NBC Today: Jane Pauley's Announcement, pt. 1 (Oct. 27, 1989). 

I grew up watching Jane Pauley and I still have great love and respect for her.

When I was in HS before catching the bus it was 30 mins of Jayne Pauley every morning I never missed it!

Oh...I loved Jane Pauley on Today...it's was a shame when she had to leave.

Jane Pauley is now the host of CBS' "Sunday Morning". She succeeds Charles Osgood.

@TIPTON340-- I totally agree, because after Jane Pauley left the "Today" show, the show's ratings went down the tubes until Katie Couric came along in 1992.

Jane always was and always will be a class act. Have followed her in all her roles and continue to love her as she hosts "CBS This Morning".

4:53, I remember this as a kid. Jane Pauley was always a class act.

This was 2 days before I was born...!

You can tell Bryant is sad about Jane leaving. He and Jane were good friends. I for one thought the two of them were great together. I thought Jane should have stayed on that show.

I wish I'd watched the Today Show in 1989 instead of GMA. The Today Show back then was a lot of fun

Jane had a good run...1976-1989. Respectable number of years. It speaks for itself. Deb didn't last more than 12 months. BTW she hated when Bryant called her Deb. Totally miscast for this show from the start.

I was sorry to see her go...XD

Now why couldn't they be this classy for Ann Curry's departure? Be upfront at the top of the half-hour, acknowledge the public hubbub, and keep it civil and grateful, not just shove it at the bottom of the show preceded by two hours of awkward transitions forbidden to mention the elephant in the room.

Ann Curry and Jane Pauley were dumped by NBC execs. Big mistakes.

The hometown girl! I also graduated from the alma mater which is Warren Central High School. I now work at the same station where Jane Pauley got her start at.

I also remembered Deborah being very argumentative with guests. Not approachable. Too serious. Even when Gumble called her Debbie one day. She seemed miffed.

These people were professionals, and they reported “the news”.

Deborah was just a bad fit for Today. She’s a great journalist in her own right, but the Today Show was out of her league. She’s had a good career after Today and is still has a big presence as host of Inside Edition. Katie Couric came along about a year after this and saved Today and took it to new heights.

I was three weeks short of nine years of age when this came out.

My kid sister is with NBC in NYC since 1984 and I can asssure you, what I stated is fact. Have a nice day there sweetie.

She was wrong. All wrong. Stupid people that were duped by her looks. I knew at the time there was no reason to replace Jane. Jane was a perfect fit for that show. This is a big act. Deborah lasted only a few months.

Jane was actually ousted by NBC as Deborah was much younger. Ratings were falling and u just couldn’t compete with Charles Gibson and Joan Lunden on GMA on ABC. Ratings man. Good thing Jane’s now at CBS Sunday Morning. Good fit for her though.

Katie was a good replacement though and helped revive their ratings.

Damn Bryant couldn't Jane make the announcement about her future on her own? She didn't get to speak about her departure until Bryant opened up and shit everywhere

It was The Way the network handled it which remains the problem

Dumbest move in Today Show history prior to the ousting of Ann Curry. GMA became the #1 morning show for the first time ever as a result and held it for 6 years.

Poor Deborah does not know what lies ahead for her. Only lasts a few short months. The audience just doesn't buy it. Or her.

This aired the day before my 16th birthday

The problem with Deborah is that she was paired with Bryant. They are both coolish, uptight, and/or prickly personalities and they didn’t complement each other. That’s why Bryant paired well with Jane and Katie. If Deborah had been paired with a more laidback cohost, I think she would have been more successful in the role. I do think it was time for Jane to move on. I think after someone has been a show like this for 10 years, we get tired of them. I thought Katie was great on the show, but by the mid 2000s, you could see that she was bored and it was time for her to move on.

i miss you jane you are the best .

Its amazing how these anchors have no control of their shows. Its all the executives who make the mistakes and these guys in front of the camera have to suffer mostly for these mistakes. I can't imagine being Jane and all of a sudden a young blond is sitting next to you every day. Horrible management and the viewers hated "Deb". Bryant was barely watchable even with the lovely Jane. After she was dumped, the viewers ran. They are lucky they got Katie eventually.

She is so pretty

They all say they leave for their family and it's bullshit.

Worst decision NBC ever made regarding The Today Show, next being giving Ann Curry the job after Meredith left in the first place. Ann only got the job because her contract stipulated she be given the job if Meredith left, since she had already been passed over when Katie left. Ann was a great news anchor and international correspondent, a horrible morning show host. She was great at hard news, horrible with celebrities, cooking, lifestyle segments, etc. You have to be able to do everything to host a morning show.

Good question; I really couldn't answer that, because to be honest, I never watched the "Today" show when either Jane Pauley or Deborah Norville were on the show, and rarely, if ever, did I watch the show when Katie Couric was on. If I was off from school and had a chance to watch TV, I usually had it on cartoons or was outside playing, so as I said, I didn't watch the "Today" show much, if ever.

Bryant-OJ's 3rd victim.He insisted on interviewing OJ-the brass said it would go to Katie-Bryant threatened to quit-and being a man of his word he quit.And we ended up with that idiot Matt Laurer.The brass blew it.

Jane is 39 here yet comes across as 50 something. Very attractive but just her demeanour, hair, voice, look etc .makes her look way older. Deborah is only 8 yrs younger yet looks like she could be her daughter! Lol .

Deborah Norville was the wrong choice to replace Jane Pauley.

Quite a story of Jane pauley and Barbara Walters first female anchors

You do know though this is all an ACT.

Jane looks great here. This move for Deborah ruined her career unfortunately. She was great delivering the news but that was her wonderful talent. She should have stayed in that arena.

I had the privilege of seeing the Today Show live in Atlanta once. She was the same on and off the air. Bryant Gumble was very arrogant.

The blonde says UM a lot!!!

I wonder why viewers were more accepting of Katie Couric then Deborah Norville? Is it in part because Katie seemed more approachable and girl-next-door like when compared to the more glamorous, beauty queen like Deborah?

Poor Deborah Norville. I guess she wasn't perky enough.

Hard to believe now, that they broadcast all this smultz. After Eight.

I think Deborah looks sexier NOW.

Yes.

What a mess that was.

Jane look the same all these years later.

That fake sun logo behind these three is a scream. So corny looking.

Deborah norville didn't last long at all did she wasn't very long before she ended up on entertainment tonight

Talk about the long goodbye

Great hair Jane.....Jesus. ..

What's up with Jane Pauley's hair? Something crawled up there and died.

Reassuring credible decent voice. She should have stayed.

Katie was a good news anchor, though cosmetically , I didn't like her smile. Savannah is a turn off replacement choice because it seems they were trying to copycat a Katie look alike, ....no originality at all.......none whatsoever........

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I wonder how many Kools' that Jane put down to do this.