NEW YORK – Innovation is nothing new at the Today Show. The first early morning news program, and one of the longest running shows on television (it debuted on January 14, 1952), this American icon has thrived by pioneering new concepts like the celebrity meteorologist, and early morning concerts by major recording stars. In keeping […]
NEW YORK – Even the most diehard TV trivia fans might be hard pressed to identify Dave Garroway, but on January 14, 1952, the laidback Midwesterner made history when he stepped up to the microphone for the first episode of the Today Show. Fast forward 790 months, and America’s oldest morning news program (and fifth […]
Every weekday shortly after midnight, when many designers are just getting to bed, Peter Greenbaum is waking up to begin another day lighting an American icon. For the past four years, this native New Yorker has been lighting The Today Show, the most popular (among adults) and longest running morning show in the US. Through […]
NEW YORK – Live performances by musical icons have become as much a part of the early morning routine for many in the US as warm muffins and hot coffee. A big reason why is The Today Show’s unbroken 21-year run of summer superstar concerts, the first series of its kind on morning network television. […]
NEW YORK – From her ska band days with No Doubt, Gwen Stefani has filled every stage she ever set foot on with flair, style and an unmistakable swagger. When the platinum blonde multi-Grammy winner appeared on The Today Show’s Citi Concert Series recently with her trademark deep red lipstick and backed by dancers in […]
NEW YORK – After 12 years of being sponsored by Toyota, the TODAY show’s popular musical performances at Rockefeller Center began a new life as “The Citi Concert Series.” It isn’t every day that such an iconic piece of American TV culture changes sponsors, so it wasn’t surprising that the rechristened program, which is now […]
NEW YORK – It was back to the future in midtown Manhattan recently as two superstars who got their start in the ’80s grabbed the Big Apple spotlight. Madonna delighted a sold-out crowd in Madison Square Garden on the second US stop of her Rebel Heart Tour on a Wednesday night. A few hours later […]
NEW YORK – Multi-Grammy Award winner Keith Urban has carved out a unique niche in the country music genre since he arrived on the scene in the 1990s by combing raw musical power with sweet uplifting lyrics. Urban was his usual open, carefree and engaging self when he appeared on The Today Show Summer Concert […]
NEW YORK – Grammy-nominated singer Meghan Trainor has been making waves ever since she burst on the music scene. It’s not just her highly resonant voice and distinctive blend of blue eyed soul, doo-wop and pop that make this effervescent star stand out, it’s also the confident, carefree way she defies expectations about body types […]
NEW YORK – Bronx–born Bachata superstar Romeo Santos has chalked up many milestones in his hometown of late.