Weekend Today | |
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Also known as | Saturday Today & Sunday Today |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producer | Matthew Carluccio |
Production locations | Studio 1A, NBC Studios, New York City, New York Studio N5, NBC News Studios, Washington, D.C. (Saturday 2020–2023) |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 88–104 minutes (Saturday) 44–52 minutes (Sunday) |
Production company | NBC News Productions |
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Network | NBC |
Release | September 20, 1987 present | –
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Today | |
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Weekend editions of Today, an American morning news and talk program that airs daily on NBC, began with the launch of the Sunday edition of the program on September 20, 1987. After NBC expanded Today to seven days a week in the 1990s, the name Weekend Today was adapted primarily for promotional purposes.
The Saturday edition of the program, titled Saturday Today since March 2022, is broadcast live in alignment with the weekday editions of Today from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Since 2017, however, the Saturday broadcast is frequently shortened by a half-hour (sometimes even shorter/preempted due to earlier sports start times) to accommodate Premier League soccer matches or other sports events that start before 1:00 p.m. ET, allowing NBC stations to also accommodate programs from The More You Know block displaced from their normal timeslots to fulfill educational content quotas. Some affiliates outside the Eastern Time Zone air it live, and others on tape-delay. Thus, it may air on some NBC stations as early as 5:00 or 6:00 a.m. local time.
Meanwhile, the Sunday edition, titled Sunday Today with Willie Geist since April 17, 2016, airs from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. ET. Some NBC affiliates choose to air local morning newscasts before and after both Saturday and Sunday editions of the program.