Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAfter a tough year, NBCUniversal’s news operations aim to honor people who provide inspiration.NBCU News Group will launch a new content franchise designed to call attention to influential individuals. “Inspiring America” includes an annual primetime TV event. “Inspiring America: The 2021 Inspiration List,” thatwill air on Saturday, May 1, at 8 p.m.
on both NBC and its Spanish-language counterpart, Telemundo. The event will be co-hosted by Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb, and this year will honor Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bubba Wallace, Becky Hammon, José Andrés and Claire Babineaux-Fontenot.The company intends to make the special an annual, live, in-person event.
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