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Matt Lauer’s “Freaked Out” By Name Calling Over Ann Curry’s TODAY Firing!
Matt Lauer is getting more than just a huge, $25 million dollar contract for doing the Today show, he’s also getting called names!
According to TMZ, Matt can’t walk down the streets of Manhattan without someone belittling and berating him for getting Ann Curry kicked off the show. A source at the network says he’s “miserable” over what he believes are hateful and unfair tirades. Matt says the harassment is constant, with people screaming things like “You’re a bad guy,”and “You got Ann fired. Does that make you happy?”
I would think the answer would be ‘Yes’ as part of Matt reportedly demanded TODAY fire Ann before renewing his contract.
Another source stated; “It’s driving him crazy. He’s so unhappy.”
Oh well. Poor overpaid Matt may be ”unhappy” but he is under contract with the show, so he can rest assured his bank account will remain intact, even if his reputation is going down the toilet.
TELL US – DOES MATT DESERVE THE NAME CALLING?
Matt Lauer’s TODAY Show Team Comes to His Defense
Matt Lauer may be single-handedly killing the Today show, but it isn’t stopping his past and present team from rallying around him.
Former co-anchor of Today, Katie Couric, fondly recalls a prank Matt pulled on her in a Florida hotel room, when he had the staff hide his picture all over Katie’s room. She tells Page Six Magazine (out this Thursday); “He had someone put one under my pillow with things like, ‘Hi, look who you’re sleeping with tonight’ written on it,” she tells the mag. “He had someone put one on the minibar that said, ‘Get out of here.’ The piece de resistance was when I lifted up the toilet seat and there he was. They had taped a photo of him under the toilet, and it said, ‘Yep, here I am, too.’
Al Roker is also weighing in regards to Matt’s “Diva” behaviour saying it’s “just a crock.” Al also shares a story; “One day we were traveling, and I was sitting across from [Matt], and I look over and he’s looking at his laptop, and he’s crying. I’m like, ‘What the heck?’ He’s watching ‘The Notebook,’ and the tears are just flowing.”
So who are we to believe? Katie and Al or the bitter, disgruntled folks on staff now? Time will certainly reveal the truth.
TELL US – IS MATT AS ‘EVIL’ AS THEY WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE?
Today Show’s Ratings Plummet to an All New Low! Does Matt Lauer Need to Be Fired?
Matt Lauer’s days may be numbered on Today as the show hits an all-time low in the ratings falling below Good Morning America by the biggest margin in more than 10 years.
According to Brian Stelter of the New York Times, the November ratings for both shows are out and not surprisingly, GMA won the sweeps month!
GMA averaged 5.31 million viewers in November, 466,000 more than NBC’s “Today” show. The race was however closer among the 25- to 54-year-olds demographic (the demo the advertisers covet) as GMA only had 28,000 more viewers than “Today” in that category.
TODAY even experienced a new low on Wednesday, Nov. 28, when GMA won by 1.3 million viewers! Wowzers. It is however believed that large margin was due to tie-ins with the “Dancing With the Stars” series which finished its season the night before.
The somewhat good news for the TODAY show is that they had a slight margin of victory over GMA two weeks ago in the 25- to 54-year-old group. TODAY won that week by 29,000 viewers. However it was an unusual week due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Let’s look at the facts. Today started going down after the controversial move of letting Ann Curry go; Executive producer, Jim Bell, left the show earlier this month; and Matt is rumored to be falling out of favour with some of the viewing audience – between his trying to run the show and on air blunders (mispronouncing a Gershwin song).
TELL US – IS MATT THE REASON TODAY IS GOING DOWN HILL?
Is Matt Lauer’s ‘Damaged Brand’ Dragging Down The Today Show?
The Today’s Show iconic, Matt Lauer, may be single-handedly killing the show’s ratings! If you’re a fan then you know that Ann Curry has been recently replaced with Savannah Guthrie as co-anchor. Why? Because apparently, Matt didn’t like Ann and used her as an easy target to blame on their failure to get ratings.
However since Ann’s June firing, the ratings have yet to improve and now Matt is being blamed for the show’s woes. A former NBC News exec tells the NY Daily News: “This problem is not going to go away until Matt Lauer does. He’s great, but fairly or unfairly, his brand is damaged.”
Sources however believe soon to be new leader of the new production team, Alexandra Wallace, 46, is basically walking into a no win scenario, no matter who she hires and fires, unless it’s Lauer himself. Matt has become focused on his own hide and more often than not is combative with guests who may or may not return as a matter of principle (Tom Cruise).
All this as the ABC and CBS morning shows sit back and collect viewer after viewer from the stunted Today Show. Good call, NBC!
[ Photo Credit: Paul Froggatt / PR Photos]
TELL US – SHOULD MATT BE FIRED OR HAS TODAY JUST RUN ITS COURSE?
Matt Lauer May Have to Take a Pay Cut as Today Show Ratings Decline
Matt Lauer’s 25 million dollar salary may take a turn if ratings don’t pick up over at the Today show. How will he manage?
“Comcast, which now owns NBC Universal, is going through the budgets of each show and right now, they are focusing on the news division. Matt’s salary is the biggest part of the TODAY show’s budget and with Good Morning America now routinely beating them, it’s just hard to justify that salary,” a source tells Radar Online.
Apparently, Lauer’s “likability” plummeted 25 percent in just 12 months. This could be due to the change in co-hosts – Meredith Vieira left Lauer’s side on the morning show’s anchor desk, to be replaced by Ann Curry and then by Savannah Guthrie.
I guess folks aren’t just that into you anymore, Matt. Perhaps you need to get some sexy-back?
“It raises a flag,” Henry Schafer, Executive Vice President of Q Scores, told The News. “These morning shows are driven by personalities — so there’s a real challenge out there for NBC News.” Not to mention, all the turmoil and turbulence of the world today.
But don’t fret, “Matt is under contract so it will have to be a voluntary decision, but the argument will be made that if he doesn’t agree to lose some of his salary than people’s jobs will have to be cut. Bottom line is money will have to be saved somewhere and he will be asked to do the ‘right thing’ by his staff.”
[Photo Credit: Jakes Van Der Watt / PR Photos]
TELL US – SHOULD MATT TAKE A PAY CUT?
As Today’s Ratings Fall, Matt Lauer Turns Into An “Anchor Animal”.
Matt Lauer is an “anchor animal” according to sources inside NBC’s morning show Today.
Anchor animal? Who coined that one?
According to the sources, ever since Today dropped in ratings below rival ABC’s Good Morning America, after being on top for the last 16 years, Lauer, ”has gone so crazy … that staff on Today are not even allowed to mention GMA to him.”
Ratings continued to drop even more after Ann Curry was let go from the show.
Insiders of the show say that he is micromanaging the program, treating employees badly by belittling them and forbidding the usage of the phrase, “Good Morning America”. One source told the NY Post that Lauer is, “making all editorial decisions, he’s running the show and he’s not listening to anyone … it’s a huge problem.”
Geeze Matt, they make pills for your type of crazy.
Another source said that Lauer has made the workplace awful for staff, constantly telling them to, ” to work harder”. Which one source said they find ironic coming “from a guy working four days a week, making millions.”
When asked to comment about these allegations Lauer said this to the Post- “Please print this … it’s the most interesting and dangerous I’ve ever sounded!”
I don’t know if I’d call it interesting and dangerous so much as I’d call it power mad and annoying.
Tell us- Do believe these allegations against Matt Lauer?
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