The top-rated morning news show, NBC’s “Today,” is “powered by personal relationships” among its hosts, the Washington Post says. Matt Lauer tells the paper he tried to make things easy when Meredith Vieira joined “Today.” replacing star Katie Couric. “To adjust to a new family that had been together so long, and knew each other so well, that for me was a challenge,” Vieira tells the paper. Meanwhile, Lauer is expected to interview President Obama during the Super Bowl pre-game show, TelevisionWeek reports.
—Jon Lafayette