Today confirmed Kotb’s exit in September 2024 and Melvin was announced as her successor less than two months later. He made his debut as co-anchor on January 13 alongside Savannah Guthrie, who has been co-hosting the morning show since 2012.

Hoda Kotb wrote a letter for her successor and new TODAY show co-anchor, Craig Melvin. She hid the letter in a "secret" place only Savannah Guthrie knew about.

Though Hoda Kotb has officially left Today, her presence is still heavily felt around the show’s set! The longtime TV host wrote a letter to Craig Melvin, who replaced her in the coanchor seat on the program on Monday.

Craig Melvin shined during his first day on the job as Hoda Kotb’s replacement on Today on Monday. The NBC personality sat next to Savannah Guthrie at the news desk to welcome viewers to the program during the first episode since Hoda’s departure.

Hoda Kotb left her TODAY family with full hearts and years of fond memories — but she also left behind some gross mementos, as Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin revealed during their Tonight Show visit on January 15.

Craig Melvin is stepping into a new role at Today after being part of the morning show family since 2018. After Hoda Kotb announced her departure from Today in September 2024, Melvin was named as the morning show’s new coanchor alongside Savannah Guthrie.

Craig Melvin was so shocked by news of Hoda Kotb's Today show exit that he thought the decision to leave wasn't hers. "My dressing room is two over from hers, and she knocks on my door one morning, which was unusual.

Hoda Kotb celebrated her fresh start after leaving the 'Today' show and gave a shout-out to Craig Melvin as he takes over as coanchor

Craig Melvin's debut as co-anchor of Today proved to be an emotional one. On Monday, January 13, the 45-year-old broadcast journalist — who began his first day in his new gig — received a video message and a handwritten letter from his predecessor, Hoda Kotb, whose last day was Friday, January 10.

We go in and we sit on the set and there are these trays,” Guthrie joked, explaining that in the trays for their personal items, Kotb had left, “like, one contact and, like, expired

With Hoda Kotb officially out of the Today show, longtime viewers have turned their attention to Craig Melvin, the morning news show’s longtime personality who has taken over as Savannah Guthrie‘s new co-anchor.