Hoda Kotb exited the 'Today' show on Jan. 10, making way for Melvin to replace her in the co-anchor seat It’s the start of a new era on the Today show. After Hoda Kotb exited the NBC morning show on Friday,

Dressed in a navy suit and yellow tie that his wife and kids picked out for the occasion, Craig stands at the TODAY desk reading over copy when music begins playing. He looks up, surprised, as the first verse of Hootie & the Blowfish’s “Let Her Cry” comes through the studio speakers.

Craig Melvin isn't even a week into his tenure as co-anchor of the 'Today' show and already his co-anchor has left him. Melvin, 45, joked about Savannah Guthrie's absence at the top of the Thursday, Jan.

“I was like, ‘Are they forcing you out?’ She’s like, ‘No Craig, I’m OK. I’m leaving,’” he recalled. “I was legit stunned, so much so that after she left, I went back to her dressing room, and I was like, ‘Are you sure you’re OK?’ It takes a certain kind of courage to leave anything when you’re at the height of your game.”

The camera panned to a crowded gymnasium full of family and friends gathered in Columbia High School in Columbia, South Carolina, Craig's hometown.

Teary-eyed, Melvin read aloud the letter Kotb wrote to him, which read: "I'm moving forward, so reach back your hand. Grab the baton, your world will expand. The adventures are endless, the people so dear. Great memories await, year after year."

Craig Melvin made his official debut as a Today show co-anchor during the Monday, January 13, broadcast, and there was no shortage of emotion on the set. After a tribute video pla

Craig Melvin is getting ready to start his new chapter as co-anchor of TODAY. In November 2024, nearly two months after Hoda shared her decision to leave TODAY, Craig was announced as the new face that will sit alongside Savannah Guthrie in the mornings.

Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin will kick off a new era at NBC's 'Today' just as the long-running morning program is beating 'Good Morning America'

Savannah Guthrie sent shock waves through Studio 1A on Friday as she admitted to not having watched two cult classic movies from the '80s. Sitting alongside her Today Show co-stars, Carson Daly and Craig Melvin, the panel discussed the breaking news circulating Richard Donner's 1985 adventure comedy The Goonies .

The show has now released its first new promo with co-hosts Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin to kickstart ... Jenna Bush Hager, Al Roker, Carson Daly, Dylan Dreyer and Sheinelle Jones are all ...

The No Shoes Nation will be stomping into Las Vegas this spring when Kenny Chesney hits the Sphere stage. Chesney will be the first country act to take up residency at Sphere, following U2, Dead & Company, Eagles, Phish, and Afterlife Presents Anyma as resident artists.