On 15 February 2014 21:28, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote:

> I suspect they went with Lauer initially because they knew he'd deliver,
> but they didn't want to keep using him or pull additional personnel from
> Today so as to avoid burning those anchors out and/or affecting the
> production scheudle on any pretaped segments for week 2.
>

I have heard suggestions that Lauer being first up may have been Jim Bell's
way of giving him the opportunity to look like a team player and counteract
the damage done to his reputation by his rumored role in the debacle that
was Ann Curry's exit.

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