Today
Jesse Kirsch, Sam Brock
TV Flash files “Jesse Kirsch, Sam Brock” as hour 1539 of 2220 in the TV Flash guide — Today (1952–present) on NBC, season 2024, episode 9, aired 2024-01-11, 120 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2024E09: listed hour 1539 of 2220 in the Today guide, hour 9 of 262 in season 2024. It aired 2024-01-11 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Peter Alexander reports, Dr. John Torres,” (S2024E08). Next is “Kristen Welker, Laura Jarrett” (S2024E10). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After a career that boasts seven national championships, 11 SEC titles and 292 wins, legendary college football coach Nick Saban is hanging up his headset. The 72-year-old is credited with turning the Alabama Crimson Tide back into a powerhouse program after leading them to 6 titles. NBC's Jesse Kirsch reports for TODAY. Royal Caribbean has launched the largest cruise ship in the world, Icon of the Seas. NBC's Sam Brock hopped aboard to tour the massive ship to see all it has to offer, including the largest swim up bar at sea, Broadway's "The Wizard of Oz" and the Crown's Edge walk that allows passengers to dangle along the side of the ship. For 25 years, Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson has risen through the ranks of the NYPD on "Law & Order: SVU," tracking down sexual offenders and comforting victims. Now Hargitay is opening up about her own real-life experience, saying a man raped her in her 30s. NBC's Kate Snow reports for TODAY. Millions are continuing to pick up the pieces of the deadly winter storm that brought snow, tornadoes and torrential rain across much of the country just as a new threat of severe weather moves in. NBC's Emilie Ikeda reports and TODAY's Al Roker tracks the latest forecast.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Jesse Kirsch, Sam Brock sit in the Today guide?
S2024E09 is listed hour 1539 of 2220 — hour 9 of 262 in season 2024, season 2024 episode 9.
When did Today S2024E09 air?
Jesse Kirsch, Sam Brock aired 2024-01-11 and is listed at 120 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…