NBC Universal is courting Ryan Seacrest as a potential replacement for Matt Lauer on the Today show, the Wall Street Journal reports. The paper says NBC News, Today show, and NBC network executives met with Seacrest on Tuesday about the possibilty of him joining the morning talker. The discussions with Seacrest include multiple possibilities that might enhance his role within the broader corporate context at Comcast and NBC Universal. Seacrest’s existing deal with Comcast/NBCUniversal expires next year. He serves as host and producer of a daily news show on E! network as well as E!’s red-carpet specials. Seacrest’s prolific TV production company is also based at E! A Seacrest spokeswoman would say only that negotiations with NBC Universal were ongoing.

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...wants to turn the first three hours of "THE TODAY SHOW" into "LIVE WITH RYAN AND ANN", they're making a big mistake!

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Seacrest is a skilled broadcaster and a good interview who could easily slip into the job. But will he be taken seriously as a news person?

Ryan Seacrest is the most OVERRATED TV Personality EVER
If he takes over The Today Show, then it's bye-bye Today

It's bad enough that he's on American Top 40 (which I don't listen to much ever since Casey Kasem Retired from the show) and BTW, he's NOT FUNNY on AT40 and not to mention, he's on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve and now this

God Help Us All if this happens

and BTW, I only watch New Year's Rockin' Eve for Mr. Clark not for Seacrest or Fergie

Ryan Seacrest is the most OVERRATED TV Personality EVER
If he takes over The Today Show, then it's bye-bye Today

It's bad enough that he's on American Top 40 (which I don't listen to much ever since Casey Kasem Retired from the show) and BTW, he's NOT FUNNY on AT40 and not to mention, he's on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve and now this

God Help Us All if this happens

and BTW, I only watch New Year's Rockin' Eve for Mr. Clark not for Seacrest or Fergiei agree with everthing you said

I like Seacrest just fine, but doesn't he have enough jobs already? If this goes, this will be a huge mistake.