![]() ![]() While many TV viewers know Roker from his years spent analyzing the climate for “Today” and other venues, few know that he has led a small TV-production company for more than two decades. ![]() “The idea that somebody has to subvert their very identity to succeed - there’s some of that going on today.” “It blew me away,” he says in an interview. The book fascinated Roberts, and, subsequently, Roker. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman with light skin who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white. Roker and Roberts will work as executive producers on the project. ![]() His wife, the ABC News national correspondent, Deborah Roberts, is a fan and played a key role in persuading the authors to work with the production company. The book has personal relevance to Roker. His production company, Al Roker Entertainment, has optioned “The Personal Librarian,” by authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, for what he hopes will become a limited series or film that could find a home, potentially, on a streaming service. But the “Today” veteran is about to test his footing on new terrain. Al Roker is best known for his facility in explaining the weather. ![]()
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