Today
David Higgins, Andy Cohen, Ree Drummond
TV Flash files “David Higgins, Andy Cohen, Ree Drummond” as a desk essential hour — Today (1952–present) on NBC, season 2023, episode 220, aired 2023-11-02, 180 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2023E220: listed hour 1489 of 2220 in the Today guide, hour 220 of 261 in season 2023. It aired 2023-11-02 (180 min). The listed hour before it is “Katie Couric, Meg Ryan, David Duchovny, Chaka Khan, LeVar Burton, Usher” (S2023E219). Next is “Chef Tiffany Derry, Vanessa Hudgens” (S2023E221). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Essential hour: “David Higgins, Andy Cohen, Ree Drummond”. David Higgins, Andy Cohen, Ree Drummond: guest-stack morning as the original American contract, still fighting every weekday.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Fertility Benefits: A Look at the Cost and How Families Can Manage. TODAY Style: 5 Things I Can't Live Without as a Beauty Editor with Sarah Eggenberger. Asked and Answered: Sleep Edition Ahead of Changing the Clocks with Dr. Rebecca Robbins. TODAY Table: Shortcut Weeknight Dinners with Elizabeth Heiskell. Know Your Words: How to Pay for Your Holiday. Impact Thursday: Lanny Smith on Actively Black Apparel. Shop All Day: Hosting Multitaskers with Alejandra Ramos. Life Lessons: How to Be Selfish… the Good Way with Stephanie Szostak. Citi Music Series: David Higgins. TODAY's Talk. Trend or Pretend. Catching Up with Andy Cohen. TODAY Food with Ree Drummond. Beauty Around the Globe with Dr. Dendy Engelman.
Viewer FAQ
Where does David Higgins, Andy Cohen, Ree Drummond sit in the Today guide?
S2023E220 is listed hour 1489 of 2220 — hour 220 of 261 in season 2023, season 2023 episode 220.
When did Today S2023E220 air?
David Higgins, Andy Cohen, Ree Drummond aired 2023-11-02 and is listed at 180 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Garroway's street-facing studio mix: news, weather, chatter. J. Fred Muggs is the 1950s mascot lore, not a side quest.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Today invented waking up with television: Dave Garroway, a chimpanzee co-host, and the mix of news, weather, and chatter still fighting every weekday morning. A 2026 reader watches the original American morning-show contract — coffee, headlines, and the idea that a network should greet you before work.
The look is coffee, headlines, and a chimpanzee in the contract. NBC's *Today* premiered January 14, 1952: Dave Garroway from a street-facing New York studio, Pat Weaver's concept of morning television as a daily utility, Jack Lescoulie and Frank Blair rounding the original company, J. Fred Muggs as 1950s mascot sensation and, in the lore, a ratings assist. Mix of news, interviews, and light features. Peak decade energy in a window that still fights every weekday. The timeline can stan a co-host war. The…
Filed against
- Dave Garroway as Host
Dave Garroway invented waking up with television on Today — a chimpanzee co-host, coffee, headlines, the mix of news, weather, and chatter still fighting every weekday morning. 1950s network contract: a host who made dawn feel like a…
- Jack Lescoulie as Announcer / co-host
Jack Lescoulie co-hosted and announced Today — coffee, headlines, and the 1950s invention of waking up with television. Dave Garroway, a chimpanzee in the mix, chatter fighting the clock every weekday morning. TV Flash files him as the…
- Frank Blair as Newsreader
Frank Blair read the news on Today — Dave Garroway, a chimpanzee co-host, the original American morning-show contract of coffee, headlines, and the idea a network should wake you. TV Flash files him as 1950s dawn craft: the voice that…
- J. Fred Muggs as Mascot
J. Fred Muggs was Today's chimpanzee co-host — Dave Garroway, news, weather, and chatter, the original American morning-show contract. Coffee, headlines, the idea that a network should wake up with you. TV Flash files him as 1950s mascot…