Ann Curry soldiers on during ‘Today’ show in wake of reports of her impending exit
Ann Curry soldiers on during ‘Today’ show in wake of reports of her impending exit
Give Ann Curry credit simply for punching in on Thursday morning, knowing millions of viewers would look at her on “The Today Show” and see only a Dead Ann Walking.
Rarely has the body language of a major broadcast network so clearly indicated that one of the marquee hosts on its most successful show is about to be gone.
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Officially, NBC has said nothing about Curry being replaced on “The Today Show,” and that may be the strongest confirmation it’s likely to happen.
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No denials or deflections here. NBC is sitting in its office whistling, as oblivious to the elephant in the outer room as the “Today” staff was on the air Thursday.
Elephant? What elephant?
Ann Curry Interviews Steve Carell
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A banner that read "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" was on screen during Ann Curry's interview with Steve Carell about his new movie "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.
Oh, you mean the elephant that’s about to sit on Ann? Oh, right. That elephant.
Maybe the most telling moment on "Today" Thursday came when Matt Lauer interviewed the 68-year-old woman who was bullied and taunted by students on a school bus.
Lauer looked almost physically angry when he talked about how he wished he could call out the bullies' names on national television.
It suggested a level of visceral frustration Lauer doesn't ordinarily show, and viewers might have wondered if it didn't stem from more than just the admittedly troubling story he was covering.
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Ann Curry's days appear numbered on the "Today" show.
It also didn't help when an ill-advised lower third with the head, "Here Today, Gone Today," appeared under Curry during an interview segment with Steve Carell.
The text was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek reference to Carell's new movie, "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," which is set during the days before an asteroid crashes into the planet. The poor timing, however, may have hit some watchers like an asteroid.
NBC has had some experience with clumsy transitions, as Conan O’Brien will tell you, but that’s rarely been a problem on the “Today” show.
Until now, when it is.
It’s clear that whatever is going down with Curry started well before Wednesday afternoon, when the Times’ Brian Stetler published an extremely detailed story essentially spelling out what had happened and strongly suggesting what is about to happen.
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Ann Curry soldiers on during ‘Today’ show in wake of reports of her impending exit
Ann Curry soldiers on during ‘Today’ show in wake of reports of her impending exit
