Inside today

NBC's venerable Today show has been on the air live, two hours a day, five days a week, for more than forty years. For the first half of its life, it was the only morning show of its kind - a potpourri of news, entertainment, and everything else from weather to household tips. To millions of Americans, the program was family, as essential to the weekday routine as the first cup of coffee. But when Good Morning America strode onto the scene, the competition began, things. Got rough, and Today faltered. As the fierce battle for A.M. viewers grew more and more heated, the besieged Today show…