Today
Overview
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.
Seasons
Season 1
253 Episodes
1952
Season 2
261 Episodes
1953
Season 3
260 Episodes
1954
Season 4
260 Episodes
1955
Season 5
260 Episodes
1956
Season 6
261 Episodes
1957
Season 7
261 Episodes
1958
Season 8
257 Episodes
1959
Season 9
260 Episodes
1960
Season 10
258 Episodes
1961
Season 11
258 Episodes
1962
Season 12
257 Episodes
1963
Season 13
259 Episodes
1964
Season 14
258 Episodes
1965
Season 15
257 Episodes
1966
Season 16
255 Episodes
1967
Season 17
257 Episodes
1968
Season 18
258 Episodes
1969
Season 19
257 Episodes
1970
Season 20
256 Episodes
1971
Season 21
255 Episodes
1972
Season 22
255 Episodes
1973
Season 23
261 Episodes
1974
Season 24
257 Episodes
1975
Season 25
258 Episodes
1976
Season 26
256 Episodes
1977
Season 27
260 Episodes
1978
Season 28
259 Episodes
1979
Season 29
262 Episodes
1980
Season 30
261 Episodes
1981
Season 31
261 Episodes
1982
Season 32
260 Episodes
1983
Season 33
266 Episodes
1984
Season 34
262 Episodes
1985
Season 35
502 Episodes
1986
Season 36
463 Episodes
1987
Season 37
241 Episodes
1989
Season 38
258 Episodes
1990
Season 39
260 Episodes
1991
Season 40
258 Episodes
1992
Season 41
263 Episodes
1993
Season 42
265 Episodes
1994
Season 43
255 Episodes
1995
Season 44
260 Episodes
1996
Season 45
269 Episodes
1997
Season 46
246 Episodes
1998
Season 47
265 Episodes
1999
Season 48
262 Episodes
2000
Season 49
269 Episodes
2001
Season 50
239 Episodes
2002
Season 51
285 Episodes
2003
Season 52
240 Episodes
2004
Season 53
255 Episodes
2005
Season 54
252 Episodes
2006
Season 55
257 Episodes
2007
Season 56
200 Episodes
2008
Season 57
1 Episode
2008
Season 58
1 Episode
2009
Season 59
1 Episode
Season 60
264 Episodes
2011
Season 61
364 Episodes
2011
Season 62
206 Episodes
2012
Season 63
4 Episodes
2016
Season 64
2 Episodes
2018
Season 65
2 Episodes
2020
Season 67
4 Episodes
2022
Season 74
5 Episodes