Today
Billianne, Eddie Redmayne, Gayle Rankin
TV Flash files “Billianne, Eddie Redmayne, Gayle Rankin” as hour 1615 of 2220 in the TV Flash guide — Today (1952–present) on NBC, season 2024, episode 85, aired 2024-04-26, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2024E85: listed hour 1615 of 2220 in the Today guide, hour 85 of 262 in season 2024. It aired 2024-04-26 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Jim Gaffigan, Vivica A. Fox” (S2024E84). Next is “Anne Hathaway, Nicholas Galitzine, Melanie Lynskey, Laura Benanti, Scarlett Johansson” (S2024E86). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
(7-9 a.m.) Walmart Employee Headed to Olympic Trials. TODAY Home: Mistakes You're Making During Spring Cleaning with Jessica Teich. Performance by Billianne. (9-10 a.m.) How to Handle Your Career at Any Stage of Your Life with Johnny C. Taylor. Generation Next: Highest Paid Women's Soccer Player María Sánchez and What This Means for Women's Sports. Kate Walsh and Whitney White on Jordans. Spring Hair Tricks and Tips with Chris Appleton. Superfood Friday: Superfood Hacks with Joy Bauer. (10-11 a.m.) TODAY's Talk: Can Hoda and Jenna Hack It? Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin on Cabaret. Brow FAQs with Anastasia Soare. Emily Henry on Funny Story. Spring Wines with Garvey Alexander.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Billianne, Eddie Redmayne, Gayle Rankin sit in the Today guide?
S2024E85 is listed hour 1615 of 2220 — hour 85 of 262 in season 2024, season 2024 episode 85.
When did Today S2024E85 air?
Billianne, Eddie Redmayne, Gayle Rankin aired 2024-04-26 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…