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(103,856 posts) Fri Jan 17, 2014, 03:48 PM Jan 2014

Tamron Hall in talks for a spot on The Today Show

http://www.parade.com/253374/ashleighschmitz/could-tamron-hall-be-the-next-today-show-anchor/

Over the past year, Tamron Hall has become a welcome and familiar face on the Today show. Now the 43-year-old is reportedly in “serious talks” with NBC for a more permanent position.

According to TV Guide, Hall, who regularly fills in on the morning show, is having discussions with NBC about becoming a co-host on the third hour of Today. Hall would join Natalie Morales, Al Roker, and Willie Geist during Today’s Take, which follows more of a talk show format than the newsier first two hours.

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The 43-year-old currently spends most of her time on the show at the news desk or in the “Orange Room,” home of a new segment devoted to trends in social media, as well as covering special events like the Golden Globes. In addition to her work on Today, Hall hosts NewsNation weekdays on MSNBC and Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall on Investigation Discovery.

In an effort to find a winning formula that rivals that of Good Morning America on ABC, Today added Geist to its third hour in October 2012 and brought co-host Carson Daly on board to helm the Orange Room in September 2013. In 2013, preliminary Nielsen responses show a 12 percent rise in ratings, though GMA still holds the number one spot.

If Hall becomes a more permanent member of the Today show team, she will likely be on the short list to fill an empty seat on the main anchor desk should someone leave the show.

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