By Drew Grant 9/13/12 4:33pm

NBC

Savannah Guthrie interviewing Kris Jenner on September 11th (NBC)

NBC’s Half-Assed Apology for Airing Kris Jenner Interview During 9-11 Moment of Silence

September 11th was Tuesday, which most people remembered, what with “Never Forget” being the slogan for the annual commemoration of those who lost their lives or loved ones when the planes crashed into the Twin Towers 11 years ago. NBC might have forgotten the date, however. At least we assumed that’s what happened when it booked Kris Jenner to talk about reality television and filming her daughter’s fake-boob upgrade on Today, making it the only major network out of the Big Three that didn’t air footage from the Pentagon and Ground Zero to honor the Moment of Silence. We were willing to give NBC the benefit of the doubt, something that the network’s President Bill Capus obviously didn’t want. Read More

By Drew Grant 9/11/12 1:36pm

NBC

Kris Jenner, blithely blathering on about some bullshit (NBC)

9/11 Gaffe: NBC Chooses to Air Interview With Kris Jenner About Breast Implants During Moment of Silence

While every other major network today chose to interrupt its normal programming in order to cut to the president observing the annual moment of silence for the fallen heroes and victims of September 11th at Ground Zero and the Pentagon, NBC decided to go an alternate route … by skipping the matter entirely and having Today interview Kris Jenner about breast implants. Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 6/21/12 5:10pm

Timing

LHG

Ann Curry Wanted to Last 20 Years at Today

Well, this is awkward. Ann Curry’s on the cover of the August issue of Ladies’ Home Journal. It doesn’t hit newsstands til July 10 but today the magazine’s website published some quotes in which Ms. Curry—who is being moved out of the co-host chair at NBC’s Today—talks about how much she loves her job.

“I’ve been at Today for 15 years and I’d love to make it to 20. I think eventually I want to become a teacher, like my father wanted to be, and hopefully positively influence the next generation.” Read More

By Foster Kamer 6/14/12 2:56pm

HUSTLE AND FLOW (AND PARENTING)

The Face

Highlights: Matt Lauer Gets the Pimp Hand of Manhattan’s Soccer Mom Madam on Today

If you thought the tale of Anna Gristina—the soccer mom accused of being the ruthless leader of a prostitution ring catering to wealthy, powerful clients that’s supposedly corrupted New York City’s most ostensibly incorruptible people (like the D.A.’s office)—was just a New York story, you were wrong. Matt Lauer interviewed her from Rikers Island for this morning’s Today show. Notable moments: Read More

By Drew Grant 5/11/12 1:21pm

mommy bloggers

Video

Jamie Lynne Grumet on 'Today' (NBC)

Time’s Breastfeeding Blogger on Today: ‘It Did Create Such a Media Craze’

Last week we had Patricia Krentcil, the Tan Mom. This week, thanks to Time magazine’s salacious new cover, the deep-fried New Jersey mother has been pushed aside for Jamie Lynne Grumet, the Breastfeeding Blogger Mom. The 26-year-old was breastfed by her own mother until she was six, and she’s paying it forward by keeping her 3-year-old son on the teat.

Since everyone and their mother seems to have a very vocal opinion on this matter (and the side matter of whether the act of breastfeeding–which is fine in the privacy of your own home where its between you and God–should be the salacious cover of a reputable magazine), the mommy blogger went on Today this morning to explain (once again) how controversial her decision to pose for Time was. Read More