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The Price Is Right host Drew Carey, accepting an award at the NAB Show, believes the already long-running game show “could be around for 100 years on American television, because it’s just that strong.” Carey appeared on the first day of NAB, which is being held in Las Vegas in person for the first time since 2019 as…

UPDATE, 8:09 AM PT: NBC News released more excerpts from their interview with former Attorney General William Barr, who told Lester Holt that he thinks Donald Trump was responsible “in the broad sense of that word” for the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Barr said that “it appears that part of the plan was to send…

President Joe Biden told Lester Holt that NFL should want to strive to hire more Black coaches, calling it a matter of “generic decency.” In an excerpt from Holt’s interview that aired during the Super Bowl pre-game, Biden said that “the whole idea that a league that is made up of so many athletes of color as well as…

NBC News released the first clip from Lester Holt’s Super Bowl sit-down with Joe Biden, in which the president said he’s done a “deep dive” on “about four” potential Supreme Court nominees to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer. A longer version of the interview, taped earlier Thursday in Culpepper, VA, will air as part of…

The tradition of a Super Bowl pre-game presidential interview will continue on Sunday, when NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt sits down with President Joe Biden. The interview will take place in Virginia, where the president is scheduled to be on Thursday. Portions will air on NBC Nightly News on Thursday, with…

Editor's note: One in a series of stories tied to the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Very soon after after Lester Holt arrived at MSNBC’s New Jersey studio on 9/11, he was on air and then in the anchor chair, as bits of information streamed in from correspondents and wire services. As the screen showed images of a…

Is nature conspiring against the Tokyo Olympics? First the event was postponed by the Covid pandemic. Then, as the games went on despite a widespread resurgence of the virus, a typhoon hit the Japanese capital last week. Temperatures and humidity have been uncomfortably high, and today the region was hit by a…

EXCLUSIVE: Lester Holt has been named managing editor of NBC Nightly News, which he has anchored since 2015. The announcement of the managing editor title was made earlier this week by NBC News president Noah Oppenheim. Holt also is said to have signed a contract extension, something that is typical when new titles…

Lester Holt will anchor NBC Nightly News on Monday from Houston as the network covers the climate crisis with a series of reports throughout the week, dubbed “climate challenge.” Holt will interview Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner in the wake of the brutal storms and deep freeze the paralyzed parts of the city earlier…

NBCUniversal is launching a special Inspiring America: The 2021 Inspiration List, marking an expansion of its NBC Nightly News franchise that focuses on extraordinary individuals who have made an impact. Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb will host the special, and it will air on NBC, Telemundo, MSNBC, CNBC…

NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt warned that the news media is providing “an open platform for misinformation,” pushing back against the notion that outlets should always be giving two sides of a story equal weight. Accepting the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism from Washington State…

Before President Joe Biden scheduled a primetime speech on the Covid-19 pandemic for Thursday, NBC News was already a Dateline special to mark the anniversary of the start of the lockdowns. Covid One Year Later: Life After Lockdown, airing at 10 PM ET, will feature Lester Holt and Savannah Guthrie from the Lincoln…