but it does seem haven t seen a single denial from nbc saying the idea that he will be replaced at the end of 2014 when his contract expires by jimmy fallon. nobody is knocking it down. that looks like it will happen. joe, you did a terrific piece on the matt lauer scandal being billed into media circles. you didn t tell anybody let s look at two front pages. one is a hollywood reporter, almost exactly a year ago when matt signed this $25 million deal to continue the today show and there he is as the hottest guy in the business. cut forward a year. a picture from the same set, hollywood reporter had, and that tells the story. not a good morning. hard to think of anyone who hasn t been involved in a tiger woods scandal or anything of that nature whose brand has been so apparently damaged in such a short space of time over somebody leaving the show that most experts agreed probably wasn t working on the show.
woods scandal or anything of that nature whose brand has been so apparently damaged in such a short space of time over somebody leaving the show that most experts agreed probably wasn t working on the show. well, you re right. it s been one of the most incredible arcs that we ve seen in tv. i think part of it is the view people had of him before and after was such a wide one. the viewers made a judgment on him that was profound when ann curry left. and was it fair, though? i think it was it doesn t really matter if it was fair. the viewers were the judge. they are the judge of who has the highest ratings and they have to believe that what they re seeing on the screen, that these people are nice people, they re a family. i believe that, and at the moment they don t believe it, they don t believe it. and i don t think it helped that behind the scenes there were things that were upsetting and, you know, back-stabbing going on. and ann curry probably didn t help them repair that
guy in the business. cut forward to a year. a picture from the same set, hollywood reporter had, and that tells the story. not a good morning. hard to think of anyone who hasn t been involved in a tiger woods scandal or anything of that nature whose brand has been so apparently damaged in such a short space of time over somebody leaving the show that most experts agreed probably wasn t working on the show. well, you re right. it s been one of the most incredible arcs that we ve seen in tv. i think part of it is the view people had of him before and after was such a wide one. the viewers made a judgment on him that was profound when ann curry left. and was it fair, though? i think it was it doesn t really matter if it was fair. the viewers were the judge. they are the judge of who has the highest ratings and they have to believe that what they re seeing on the screen, that these people are nice people, they re a family. i believe that, and at the moment they don t believe it,