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Olympics Buzz: Reliable Lester Holt helps NBC through a period of transition

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NBC has been in a period of transition lately. Mike Tirico has taken over from Bob Costas as host of the Olympic Games and it will take him a while to gain the gravitas that Costas accrued by hosting 12 Olympic Games.

The "Today" show trio of Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker have chemistry but, with the exception of Roker, who is mostly asked to be silly, it was a new

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