# Anyone watch the Today Show / Mon. 5-12-2003 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-the-today-show-mon-5-12-2003/174709 "2003-05-12T15:17:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-the-today-show-mon-5-12-2003/174709/1 "2003-05-12T15:17:16Z")
Katie Couric was absent today, Good! She and Jay Leno switched gigs, He hosts with Matt Lauer and she does the Tonight Show. I like Jay in the Morning, The Today Show was watchable - Keep Jay, he was funny and not serious. Let Katie keep the Tonight Show gig, I hate her in the morning. I’m not sure how long the switch is for, but if I could E-mail NBC and keep the switch permanent, I would. Anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-the-today-show-mon-5-12-2003/174709/2 "2003-05-12T15:56:22Z")
Intaglio, please tell me the OP was in jest. Please? The last person I want to see on my TV Monday morning (prior to caffeine consumption, mind you) is Jay Farking Leno. I hate Jay Leno. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-the-today-show-mon-5-12-2003/174709/3 "2003-05-12T16:02:42Z")
Nope - Jay and Katie switched jobs today. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-the-today-show-mon-5-12-2003/174709/4 "2003-05-12T16:22:09Z")
I wasn’t clear. I know Katie and Jay switched. I was asking if this part of the OP was in jest: > [@](#): > > I like Jay in the Morning, The Today Show was watchable - Keep Jay, he was funny and not serious. > > Let Katie keep the Tonight Show gig, I hate her in the morning. > > I’m not sure how long the switch is for, but if I could E-mail NBC and keep the switch permanent, I would. ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-the-today-show-mon-5-12-2003/174709/5 "2003-05-12T16:29:31Z")
I was not in jest, I would rather have Jay Leno being funny in the morning, in place of Katie Couric and her serious mock concern for people and their stories. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-the-today-show-mon-5-12-2003/174709/6 "2003-05-12T17:43:40Z")
Lucky for me, I’m already at the office when this show comes on. Just seeing Katie’s visage in a print ad makes me shudder. I avoid the Today Show, although I might watch it with Jay. But it doesn’t matter because I get to work at 6… ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-the-today-show-mon-5-12-2003/174709/7 "2003-05-12T18:19:59Z")
I saw parts of it - frankly, I despise Leno. I thought the parts that I did see (between getting ready for work) were atrocious. Then again, I’m not a regular viewer, but I definitely wouldn’t be one if I had to look at him every day.