The stakes of losing both Mr. Lauer and Ms. Vieira are enormous for NBC.

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Sunday morning, Ms. Longoria, who is the executive producer of an NBC show called "Ready for Love, " in which matchmakers help three young men find true love, held a casting call to pick the bachelors for the second season.

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One weekend in the late '90s, Andy Lack, then the president of NBC News, happened to be vacationing at the Sagamore on Lake George when he saw Ms. Jansing on TV.

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