Today
Hoda Kotb, Joe Farrell, Brad Paisley
TV Flash files “Hoda Kotb, Joe Farrell, Brad Paisley” as hour 2043 of 2220 in the TV Flash guide — Today (1952–present) on NBC, season 2025, episode 251, aired 2025-12-17, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2025E251: listed hour 2043 of 2220 in the Today guide, hour 251 of 261 in season 2025. It aired 2025-12-17 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Jonathan Haidt, Catherine Price, Jack Black, Paul Rudd” (S2025E250). Next is “Looking Back on the Best Moments of 2025 on TODAY” (S2025E252). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Hoda Joins the Kids Care Club and Delivers a Big Surprise. Father Joe Farrell on Faith This Holy Season. Shop TODAY Savings: One Stop Holiday Shop with Bahar Takhtehchain. Performance by Brad Paisley.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Hoda Kotb, Joe Farrell, Brad Paisley sit in the Today guide?
S2025E251 is listed hour 2043 of 2220 — hour 251 of 261 in season 2025, season 2025 episode 251.
When did Today S2025E251 air?
Hoda Kotb, Joe Farrell, Brad Paisley aired 2025-12-17 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…