Matt Lauer, who on Thursday said he could not continue double-duty shifts and host the Today show and NBC’s primetime coverage of the Olympics, said he would sleeping during Friday’s primetime coverage after NBC announced that Meredith Viera would sub for Lauer.
Lauer had been filling in for Bob Costas, who is suffering from two eye infections.
Lauer simply said that he plans to “sleep, sleep, sleep” during tonight’s primetime taping.