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Savannah Guthrie sits for 1st interview on NBC’s ‘Today’ after mother’s abduction

Savannah Guthrie sits for 1st interview on NBC’s ‘Today’ after mother’s abduction

Published by Sam Flores

Savannah Guthrie will appear Thursday on NBC’s “Today” for the first time since the Feb. 1 abduction of her mother. The NBC morning program announced Wednesday that Guthrie sat for an interview with Hoda Kotb that will air over the next two days. A clip of the sitdown shows her describing the personal pain she has gone through while police continute to search for her mother who has been missing for 50 days. The co-host has been off “Today” since Feb. 2, the day after learning her mother Nancy was abducted from her Tucson home. Law enforcement continues to investigate the case but have no suspects or significant leads. Guthrie has been in Tucson with her family during most of her time off. She canceled plans to be a part of NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics in Milan. She has only appeared on TV and social media to deliver messages asking for the public’s help in finding her mother. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen Jan. 31, when she spent the evening with family …

NBC’s ‘Access Hollywood’ is canceled as daytime TV audiences shrink

NBC’s ‘Access Hollywood’ is canceled as daytime TV audiences shrink

Published by Sam Flores

NBCUniversal is cutting “Access Hollywood” and several other of its daytime talk shows, effectively ending its first-run syndication business as daytime television atrophies. The company confirmed that “Access Hollywood,” and its counterpart “Access Live,” will be coming to an end in September. The shows, produced in Los Angeles, are currently hosted by Mario Lopez, Kit Hoover, Scott Evans and Zuri Hall. Talk shows “Karamo” and “The Steve Wilkos Show,” produced out of NBC’s facility in Stamford, Conn., are also shutting down. The programs have already completed their production for the season and will run through the summer. NBC previously announced that “The Kelly Clarkson Show” is also ending later this year after seven seasons. “The Steve Wilkos Show” ran for 19 seasons. The host is a former bouncer for “The Jerry Springer Show.” Francis Berwick, chairman of Bravo and Peacock unscripted, said in a statement that the company will continue to distribute library episodes of its talk programs and network shows such as “Law & Order.” But NBCU’s days of launching series for daytime and …