American networks ‘invite’ viewers to royal wedding

NBC News, meanwhile, tweeted out a faux wedding invitation to view the network’s coverage that will take over Saturday’s “Today” as a special edition with weekday anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb reporting live from Windsor along with Megyn Kelly, Kathie Lee Gifford, Al Roker and Shainelle Jones.

Fasten your fascinators, #RoyalWeddingTODAY coverage starts tonight! pic.twitter.com/EOosNovhZQ

— NBC News PR (@NBCNewsPR) May 16, 2018

In a somewhat unusual move for a broadcast that loves recoloring its lower third insert graphics for special coverage, “Today” stuck with its normal blue and orange lower thirds — at least on Wednesday, May 16, 2018.

A possible peek at the show’s wedding look was visible, however during a special “wedding forecast” Roker offered.

After “zooming in” on Windsor using a composite satellite image, a gold heavy three day board appeared on screen — with a header graphic that appears to the the “Today at the Royal Wedding” logotype set in Trajan with scrollwork and a crown surrounding it. In other areas, subtle imagery of Windsor castle is visible.

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