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Successor or Seat-Warmer, Lester Holt Is Ready for His Close-Up

Game of Thrones

He is universally liked and respected at NBC. But will Lester Holt, standing in for a suspended Brian Williams, ever take over ‘Nightly News’?

Tim Teeman
Tim Teeman 

Senior Editor and Writer

Tim Teeman

Tim Teeman

Senior Editor and Writer

TimTeeman

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