[RhysJR]

An odd time to promote it - only logic is does Today go into a summer mode from next week?  AFAIK though the hosts don't get a couple of months off like their UK counterparts.

Good shout - the only other reason I could think is that NBC should be showing the French Open finals this weekend, so some budget was saved by having two broadcasts from Paris in the same week? That wouldn't be a very convincing reason though, yours sound more plausible.