"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". shortly afterwards, "live at five" was moved back to 30 rockefeller center and adopted a more traditional news-based format in september 1993.