In October 1980, Sue Simmons joined the WNBC and Live at Five team[1] from Washington, D.C. sister station WRC-TV.
Simmons had several co-anchors, or as she colloquially called them "anchor husbands", including Cafferty, Tony Guida, Matt Lauer, Dean Shepherd and Jim Rosenfield.
The program continued to maintain an impressive guest lineup well into the 2000s, with everyone from Broadway stars to NFL football players to politicians coming to Studio 6B to be interviewed.
Live at Five was originally cancelled in September 1991 and replaced by a traditional newscast known as News 4 New York at 5, anchored by Simmons and Chuck Scarborough.
This format did not stay long, however – Simmons was paired with Matt Lauer for a new iteration of Live at Five, originating from the Window on the World studios used for NBC's Today.