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Just The Way He Wasn’t: NBC Screws Up Obituary of Billy Joel’s Producer

Here's one example for why network newscasts should have a corrections feature. On Saturday night, NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt announced the death of legendary pop music producer Phil Ramone. He announced he was 72, and his birth year on screen said 1941. They were only wrong by... -

Just The Way He Wasn't: NBC Screws Up Obituary of Billy Joel's Producer

Here's one example for why network newscasts should have a corrections feature. On Saturday night, NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt announced the death of legendary pop music producer Phil Ramone. He announced he was 72, and his birth year on screen said 1941. They were only wrong by seven years... read more

NBC Touts ‘Controversial Theories’ About Pope’s Resignation That Claim Scandal ‘As Big As Watergate’

On Friday's NBC Today, fill-in co-host Lester Holt hyped unfounded speculation surrounding the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI: "More than a week after his resignation became official, there are still a lot of controversial theories about why Pope Benedict XVI stepped down. NBC's chief... -

Darius Rucker, Randy Houser Appear On NBC's Nightly News With Musicians On Call

Darius Rucker and Randy Houser both have reason to celebrate as stars with top radio chart hits in "Wagon Wheel" and "How Country Feels" but they love to be able to give back and tonight NBC's Lester Holt is going to put the artists and Musicians On Call in the Spotlight. Read more here!

Inauguration 2013: NBC Coverage Plans

NBC News will be providing extensive coverage of President Obama’s inauguration, both during the official swearing-in on Sunday, and at the ceremonial event on Monday. On Sunday Lester Holt will lead the network’s coverage, first on “Today,” and then again during a special report for the swearing-in around noon. Show More Summary

Lester Holt: Jazz Man

Who knew NBC anchor Lester Holt was a jazz aficionado? On tonight’s “NBC Nightly News” Holt profiles an underground jazz club in Brooklyn. Not content to merely cover it as a journalist, Holt decided to take to the stage himself with his bass, and but out some tunes. WATCH: New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Hagel, the Debt Ceiling, and More

8:00 a.m. E.T. My “Today” colloquy with Lester Holt on post-Cliff America: LESTER HOLT: Before we talk about where Congress is, let me get your thoughts on Chuck Hagel, former Republican senator. If the President picks him, is he in for a confirmation fight in the Senate? MARK HALPERIN: He’s going to be in for [...]

VIDEO: Lester and Stefan Holt Anchor the WMAQ Noon Newscast

Lester Holt joined his son, NBC Chicago anchor Stefan Holt, at the anchor desk for the station’s noon newscast today. “I invited myself to co-anchor the noon news on channel 5,” Lester admitted. “And he invited himself to Thanksgiving dinner as well,” Stefan added. Show More Summary

Lester Holt Anchors with His Son on NBC Chicago: ‘I invited myself to co-anchor the noon news’

Lester Holt joined his son, NBC Chicago anchor Stefan Holt, at the anchor desk for the station’s noon newscast today. “I invited myself to co-anchor the noon news on channel 5,” Lester admitted. “And he invited himself to Thanksgiving dinner as well,” Stefan added. Show More Summary

Lester Holt to Anchor With His Son on NBC Chicago: ‘I have to be on my A-game’

Lester Holt is in Chicago for the Thanksgiving holiday, but technically, he won’t be on vacation. The NBC News anchor will share the anchor desk at NBC Chicago tomorrow afternoon with his son, Stefan Holt. Stefan Holt joined WMAQ in 2011 as the station’s morning anchor. Show More Summary

Lester Holt to Join Son Stefan at WMAQ Anchor Desk: ‘I have to be on my A-game’

WMAQ anchor Stefan Holt is teaming up with his father, NBC News anchor Lester Holt, on the NBC O&O’s noon newscast Friday. “I asked him: You’re not working on Thanksgiving are you?” Lester Holt told the station. “He said, ‘Actually I...Show More Summary

Lester Holt and Son Sharing Turkey, Anchor Desk for Thanksgiving

Jenna Wolfe Upset With Demotion To News Reader On 'Weekend Today,' Erica Hill Is New Co-Host

By Jen Heger - Radar Assistant Managing Editor As Erica Hill made her debut as co-host beside Lester Holt on Weekend Today, Jenna Wolfe, who was demoted from that job and is now the show's news reader, is telling friends she is extremely...Show More Summary

‘We Want to Welcome the Newest Member of the Today Family’

Erica Hill co-hosted her first Weekend “Today” show this morning alongside longtime anchor Lester Holt. And, as has become a tradition at “Today”, Holt paused, and replayed the “…and Erica Hill” voiceover. “That has a nice ring to it. Show More Summary

Erica Hill Will Co-Anchor NBC's Weekend Today

Erica Hill is joining Weekend Today to anchor opposite Lester Holt beginning this weekend, and she will be joining the show alongside Erica Hill and Jenna Wolfe on November 3. The former Anderson Cooper 360 and CBS Morning Show employee was rumored for the position several weeks ago.

It’s Official: Erica Hill Named ‘Weekend Today’ Co-Anchor

NBC News has made it official: former “CBS This Morning” co-anchor Erica Hill will be joining Lester Holt as the co-anchor of “Weekend Today.” Hill will also serve as a national correspondent for NBC News, reporting for all of its platforms. In...Show More Summary

It’s Official: Erica Hill Joins Weekend ‘Today’ As Co-Anchor

Erica Hill will join NBC’s Weekend Today as co-anchor alongside Lester Holt, news anchor Jenna Wolfe, and meteorologist Dylan Dreyer beginning Sunday, NBC News president Steve Capus said today. Hill also has been named an NBC News national correspondent, and she will report for Today, NBC Nightly News and MSNBC. Show More Summary

Hurricane Sandy Wire: See a New Jersey Restaurant Filled With Four Feet of Sand

Here's a news report from Lester Holt at the Lido Cafe, a beachside restaurant attached to the White Sands Oceanfront Resort & Spa in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. The restaurant was filled with around four feet of sand —...

Weekend Anchors Head to Battleground States

NBC’s Lester Holt and ABC’s David Muir are hitting the road and will anchor their newscasts from Florida tomorrow. Holt will anchor from The University of Tampa while Muir will be across the state on Boca Raton, site of Monday’s final...Show More Summary

The Race “Today”

10:15 a.m. E.T. Lester Holt and I kick around the overall state of the race, “Romnesia,” the foreign policy debate, and more on the fabled NBC News morning program Saturday: LESTER HOLT: All the buzz phrases from this election — ”binders full of women,” “you didn’t build that, “47 percent,” now “Romnesia” — where do we [...]