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Savannah Guthrie Replacing Ann Curry On ‘Today Show’ Starting Tomorrow

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Ann Curry's chair isn't even cold yet ... but "Today" producers have already lined up a new ass to fill it for tomorrow's show ... and it belongs to Savannah Guthrie -- the woman who will replace Curry.

NBC sources tell us, Savannah will be anchoring with Matt Lauer Friday ... and it's "likely" they will formally announce the big switch during the show.

We're told the reason it's likely is because Matt is on vacation all next week for the holiday -- and the network wants to announce his new co-host while he's still around ... to show a united front.

TMZ broke the story ... Ann would be getting the chop after Matt made it clear he didn't want to work with her anymore. The declining ratings at "Today" didn't help.

After Ann's emotional exit announcement on Thursday's show, sources say she was in no mood to talk ... and kept quiet by herself in the studio until it was time to leave.

During exit negotiations, Ann had previously demanded the remaining $20 million of her co-hosting contract -- but NBC didn't want to pay her that kinda cash. It's unclear what kind of payout Ann will get, but our sources say NBC offered $10 mil.

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avpdx 29th-Jun-2012 02:16 am (UTC)
what in the world is wrong with matt lauer, friday @ 8am
pixiegerms 29th-Jun-2012 02:17 am (UTC)
eaux
hairdidright 29th-Jun-2012 02:18 am (UTC)
HUN, you get that $10 million dollar and extended contract sis! You go fuck hot men all over the world while Matt Lauer is over here balding and taking diarrhea shits in the outhouse on the NBC Today Show lot!!!
kanonot 29th-Jun-2012 02:40 am (UTC)
i read this in the other post, and i loled. loling here too.
kapuki234 29th-Jun-2012 02:41 am (UTC)
LOL
hannahgrace456 29th-Jun-2012 03:03 am (UTC)
I'm picturing this comment being read with the expression of your icon. Dead.
muzicnem 29th-Jun-2012 05:52 am (UTC)
lmaooo
kstew 29th-Jun-2012 06:31 pm (UTC)
omg lmao
kurtvonnegut 29th-Jun-2012 02:18 am (UTC)
... why wouldn't she start the day after ann left? are they supposed to wear black for 6 months and leave her chair empty or something?
dirkismyhomeboy 29th-Jun-2012 02:19 am (UTC)
I wish Tamron Hall could be on the Today's Show with Matt. I love her.
eccentricvibe 29th-Jun-2012 02:20 am (UTC)
Same even though I think Savannah will do a good job.
lilyginny27 29th-Jun-2012 02:19 am (UTC)
What a douche move. I can't with these ppl. Ann didn't deserve this.
mirandagirll 29th-Jun-2012 02:21 am (UTC)
ia
iheartfamke 29th-Jun-2012 02:20 am (UTC)
What?? She got fired because Matt Lauer didn't want to work with her, wtf???
animalyears 29th-Jun-2012 02:22 am (UTC)
I didn't realize anyone under the age of 40 cared about these people
jasonbeast 29th-Jun-2012 03:15 am (UTC)
It's been a much bigger deal on ONTD than I expected.
laurie_springs 29th-Jun-2012 04:12 am (UTC)
ditto
eccentricvibe 29th-Jun-2012 02:23 am (UTC)
It pissed me off that when they sent Ann off they didn't even bother to play different clips and highlights of her run on the Today Show. It's like they had her talk for a couple of minutes and Matt and Natalie just sat there pretending to care.
handsdowntoo 29th-Jun-2012 02:25 am (UTC)
That is cold. They have handled this so horribly. Not everything works out but they could have kept hush hush about her exit and let her leave with some dignity and respect. She's been with the show forever.

jbeans3 29th-Jun-2012 02:26 am (UTC)
It was so underwhelming like they really dgaf
georgiana08 29th-Jun-2012 02:27 am (UTC)
They were probably trying to draw as little attention to it as they could. It was definitely a stark contrast to the incredible goodbye they gave Meredith last year.
emmy0001 29th-Jun-2012 03:33 am (UTC)
ikr
platinum_yum 29th-Jun-2012 07:18 am (UTC)
That goodbye was totally over the top though, especially since she'd only been there for a few years. But yeah, it's still wrong that they didn't do anything.
parisdiorchanel 29th-Jun-2012 03:19 pm (UTC)
The thing they did to Journey gave me secondhand embarrassment omg. D:
_tasty 29th-Jun-2012 02:33 am (UTC)
nbc is classless and rude. when matt was saying a few words to her after she announced it was her last day, she looked like she wanted nothing to do with him.
backupblood 29th-Jun-2012 02:54 am (UTC)
You could tell Al was holding back for most of that. I would love to hear all the secrets he's kept; you know they would be guuud
andgedem 29th-Jun-2012 03:34 am (UTC)
It rubbed me the wrong way too. Like, are they really going to ignore the fact that she's been there for 15 years?
marmar627 29th-Jun-2012 11:29 am (UTC)
It was totally rude that they did it this way. It was even more sudden than the Conan shit. I cannot with NBC/NBC News.
devourlove 29th-Jun-2012 02:23 am (UTC)
"but NBC didn't want to pay her that kinda cash. It's unclear what kind of payout Ann will get, but our sources say NBC offered $10 mil.

hmmmT
emofordino 29th-Jun-2012 04:16 am (UTC)
that's so shitty imo. they're breaking her contract after only a year! she at least deserves the rest of the money they promised. i know she has the foreign correspondent job, but that's not going to have nearly the airtime or paycheck as a daily morning news show.
georgiana08 29th-Jun-2012 02:23 am (UTC)
Matt's on vacation again next week? Sometimes it feel like he's gone more than he's there.

I don't blame Ann for not being chatty after the show. I wouldn't be either if I'd just had to announce my own firing on national television.
emofordino 29th-Jun-2012 04:21 am (UTC)
SERIOUSLY. especially all the nasty shit everyone was saying about her. NBC is so shitty to their employees, omg. it kind of reminds me a lot of what happened with conan and jay leno a couple years ago, except i'd imagine conan has a different fanbase than ann curry does. she's going to do well as a foreign correspondent though, at least.
emizee 29th-Jun-2012 02:24 am (UTC)
Did they just kick her out for no reason??
eccentricvibe 29th-Jun-2012 02:27 am (UTC)
Ratings were going down and Matt didn't want to work with her anymore.
beating_heartss 29th-Jun-2012 02:29 am (UTC)
wtff why?!
jbeans3 29th-Jun-2012 02:25 am (UTC)
They did Ann soo dirty
iheartweasleys 29th-Jun-2012 02:25 am (UTC)
I wish someone paid me 10 mil just to leave!
/sometimes employed but mostly not, problems
fancypiink 29th-Jun-2012 02:26 am (UTC)
what if the ratings continue to go down even after ann curry is replaced? can't they just get rid of matt lauer? he sounds like a big time douche.
_tasty 29th-Jun-2012 02:27 am (UTC)
they upped his contract. i dont know why. he's the obvious reason for the ratings flop imo
sglitzys 29th-Jun-2012 02:27 am (UTC)
I hope that happens actually.
getbacknow 29th-Jun-2012 02:32 am (UTC)
idgaf about Matt lauer but he's really popular so unless thy decide to become a young people's show hosted by rocsi and nick cannon they're going to build the show around matt for sure.
fancypiink 29th-Jun-2012 04:04 am (UTC)
he is? i had never heard of him until today, i had heard about ann though.
likegunfire 29th-Jun-2012 02:37 am (UTC)
sadly that won't happen
it's never the white man's fault, even if the ratings do keep slipping
backupblood 29th-Jun-2012 02:55 am (UTC)
The industry always loves to scapegoat women whenever there are problems, like when Katie was blamed for the CBS Evening News's downturn
go3x 29th-Jun-2012 04:20 am (UTC)
Oh, I hope the ratings fall to a record low after this. NBC deserves all the bad karma they can get. This is just tasteless.
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