Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and is the fifth-longest running American television series. Originally a two-hour program on weekdays, it expanded to Sundays in 1987 and Saturdays in 1992. The weekday broadcast expanded to three hours in 2000, and to four hours in 2007. Today's dominance was virtually unchallenged by the other networks until the late 1980s, when it was overtaken by ABC's Good Morning America. Today retook the Nielsen ratings lead the week of December 11, 1995, and held onto that position for 852 consecutive weeks until the week of April 9, 2012, when it was beaten by Good Morning America yet again. In 2002, Today was ranked #17 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest Television Shows of All Time.
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Season 1 1952 | 253 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 14, 1952 |
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Season 2 1953 | 261 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1953 |
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Season 3 1954 | 260 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1954 |
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Season 4 1955 | 260 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 03, 1955 |
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Season 5 1956 | 260 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 02, 1956 |
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Season 6 1957 | 261 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1957 |
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Season 7 1958 | 261 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1958 |
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Season 8 1959 | 257 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1959 |
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Season 9 1960 | 260 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 04, 1960 |
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Season 10 1961 | 258 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 04, 1961 |
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Season 11 1962 | 258 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1962 |
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Season 12 1963 | 257 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 07, 1963 |
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Season 13 1964 | 259 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 06, 1964 |
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Season 14 1965 | 258 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 06, 1965 |
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Season 15 1966 | 257 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 04, 1966 |
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Season 16 1967 | 255 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 03, 1967 |
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Season 17 1968 | 257 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1968 |
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Season 18 1969 | 258 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 02, 1969 |
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Season 19 1970 | 257 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 02, 1970 |
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Season 20 1971 | 256 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 04, 1971 |
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Season 21 1972 | 255 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 04, 1972 |
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Season 22 1973 | 255 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 02, 1973 |
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Season 23 1974 | 261 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1974 |
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Season 24 1975 | 257 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1975 |
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Season 25 1976 | 258 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1976 |
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Season 26 1977 | 256 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 03, 1977 |
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Season 27 1978 | 260 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 02, 1978 |
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Season 28 1979 | 259 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1979 |
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Season 29 1980 | 262 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1980 |
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Season 30 1981 | 261 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1981 |
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Season 31 1982 | 261 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1982 |
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Season 32 1983 | 260 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 03, 1983 |
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Season 33 1984 | 266 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 02, 1984 |
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Season 34 1985 | 262 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 08, 1985 |
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Season 35 1986 | 502 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 09, 1986 |
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Season 36 1987 | 463 EpisodesToday - premiered on December 15, 1987 |
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Season 37 1989 | 241 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 28, 1989 |
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Season 38 1990 | 258 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 10, 1990 |
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Season 39 1991 | 260 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 09, 1991 |
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Season 40 1992 | 258 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 09, 1992 |
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Season 41 1993 | 263 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 06, 1993 |
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Season 42 1994 | 265 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 12, 1994 |
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Season 43 1995 | 255 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 18, 1995 |
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Season 44 1996 | 260 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 09, 1996 |
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Season 45 1997 | 269 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 08, 1997 |
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Season 46 1998 | 246 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 21, 1998 |
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Season 47 1999 | 265 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 06, 1999 |
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Season 48 2000 | 262 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 18, 2000 |
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Season 49 2001 | 269 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 24, 2001 |
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Season 50 2002 | 239 EpisodesToday - premiered on October 07, 2002 |
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Season 51 2003 | 285 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 08, 2003 |
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Season 52 2004 | 240 EpisodesToday - premiered on October 11, 2004 |
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Season 53 2005 | 255 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 12, 2005 |
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Season 54 2006 | 252 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 04, 2006 |
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Season 55 2007 | 257 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 10, 2007 |
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Season 56 2008 | 200 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 08, 2008 |
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Season 57 2008 | 1 EpisodesToday - premiered on February 12, 2008 |
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Season 58 2009 | 1 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 2009 |
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Season 59 1970 | 1 EpisodesToday - premiered on January 01, 1970 |
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Season 60 2011 | 264 EpisodesToday - premiered on April 12, 2011 |
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Season 61 2011 | 364 EpisodesToday - premiered on December 31, 2011 |
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Season 62 2012 | 205 EpisodesToday - premiered on December 31, 2012 |
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Season 63 2016 | 4 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 08, 2016 |
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Season 64 2018 | 2 EpisodesToday - premiered on November 15, 2018 |
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Season 65 2020 | 1 EpisodesToday - premiered on September 08, 2020 |
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Season 67 2022 | 1 EpisodesToday - premiered on March 09, 2022 |
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Al Roker | Self |
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