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Kathie Lee Will Join Today: NBC

Veteran talk-show host returns to daytime April 7

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(Newser) – Kathie Lee Gifford will rejoin morning TV on April 7, Variety reports, as a co-host of the fourth hour of NBC’s Today. Gifford, 54, will share duties with Hoda Kotb. Her kids grown, Gifford wrote on her website she's keen to return to the small screen "8 years older, 10 pounds heavier, a half-inch shorter, just in time for HD television."

Gifford, known for co-hosting Regis and Kathie Lee in 1989-2000, has spent the interim acting in and writing several musicals. Her children are now grown, and with husband Frank Gifford, a former professional football player, seemingly intent on reliving the glory days, Kathie Lee thought a return to TV would "old highlight films in black and white" to a minimum.

Today Show host Matt Lauer kisses Kathie Lee Gifford on NBC's
Today Show host Matt Lauer kisses Kathie Lee Gifford on NBC's "The Today Show" during the announcement of her co-hosting duties of the fourth hour of "The Today Show" on Monday, March 31, 2008, in New...   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Kathie Lee Gifford arrive at the opening night of
Kathie Lee Gifford arrive at the opening night of "Cyrano De Bergerac" on Broadway at The Richard Rodgers Theatre, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 in New York.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Kathie Lee Gifford beams as she and co-host Regis Philbin reminisce during her last appearance on the show, in New York,on July 28, 2000.
Kathie Lee Gifford beams as she and co-host Regis Philbin reminisce during her last appearance on the show, in New York,on July 28, 2000.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Kathie Lee Gifford makes an appearance on NBC's
Kathie Lee Gifford makes an appearance on NBC's "The Today Show" for the announcement of her co-hosting duties of the fourth hour of "The Today Show" on Monday, March 31, 2008, in New York.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
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