Today
Steve Burns, Harlem Globetrotters, Adam Richman
TV Flash files “Steve Burns, Harlem Globetrotters, Adam Richman” as hour 1975 of 2220 in the TV Flash guide — Today (1952–present) on NBC, season 2025, episode 183, aired 2025-09-12, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2025E183: listed hour 1975 of 2220 in the Today guide, hour 183 of 261 in season 2025. It aired 2025-09-12 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Stephen Spielberg, Stefano Secchi, America Fererra” (S2025E182). Next is “Cast of "One Battle After Another"” (S2025E184). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Dad's Letter Project. Blue's Clues Steve Burns Launches New Podcast. Harlem Globetrotters 100th Anniversary. TODAY Food Loves Football with Adam Richman.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Steve Burns, Harlem Globetrotters, Adam Richman sit in the Today guide?
S2025E183 is listed hour 1975 of 2220 — hour 183 of 261 in season 2025, season 2025 episode 183.
When did Today S2025E183 air?
Steve Burns, Harlem Globetrotters, Adam Richman aired 2025-09-12 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…