{"id":863735,"date":"2026-09-28T17:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/863735\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T17:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:02:09","slug":"harry-smith-to-return-to-nbc-news-as-a-contributor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/863735\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Smith To Return To NBC News As A Contributor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/harry-smith\/\" id=\"auto-tag_harry-smith\" data-tag=\"harry-smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Smith<\/a> is returning to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/nbc-news\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nbc-news\" data-tag=\"nbc-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News<\/a> as a contributor, with plans to report on feature stories called <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/common-good\/\" id=\"auto-tag_common-good\" data-tag=\"common-good\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Common Good<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSmith\u2019s return is official as of Monday, when he will appear at a Common Ground live event hosted by the network. The network confirmed his return, first reported by People. He told the publication, \u201cI have long believed that there is more that unites us than divides us. It\u2019s in our bones. It\u2019s part of America\u2019s DNA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSmith departed the network in March, 2024 after 12 years, with a send-off on NBC\u2019s Today. \u201cI have nothing but gratitude,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery time I would always come on this show, I was always welcomed so generously. I\u2019ve had just this unbelievable array of phenomenal experiences since coming to NBC, and so I\u2019m really full of nothing but gratitude. Every time I\u2019ve come on, everyone would drop their phones, pay attention to the story and then respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSmith previously hosted CBS This Morning and its predecessor, The Early Show, for 17 years. After departing NBC News in 2024, he has been teaching at Central College in Iowa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Smith is returning to NBC News as a contributor, with plans to report on feature stories called&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[364453,5109,88,364454,61226,92],"class_list":["post-863735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-common-good","tag-electionline","tag-entertainment","tag-harry-smith","tag-nbc-news","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}