag. “She knows who he is. She’s thrilled she’s with him. She doesn’t seem to have a care in the world.”

Shamin is a public relations executive who works with high-end brands like Dom Pérignon, Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, and NetJets. She currently splits her time between New York and Florida, but she is actually from Wales!

People are comparing Shamin to Matt‘s ex-wife Annette as they look a lot like each other.

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Matt Lauer Is Dating PR Executive Shamin Abas (Report)

Matt Lauer is reportedly dating his longtime friend, public relations executive Shamin Abas, and new photos of the couple has now emerged.

The 62-year-old disgraced former Today show host was seen boarding a flight with Shamin in New Zealand after reportedly spending the holidays together. In Touch has the photos of the couple.

Lauer was fired from NBC in 2017 after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced. He has defended himself against those allegations.

Matt was previously married to Annette Roque, but they officially separated this past summer.

See past photos of Shamin on the red carpet…More Here! »

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