MANILA, Philippines - The Today Show, also referred as Today is an American morning news and talk show airing every morning on TALKtv from Tuesday to Saturday at 3 to 6 p.m.
Today was the first of its genre on American television. The show is also the fourth-longest running American television series. The weekday broadcast expanded to three hours in 2000, and a fourth hour launched in 2007. Today anchors started out as “communicators.”
Creator Pat Weaver envisioned a person whose responsibilities would go beyond the bounds of traditional sit-down news anchors. The communicator would interview, report, moderate dialogue and generally tie the show together into a coherent whole.
Garroway and his successors have all followed that model, with little variation. Today, the hosts are expected to do much the same, and on any given day will talk with correspondents, newsmakers and lifestyle experts; introduce and close each half-hour; conduct special segments (such as cooking or fashion) and go on-assignment to host the program from different locations.
The Today Show has replays at 3 p.m. on Sky Cable channel 16 and Destiny Channel 28.