Flashback is a feature series that revisits key moments from TV news history with the Newsers that were part of them.Long before the fictional machinations of the Roy family, Americans were hooked on a real-life succession drama playing out on their television screens… or one they believed to be real anyway. 35 years ago, the country’s media consumers and media class tuned into NBC News’ Today convinced that the network’s flagship morning show had morphed into a remake of the classic 1950 satire All About Eve.And in the updated version—which…
