NBC is desperately trying to breathe new life into the today show but it's not working and the reason is that the ghost of Ann Curry hovers over Matt Lauer like a death knell. Let's face it, the viewers are turned off with Matt Lauer and every time they switch from ABC (the top morning show now), they see Matt Lauer and remember how shabbily the network treated Ann Curry at the insistence of then Top Banana Matt Lauer. I've already stated previously that as a serious journalist, she didn't belong there, she couldn't switch from fluff to serious issues as effortlessly as the previous anchors, especially Katie Couric; but they should have tried to help her and allowed her to finish her contract - that public firing (no matter how much money they gave her) was mortifying to the viewers who rallied behind her and they got even by deserting the Today Show in droves. I predicted they would do that then and I predict they will stay away till the network puts a new face in there, a face that's not tainted by scandal. Matt Lauer is excellent and he enjoyed a good run but nobody is irreplaceable and he's become damaged goods. It's true he had no chemistry with Ann Curry, it's true they were losing viewers, but blaming Ann Curry for everything wasn't fair. They self destructed by firing her so ignonimously and they're self destructing by keeping Matt Lauer there long after he's outlived his purpose.
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