📺 Savannah Guthrie signs on to stay at NBC's 'Today'
The 'Today' co-host has extended her NBC News deal, a source told US trade media, as the morning show leads its rivals in the ratings.
The mystery
Big-name TV anchors have been leaving US networks one after another as media companies cut costs. NBC is going the other way and holding on to one of its best-known faces.
The answer
Savannah Guthrie, co-host of 'Today' since 2012 alongside Craig Melvin, has renewed her contract with NBC News, Variety and Deadline report, citing an unnamed source. Her earlier deal was thought to run out around the end of this year or early 2027. The show, which turns 75 in January, beat ABC's 'Good Morning America' and 'CBS Mornings' last season in overall audience as well as among viewers aged 25 to 54, leading on both counts for the first time since 2011-12. Variety, citing ad tracker Guideline, says the first two hours drew about 3 million viewers each weekday and nearly $203.5 million in ads in 2025. Guthrie is also set to host a new NBC game show based on Wordle. The renewal comes during a painful year for her family: her mother Nancy went missing in February from her house in Tucson, Arizona, and no suspect has been named. NBC News did not put any executives forward to comment.
Now think about this
In the streaming era, why do morning TV shows still keep millions of loyal viewers?
