Meredith Vieira had the task of babysitting working with Kathie Lee and Hoda Kotb on the fourth hour of Today as guest producer.

Following in the footsteps of previous NBC anchors, Hoda Kotb gave us a sloppy report of her Super Bowl trip. Kathie Lee, back in New York, sober—and probably jealous—decided to let us in on how Hoda hasn't slept yet.

The 4th hour of The Today Show welcomed the firemen who adorn this year's "City of the Brace" calendar to the set, and Kathie Lee and Hoda could barely contain themselves. Safety tips be damned!

This morning on Today, Sharon Osbourne continued her stint as "replacement Hoda." Watch Kathie Lee wait anxiously across the street while Sharon is busy hitting on the Love Song Trivia guy. Clearly, Sharon Osbourne's taste in men is very questionable.

Midway through a demonstration on how to make a Banh Mi Sandwich, the key ingredient opened fire on Kathie Lee's dress. Sharon Osbourne (not the kindest of this week's replacement cohosts) laughed untrollably, clearly a member of "Team Sriracha."

Today at Gawker.TV, Kim Kardashian gets punched in the face, Martha Stewart tries fly fishing, Kristin Chenowith makes a new friend, the Worst Cooks are even worse at hiding their emotions, and a low blow on Good Day New York.

Hoda's on vacation and Kathie Lee couldn't be happier with the replacement: bright-eyed and uber-talented Kristin Chenowith. These two peas in a pod discovered similarities, complimented each other nonstop, and deemed Kristin the "mini-me" to KLG. God help us all.

One would think that the men brought in for a "Guys Tell All" segment would would say provocative things of the day. Instead, it's Kathie Lee, who turned the conversation to an immature level. Would you expect any less?

This is more evidence that the 4th hour of Today is where all bad segments go to die. Today's WTF-worthy segment of horror? A segment on Doggie Boot Camp. Everyone participates in this embarrassment and we, the viewers, win.

Last week Piers Morgan filled in, making everyone uncomfortable as he hit on Hoda. We noticed, as did The Soup, and today Kathie Lee claimed he wore her underwear while she was away. We're guessing he won't be invited back.

A stimulated Regis doesn't understand "Teenage Lobotomy," but wants to use it later on at the club, and he thinks Joey's leather pants are fancy. Conversely, Kathie Lee sits mum, staring with desire at the impetuous Dee Dee.

Today at Gawker.TV, Andy Rooney is lonesome tonight, a grumpy anchor puts a damper on the newsroom's celebrations, Kathie Lee tries to sing again, more laughs at Steven Segall's reality show, and MANswers: the worst television show we've ever seen.

In true fashion, KLG and Hoda finished the year off by attempting to sing all the words to Auld Lang Syne. Kathie Lee seems drunk already and gets all diva-tastic on our asses. Happy New Year to us all!

Today at Gawker.TV, a preview of The Real World: DC seems tame compared to Jersey Shore, Kathie Lee says something dumb again, 2009's Cinematic achievements, a thief gets whacked with a bicycle, and Eva Longoria and her beau ruin Grease.

Today at Gawker.TV, time lapse footage of the weekend's snowpocalypse filmed in Brooklyn, graffiti outside of Serge Gainsbourg's Paris home, Charlie Gibson's sign-off, more "Little People" shows on TLC, and Kathie Lee Gifford once again says proves her ignorance on-air.

More moments of "I-can't-believe-this-is-actually-on-the-air" occurred on the 4th hour of Today this morning when Kathie Lee explained her difficulty understanding the phrase "like white on rice." Instead of keeping to herself, she makes an absurd spectacle out of her ignorance.

This morning, Bravo's Andy Cohen was bored to tears by a long-winded discussion about golf by Kathie Lee. She noticed and immediately called him out. We're just surprised this doesn't happen more often on the 4th hour of Today.

In the early 90s, Kathie Lee's delusions of grandeur led her to film a hip hop Christmas special styled after Pee Wee's playhouse. A clip of Kathie Lee's Rock 'n Tots Cafe: A Christmas Giff after the jump.

[Al Roker, Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Hoda Kotb, and Kathie Lee Gifford make the scariest crew of the Millennium Falcon this side of the Kessel Run on the Halloween edition of the Today show. Image via INF]

Journalism continues staggering pushes forward on an otherwise ordinary Sunday! In the great "tradition" of mixing up people like Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera with public drunks like Hoda and Kathy Lee, The Today Show's newest hire? Jenna Bush. Whee!