{"id":286628,"date":"2020-01-16T18:10:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T01:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1112724"},"modified":"2020-01-16T18:10:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T01:10:43","slug":"hoda-kotb-jenna-bush-hager-reveal-a-live-audience-is-coming-to-todays-4th-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/hoda-kotb-jenna-bush-hager-reveal-a-live-audience-is-coming-to-todays-4th-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoda Kotb &amp; Jenna Bush Hager Reveal a Live Audience Is Coming to TODAY&#8217;s 4th Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2020016\/rs_600x600-200116170320-600-today-show-hoda-jenna-friends.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"html-external-0\" data-type=\"async\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"39.532314923619\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-html-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"22.589894242068\">\n<p><em>TODAY With Hoda &amp; Jenna<\/em> is taking things to the next level!<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, <strong>Hoda Kotb<\/strong> and <strong>Jenna Bush Hager<\/strong> announced a very exciting change to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/pop_of_the_morning\/news\/1109740\/watch-the-pop-of-the-morning-co-hosts-face-off-against-hoda-kotb-jenna-bush-hager-in-trivia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the fourth hour<\/a> of the <em>TODAY<\/em> show\u2014a live audience. Specifically, Thursdays and Fridays (starting Feb. 6), Kotb and Bush Hager will film before a live studio audience.<\/p>\n<p>This new venture has been appropriately named <em>Hoda &amp; Jenna &amp; Friends<\/em>\u2014and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/pop_of_the_morning\/news\/1108680\/newly-engaged-hoda-kotb-reveals-how-wedding-dress-shopping-is-going-on-pop-of-the-morning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the <em>TODAY<\/em> personalities<\/a> have already promised &#8220;so many surprises&#8221; for viewers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a new home!&#8221; the co-hosts revealed in an on-air promo. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been in your house, and now, it&#8217;s time for you to come to our house. We call it <em>Hoda &amp; Jenna &amp; Friends<\/em>, and all that&#8217;s missing is you!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/tv\/news\/hoda-jenna-today-live-studio-audience-1203469025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to<\/a> <em>Variety<\/em>, <em>Hoda &amp; Jenna &amp; Friends<\/em>&#8216; new home is none other than the iconic Studio 6A, which previously housed <strong>David Letterman<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Late Night<\/em> and <strong>Megyn Kelly<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Megyn Kelly Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"59.042008196721\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"14.170081967213\">\n<p>This exciting update comes almost a year after the former first daughter was formally announced as Kotb&#8217;s new permanent co-host. As E! readers surely know, the 38-year-old news personality joined the 10 a.m. <em>TODAY<\/em> team after <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/kathie_lee_gifford\">Kathie Lee Gifford<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1029975\/kathie-lee-gifford-tearfully-says-goodbye-to-hoda-kotb-and-today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">departure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so excited! I want to cry,&#8221; a thrilled Bush Hager gushed. &#8220;Why am I crying? &#8216;Cause, we&#8217;re having a baby, y&#8217;all! This type of baby, not a person, but a show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kotb shared similar sentiments as she noted that this change is &#8220;big.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38.707865168539\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"17.865168539326\">\n<p>&#8220;I love that we have a special title for those special days, the Thursdays and Fridays. It&#8217;s <em>Hoda &amp; Jenna &amp; Friends<\/em>,&#8221; the <em>TODAY<\/em> veteran expressed. &#8220;Here&#8217;s the thing, a lot of people I know want to watch the show. They&#8217;re like, &#8216;We want to come and see it.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For Kotb and Bush Hager&#8217;s big announcement, be sure to watch clip above! Also, if you&#8217;re interested in being a part of the <em>Hoda &amp; Jenna &amp; Friends<\/em> audience, click <a href=\"https:\/\/1iota.com\/show\/1062\/hoda--jenna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>TODAY With Hoda &amp; Jenna<\/em> airs weekdays at 10 a.m. on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>(E! and NBC are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1112724\/hoda-kotb-jenna-bush-hager-reveal-a-live-audience-is-coming-to-today-s-4th-hour?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TODAY With Hoda &amp; Jenna is taking things to the next level! On Thursday, Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager announced a very exciting change to the fourth hour of the TODAY show\u2014a live audience. Specifically, Thursdays and Fridays (starting Feb. 6), Kotb and Bush Hager will film before a live studio audience. 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