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NBC’s Today has been on the air since the early 1950s and many of the show’s lead anchors have stuck around for many years!

Throughout the 71 years of the program’s history, there have only been 16 hosts who have sat in the lead anchor chairs. For the first 14 years of the run, there was only one lead anchor until Barbara Walters became a co-anchor and the show’s first female anchor.

Including current co-anchors Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie, eight men and eight women have served as the primary anchors on Today. While many of them have held roles on the show for years, we’re only counting their years as lead anchors for this ranking.

Browse through the slideshow to see who has been on the show the longest…

Julie Chen Moonves has revealed that Meredith Vieira was actually offered the Big Brother hosting gig before her.

The 53-year-old newscaster opened up in a new interview, ahead of the start of the upcoming season 25 of the hit reality series, and opened up about how she got the job instead.

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Some very familiar faces are returning to The View!

It has been revealed that Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, and Elisabeth Hasselback will be returning to the ABC daytime talk show in honor of the show’s 25th anniversary celebration.

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A lewd comment made by Matt Lauer to Meredith Vieira back in 2006 has resurfaced in the wake of the news of his firing by NBC on Wednesday (November 29) due to inappropriate sexual behavior.

In the video, Matt whispers to Meredith: “Pretty sweater. Keep bending over like that. It’s a nice view.”

The comment was made while the show had gone to commercial, however at least one local station apparently stayed on the in-studio feed.

The female co-host in question was originally thought to be Katie Couric as her face isn’t shown, but was later determined by TMZ to be Meredith.

The video comes at the same time as Katie‘s 2012 appearance on What Watch Happens Live makes headlines again, during which she alleged that Matt “pinched her butt a lot.”

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Katie Couric and Meredith Vieira will be returning to The Today Show as guest co-hosts next year to fill in for Savannah Guthrie during her maternity leave!

The ladies were previously co-hosts of Matt Lauer on the NBC morning show. Katie was the co-anchor from 1991 to 2006 while Meredith filled the role from 2006 to 2011.

Katie will be the guest co-host for the week of January 2 while Meredith will return for the week of January 9.

Matt is set to celebrate his 20th anniversary as the anchor of Today next year!

The Meredith Vieira Show has been canceled after two seasons on the air.

The talk show, featuring host Meredith Vieira, kicked off in September 2014 to strong numbers, but the ratings cooled off throughout the first season.

“I am so sorry to see our show come to an end after this season, but I am also incredibly proud of the work our staff has done and forever grateful to our supportive viewers,” Meredith told Deadline in a statement. “We promise to spend our final weeks producing the best broadcast we know how. And have a blast doing so!”

Meredith will continue to work with NBC after the show ends as she will cover the upcoming Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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Meryl Streep keeps it chic and sophisticated on the red carpet while attending The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation’s A Magical Evening Gala held at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday (November 19) in New York City.

The 66-year-old actress was joined by emcee of the evening Meredith Vieira and Pitch Perfect‘s Ben Platt at the event benefiting The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Meryl Streep

During her recent interview on Live with Kelly & Michael, democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton revealed that she would want Meryl to play her in a movie.

“Well, Meryl Streep, of course,” Hillary answered with little hesitation – Watch below!

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