Report: ‘Today’ Show Rearranging Deck Chairs On The Titanic

Matt Lauer

The “Today” show has fallen harder than Jennifer Lawrence on Oscar night. A former NBC executive tells Confidenti@l at nydailynews.com that as the former number one morning show slips into third place in NYC (even behind WNYW’s local morning show), replacing Matt Lauer is now seriously on the table.

 “They are rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. They can shift things around, but it’s not helping,” Confidential quotes their source.

“Their short-term solution is looking for new experts to replace some of the familiar faces that have been on the show forever. What they also need to do is hire someone to shake up everything and have the discussion about what to do with Matt.”

“Today,” which had held the top spot in mornings for the past 16 years, is now behind both “Good Morning America” and Fox 5’s morning show “Good Day New York,” losing to both in the February sweeps.

“GMA” pummeled “Today” for the third week in a row, while “GDNY” won the coveted 25-54 age group.

Morale at “Today” is also at an all-time low, and staffers are fear-stricken over losing their jobs after what happened to departed co-anchor Ann Curry, former executive producer Jim Bell and NBC News president Steve Capus, who resigned in February.

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