On Thursday, NBC's "Today" show celebrated 25 years of their morning show at Studio 1A. To mark the anniversary, the network shared a 5-minute video celebrating "special moments" over the years, starting with a shot of Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel in the '90s, and including clips of anchors including Al Roker, Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie.
Notably absent from the tribute? Matt Lauer, who was a face of the program for more than 20 years.
Lauer was fired from "Today" in November 2017 for inappropriate sexual behavior at work. Up until then, he had been a part of many viewers' mornings: He was named co-anchor of NBC's morning news program in 1997, covering everything from the Olympics to interviews with presidents.
So "Today" viewers on Twitter were quick to note that he wasn't included in the anniversary video.
There were people who thought he should be included because he's part of the show "family."
And other who thought he should be in the video because he anchored for "all those years."
Others who joked that NBC used super-powered stones and editing finesse to erase Lauer.
And people who thought that excluding Lauer was the right thing to do.
Lauer wasn't the only anchor obviously omitted from the tribute. There were several other "Today" alumni who didn't have screen time, including Ann Curry, the journalist who co-anchored with Lauer, was unceremoniously forced to exit the show in 2012, and who said later that she was "not surprised" by the Lauer allegations.
Many on Twitter called NBC out for not featuring Curry, saying it "looks like they only looked back that last 5 years."
"Where is Ann Curry?" a number of people asked.
Some wondered if NBC was worried including her "would remind viewers of the shoddy way she was treated."
NBC has not responded to USA TODAY's request for comment on the video.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2019/06/20/today-excludes-matt-lauer-ann-curry-25th-anniversary-video/1518135001/
2019-06-21 00:59:00Z
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