MORNING NEWS SHOWS are closely tended patches of the network news landscape. Competition between shows like Today and Good Morning America remains intense, and network executives sometimes intervene to make “fixes,” like the controversial 2012 reassignment of former Today anchor Ann Curry. Gossip columnists buzzed that NBC didn’t like the way she dressed or her refusal to cover her gray hair; others asserted that she was pushed out by coanchor Matt Lauer. Brian Stelter’s 2013 book Top of the Morning covers the recent morning show saga in great detail. NBC/Photofest