TODAY picked up six Daytime Emmy nominations this morning, including one for Outstanding Morning Program! 

The broadcast has won the category for the last two years. "Hopefully these things come in threes," Kathie Lee told Entertainment Weekly's Jessica Shaw, who made the announcement live on TODAY.

TODAY also received a nod for New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment for the TODAY.com show, a live March 2011 webcast that ran simultaneously as TODAY was broadcasting on TV. Check it out here.

The six nominations for TODAY include:

• Outstanding Morning Program
• New Approaches — Daytime Entertainment
• Outstanding Promotional Announcement — Episodic
• Outstanding Directing in a Talk Show / Morning Program
• Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing
• Outstanding Achievement in Main Title and Graphic Design

One more note: The 84th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the NBC staple co-hosted by Matt, Ann and Al, received four nominations.

The Daytime Emmy award ceremony will be held on June 23. Find all of the nominees here. Eligible programs were broadcast between 2 a.m. and 6 p.m. during the 2011 calendar year.

Leave your congratulations in the comments!

Notice someone familiar on this year's Time 100 list?

Managing editor Rick Stengel revealed the news magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world this morning on TODAY, and our very own Matt Lauer made the cut!

The collection of names is a who’s who of prominent movers and shakers from around the globe. Matt joins a list including President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Warren Buffet, Tim Tebow, Kate and Pippa Middleton and SPANX founder Sara Blakely. Find the full list here. 

"I couldn't be more flattered," Matt said on TODAY. Watch his full reaction.

To complete the honor, Time's editors asked radio personality and new "America's Got Talent" judge Howard Stern to pen the piece on Matt. After all, what better way to be feted than by the “King of All Media”?

"This is a guy who never gives up," Stern wrote. "Matt is cool and relaxed and so we're cool and relaxed and we can deal with the complexities of a presidential interview, a great sports event or the wacko."

We asked our Facebook audience what traits make Matt influential. 

Ruth Boch wrote Matt "gets your attention" with "his smile and his tone of voice," while Michael Gregoire wrote he "asks questions most journalists do not." Weigh in on our Facebook page. 

Congratulations, Matt!

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Time magazine named TODAY's Twitter account @TODAYshow as one of the best of 2012, calling it one of 140 feeds that are "shaping the online conversation." 

"The TODAY show has nearly perfected the relationship between Twitter and TV," wrote Allie Townsend, Time's social media editor. Read their entire nomination here.

The feed is run primarily by Zoe Marcus, a producer on the broadcast. She's helped by TODAY.com editor Steve Veres and researchers Erica Zucco and Wesley Oliver. Ryan Osborn, the senior director of digital media for NBC News, started tweeting from the @TODAYshow account when he was a producer for the show.

We're in good company. Time's list also included President Barack Obama, GOP hopeful Mitt Romney, Google, "Community" star (and frequent Kathie Lee and Hoda nemesis) Joel McHale, and TODAY.com partner Breaking News Storm.

Not following us yet? Head on over to Twitter and sign up. 

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What could possibly distract Natalie and Savannah from their anchor jobs (besides Brad Pitt standing within 15 feet)? A magazine featuring Al Roker on its cover!

The duo congratulated our affable weatherman this morning for the front-page photo and corresponding article in this month's issue of American Way, the in-flight magazine of American Airlines. 

Calling it the "definitive" profile of Al Roker, Savannah noted one particularly nice comment from TODAY's executive producer Jim Bell: "Al is the glue that holds this show together."

"Without you we'd be unhinged," Natalie joked. 

What's your favorite Al memory? Tell us in the comments. 

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Our @TODAYshow Twitter account passed the 1 million follower milestone at 12:20 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10.  Our lucky 1 millionth follower was @mikeysgt21. 

The first tweet after our milestone really expresses our thoughts. Find it here. 

We’ve come a long way since we joined Twitter on July 26, 2007.

We’ve alerted you to breaking news, made you laugh at our anchors’ antics and gave you a peek into what it takes to put together America’s favorite morning show. Along the way, one of our anchors was even honored as sending the most influential tweet in 2010!

Not following us yet on Twitter? Follow us here.  

And for the 1 million who have already signed up: Thank you. 

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Studio 1A is getting a little more crowded! TODAY is adding some new hardware to our trophy case — two Edward R. Murrow Awards presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association in recognition of outstanding achievements in electronic journalism.

One is for the "Use of Video" category for our "I Got a Feeling" viral video. Watch the fun clip below. 

The second was given to NBC News in the overall excellence category. It was the third consecutive year we've won that award. 

"You know what we say to our competitors? Good night and good luck," Al joked. 

The awards were handed out last night at the Grand Hyatt in New York City. "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" was honored for Best Newscast and "Dateline" won for the documentary, "A Father's Mission." Here's a complete list of the winners. 

Watch the award-winning TODAY viral video below.

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In a taste test by Consumer Reports, Giada De Laurentiis' pasta sauce was named "Best Buy" among celebrity-branded products.

Congratulations to TODAY contributor Giada De Laurentiis!

Among more than two dozen celebrity-endorsed food products (including products branded by Emeril Lagasse, Mario Batali and Paul Newman, for instance), her pasta sauce won top honors in a recent taste test by experts from Consumer Reports, which named it "Best Buy."

Find the recipe for Giada's award-winning sauce in our TODAY.com recipe database.

"Just because you're paying an A-list price doesn't mean you get an A-list product," Consumer Reports senior editor Tod Marks commented to ABC News. "Giada's is very inexpensive, balanced, fresh tasting, and had a buttery taste. Turns out it did have butter, and we loved it."

"It's all about the butter," Giada confirmed to Bites. "It is made with fresh tomatoes and basil and finished with butter."

According to the New York Post, Giada's sauce costs only 60 cents per serving -- less than half as much as the runner-up pasta sauce from Mario Batali. "I personally test them several times to make sure they are delicious," Giada told the Post.

Giada De Laurentiis Tomato Basil pasta sauce is sold exclusively at Target.

Have you tried Giada's sauce? Tell us what you think about it in the comments below.