> Dec. 20: A fourth hour of Today: is it 50/50, a strong possibility, or a done deal?
> Dec. 14: Gregory and Snow spar again; this time, Snow apologizes
> Dec. 13: Dateline is applying the Predator format to other subjects
> Dec. 5: NBC tries a sole-sponsor Nightly News; less commercials, more news is a hit with viewers
> Dec. 4: Today, with Vieira, stays in first place
> Nov. 27: NBC decides to label Iraq a “civil war”
> Nov. 22: After Christmas, Dateline gets a third night
> Nov. 13: Today survives the transition; “I’m surprised we hung in there,” Lauer says
> Nov. 10: 17 pink slips at Dateline; Robb Stafford and Edie Magnus are out; layoffs at NN and Today too
> Nov. 7: Man commits suicide when police (and Dateline crew) come knocking
> Nov. 4: Williams’ viewers sampled Couric, but they come back
> Oct. 30: NBC will look for operational efficiencies, like sending one camera crew for multiple networks
> Oct. 19: NBC/MSNBC/CNBC guest booking and graphics departments will merge
> Oct. 19: Confronting a “new electronic reality,” NBC U 2.0 plan is revealed; to save $750 million, 700 jobs will be cut, including 220 at NBC News; it’s “salary-tightening time”
> Oct. 12: President Bush compliments Kevin Corke‘s suit
> Oct. 10: NBC opens bureau in Bangkok; Ian Williams joins net from ITN
> Oct. 4: CNN vet Jane Arraf moves to NBC
> Sep. 14: 6.9 million viewers for Vieira’s premiere
> Sep. 13: NBC welcomes Vieira to the Today Show family; she premieres on a futuristic set
> Sep. 8: Lauer supports a fourth hour of Today — if NBC supports it by adding staffers
> Sep. 7: Dateline’s predator deal is lucrative for Perverted Justice
> Aug. 31: Curry breaks her nose in between Today Show segments
> Aug. 23: Nancy Snyderman becomes chief medical editor
> Aug. 21: New control room and HDTV studio space for Today
> Aug. 10: Williams reads viewer mail on the Nightly News; John Reiss says “we’re trying to lift the veil a bit”
> Aug. 8: Will NBC add a fourth hour of Today?
> Jun. 28: NBC doubles its staff of investigative producers
> Jun. 16: NBC moves Mark Mullen to Beijing and names Fritz Von Klein South East Asia bureau chief; at the same time, NBC downsizes in Moscow
> Jun. 9: Couric’s gone, but Today viewers don’t seem to mind; the morning gap holds steady
> May 31: Couric leaves Today; NBC starts promoting “a new day”
> May 22: NBC opens “Middle East bureau” in Beirut; Richard Engel is the bureau chief
> May 15: Dateline to lose its Sunday spot in the fall; but it’ll be back after football season; Steve Capus says “we have big plans” for Dateline
> May 1: NBC’s new ad slogan: “Wherever you go, there we are”
> Apr. 25: To Catch A Predator is back for May sweeps
> Apr. 24: Meet the Press celebrates five years at #1
> Apr. 21: NBC tried to woo Mike Wallace
> Apr. 11: Matt Lauer gets $13 million a year in a new 5-year deal
> Apr. 6: “I’m very honored that NBC has asked me to co-host the Today show,” Vieira announces on The View; NBC holds press conference
> Apr. 4: NBC offers Vieira a 4-year, $10 million contract
> Mar. 23: Photographer David Hume Kennerly becomes contributing editor
> Mar. 10: Ann Curry reports from Darfur
> Mar. 13: Vieira has had “several meetings” with NBC, but her agent downplays the rumors
> Mar. 3: Phil Alongi becomes specials EP
> Mar. 2: Mark Lukasiewicz becomes VP
> Feb. 28: Two new VP’s: Doug Vaughan and Lloyd Siegel
> Feb. 13: David Gregory and Scott McClellan exchange words; later, Gregory explains
> Feb. 15: Alexis Glick leaves NBC; later, Natalie Morales becomes a full-time Today correspondent
> Feb. 6: TMZ is the first to suggest Meredith Vieira could move to Today; Vieira doesn’t deny the possibility
> Feb. 2: New EP of Weekend Today: Lyne Pitts
> Jan. 23: Dateline moves to Saturday “graveyard”
> Jan. 12: NBC correspondents vote to leave the AFTRA union
> Jan. 9: Alex Wallace becomes VP; oversees Nightly News, specials and newsgathering