Matt Lauer of 'The Today Show' Guests on USA's 'Royal Pains' 8/7

Matt Lauer, longtime host of NBC's THE TODAY SHOW, will appear as himself in an upcoming episode of USA's hit summer series ROYAL PAINS, which premieres its third season tonight, Wednesday, June 29 at 9/8c on USA.

In the episode entitled "Ta Da For," Lauer vacations in the Hamptons -- where the show takes place -- and Evan Lawson (Paulo Costanzo) schemes to secure a TODAY SHOW profile for his and brother Hank's (Mark Feuerstein) booming medical concierge business HankMed.

Lauer joins the previously announced guest stars Tony Hale, Kyle Howard and Campbell Scott in the episode scheduled to air on Wednesday, August 7 at 9/8c.

ROYAL PAINS was USA's #1 show in 2010 in P25-54, P18-49, total viewers and households.

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