Page Six has exclusively learned Megyn Kelly’s upcoming morning program will be called “Megyn Kelly Today.”
The title was to be unveiled at NBC internal meetings Thursday, sources said. The development comes at the same time Kelly’s Sunday night show will end its initial run this week after eight episodes, NBC News confirmed Wednesday. Her upcoming one-hour weekday show at 9 a.m. will be in front of a live audience and premiere Sept 25.
The “Megyn Kelly Today” moniker is meant to incorporate the show into the “Today” franchise when it airs in place of the show’s former third hour, known as “Today’s Take.”
A source said, “Megyn is already shooting for the morning show. She was just on the West Coast for a shoot on Tuesday.”
Kelly’s ratings-challenged Sunday show was announced as a limited summer run that would return next year after “Sunday Night Football” and the Winter Olympics.
We hear the network was angling for around 10 episodes, but it will end with eight and an interview with Ricky Gervais.
An NBC source said, “The exact number of shows was never set,” and that Kelly “needs to be freed up to focus” on “Megyn Kelly Today.”
The Sunday show debuted to great fanfare in June with a Vladimir Putin interview that brought in 6.1 million viewers, and courted controversy with its Alex Jones profile, but slid to 3.1 million viewers last Sunday.
But a source said, “NBC News bosses have patience, especially since this was a limited summer run. And they are very happy the with strong journalism and quality of the program.”
With summer over, the pressure’s now on for her morning show debut.
A TV insider said, “To launch a daytime show usually takes at least a year.”