Editing Today (American TV program) (section)

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====''Weekend Today''====
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''Today'' first expanded to weekends on September 20, 1987, with the debut of the Sunday edition. Five years later on August 1, 1992, the Saturday edition made its debut, expanding the program to seven days a week. The Sunday broadcast was originally 90 minutes in length, until the third half-hour being dropped with the expansion of ''[[Meet the Press]]'' to an hour-long broadcast in 1992; it now airs for one hour, while the Saturday broadcast airs for 90 minutes.

The weekend broadcasts continue the ''Today'' format of covering breaking news, interviews with newsmakers, reports on a variety of popular-culture and human-interest stories, covering health and finance issues, and national weather reports. NBC feeds the Saturday edition from 7:00&nbsp;a.m. to 9:00&nbsp;a.m. (although it is often shortened to air the network's kids' block in full when there is an early start to sports) and the Sunday edition from 8:00&nbsp;a.m. to 9:00&nbsp;a.m. (both in the Eastern Time Zone), although many of the network's affiliates air local newscasts in those time slots and carry the network broadcast earlier or later in the morning; many NBC affiliates also bookend the Sunday edition with local morning newscasts that immediately precede and follow the program. NBC's [[WNBC|New York City]], [[WMAQ-TV|Chicago]], [[KNTV|San Francisco]] and [[KNBC|Los Angeles]] owned-and-operated stations air ''Weekend Today'' simultaneously (but not live) at 9:00 a.m Eastern, 8:00&nbsp;a.m. Central and 6:00&nbsp;a.m. Pacific Time.

Weekend editions are tailored to the priorities and interests of weekend viewers – offering special series such as "''Saturday Today'' on the Plaza", featuring live performances by major music acts and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] theatrical productions outside the studio throughout the summer.

During [[NBC Olympic broadcasts]], the weekday anchors and staff present the majority of the program on both Saturday and Sunday throughout the two weeks to maintain promotional momentum, with limited contributions from the weekend team from New York.

====''Early Today''====
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The first [[brand extension]] of ''Today'' was created in 1982. The early morning news program ''Early Today'' was conceived as a lead-in for ''Today'', featuring the same anchors as the main program at the time, Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley. The half-hour program was fed twice to allow affiliates to carry one or both broadcasts. NBC canceled the program after a year, and replaced it with ''[[NBC News at Sunrise]]'', originally anchored by [[Connie Chung]].

In April 1999, NBC canceled ''Sunrise'' for two brand extensions of ''Today''. One was ''Early Today'' which was revived September 7, 1999; the revived program originally was produced by CNBC and focused on business and financial news before switching to general news under the same production staff as ''MSNBC First Look'' in 2004. ''Early Today'' continues to air on the network, airing live each weekday morning at 3:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern Time (with an updated telecast for viewers in the Pacific Time Zone), and on tape delay until 10:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern – corresponding with the start time of ''Today'' in the Pacific Time Zone – to allow for adjustment in airtimes for other time zones and for certain NBC stations without a local morning newscast to air ''Early Today'' in lieu of one.

==== ''Today 3rd Hour'' ====
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*[[Talk show]]
*[[News Program]]
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*[[Craig Melvin]]
*[[Al Roker]]
*[[Sheinelle Jones]]
*[[Dylan Dreyer]]
}}
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| first_aired              = {{Start date|2018|10|29}}
| last_aired               = present
| related                  = [[Megyn Kelly Today]]
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'''''Today 3rd Hour''''' (often shortened to '''''The 3rd'''''), the current name for the third hour of ''Today'', features anchors who appear in the first two hours of the program. After ''[[Megyn Kelly Today]]'' was canceled on October 26, 2018, NBC announced that ''Today'' anchors would host the third hour.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Guglielmi |first1=Jodi |title=Hoda Kotb, Al Roker & Craig Melvin Open Megyn Kelly's Today Hour in First Show Since Cancellation |url=https://people.com/tv/hoda-kotb-al-roker-craig-melvin-open-megyn-kelly-today-show-hour/ |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=October 31, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The new third hour premiered on October 29, 2018, with [[Hoda Kotb]], [[Craig Melvin]] and [[Al Roker]] anchoring for the first 20 minutes from Studio 1A, reporting on the [[Pittsburgh synagogue shooting]], with [[Savannah Guthrie]] anchoring live from Pittsburgh.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grove |first1=Lloyd |title=Megyn Kelly Who? NBC's 'Today Show' Third Hour Awkwardly Soldiers On |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/megyn-kelly-who-nbcs-today-show-third-hour-awkwardly-soldiers-on |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=October 31, 2018 |language=en |date=October 29, 2018}}</ref> At the top of the program, Kotb said:
{{blockquote|"Today, as you know, we are starting a new chapter in the third hour of our show as it evolves. We want you to know that the entire ''Today'' family will continue to bring you informative and important stories, just as we always have."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bradley |first1=Laura |title=How Today Is Moving into Its Post-Megyn Kelly Era |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/10/megyn-kelly-today-show-replacement |website=Vanity Fair HWD |date=October 29, 2018 |access-date=31 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref>}}

After 20 minutes, the program continued with [[Jenna Bush Hager]] from Studio 6A, the former home of ''Megyn Kelly Today'', where broadcasts of the third hour would begin to be based.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Steinberg |first1=Brian |title=NBC's Third Hour of 'Today' Remains Work in Progress |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/nbc-third-today-hour-savannah-guthrie-hoda-kotb-megyn-kelly-1203006920/ |website=Variety |access-date=October 31, 2018 |date=October 29, 2018}}</ref> Since its debut, the third hour has used a modified nameless opening title sequence compared to the other editions of ''Today''. Various other ''Today'' and NBC News personalities filled in until January, when it was announced that the official hosts would be Al Roker, [[Sheinelle Jones]], [[Dylan Dreyer]] and Craig Melvin, with the show becoming a primarily panel discussion program under the banner of ''The 3rd Hour''. On December 4, 2018, an NBC News spokesperson confirmed that ''The 3rd'' would move to Studio 1A to streamline the production process and create a more seamless broadcast. The last day at Studio 6A was January 4, 2019, with new broadcasts in Studio 1A beginning on January 7.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Steinberg |first1=Brian |title='Today' Third Hour Leaving NBC Studio That Housed Megyn Kelly's Broadcast |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/nbc-today-show-third-hour-megyn-kelly-1203079685/ |website=Variety |access-date=December 14, 2018 |language=en |date=December 4, 2018}}</ref>

====''Today with Jenna & Friends''====
{{Main|Today with Jenna & Friends}}
''Today with Jenna & Friends'' premiered on January 13, 2025, as the fourth hour of ''Today'', succeeding ''Hoda & Jenna''. The program is hosted by [[Jenna Bush Hager]] and guest hosts, and continues to follow a similar format as its predecessor as its own distinct entity.

==== ''Today'' All Day ====
On July 15, 2020, NBC launched '''''Today'' All Day''', a digital extension of ''Today'' which is a streaming video channel on the program's website and [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]].<ref name="todayAllDayDeadline"/> It features blocks of soft news and lifestyle segments drawn from the program, as well as original content hosted by the program's personalities. NBC plans to eventually widen its distribution via third-party internet TV services in addition to its own.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=2020-07-13|title=NBC Taps 'Today' For TV's Streaming Wars With 'All Day' Video Feed (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/today-all-day-streaming-video-tv-news-1234704425/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=Variety|language=en}}</ref>