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Inside why Melvin Craig was chosen as Kotb's replacement and his salary

Recently announced, Melvin Craig is all set to follow Hoda Kotb’s steps as the new anchor of NBC’s Today show. Staff’s reaction to Melvin replacing Kotb A source revealed to US Weekly, “Craig is so awesome, people were cheering when they got the staff email. The good guy won.” On Friday, November 14, Melvin was officially announced as Kotb’s replacement …

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NBC's Craig Melvin will replace Hoda Kotb on the 'Today' show

NBC's Craig Melvin will replace Hoda Kotb on the 'Today' show toggle caption Charles Sykes/Invision/AP NBC's Craig Melvin will replace Hoda Kotb as the new anchor on the Today show, the network announced Thursday. "I am beyond excited and grateful… I want to obviously thank NBC and the folks here who deemed me worthy," he said. Melvin said he's happy …

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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hoda Kotb’s Today show replacement has been announced as Craig Melvin …

Veteran NBC host Craig Melvin tapped to replace Hoda Kotb for the first hours of ‘Today’ show

NEW YORK — Veteran NBC host and news anchor Craig Melvin has been tapped to replace Hoda Kotb as co-host of the 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. hours of “Today.” Melvin is a familiar face to “Today” show viewers. “He’s been an integral and beloved part of our family,” Libby Leist, senior vice president of “Today,” said in a statement. …

Craig Melvin To Replace Hoda Kotb As 'Today' Anchor

LOADING ERROR LOADING Craig Melvin will replace Hoda Kotb as an anchor on “Today,” NBC’s morning show announced Thursday, keeping the major transition in-house. Melvin was already the news anchor on “Today” and will begin working alongside Savannah Guthrie on Jan. 13. “I’m beyond excited and grateful,” Melvin told viewers Thursday in a clip shared by the show. “You are …

Craig Melvin will succeed Hoda Kotb as co-host of NBC’s ‘Today’

NBC’s “Today” is keeping the selection of its next co-host in the family. The network announced Thursday that veteran anchor Craig Melvin, part of the network’s morning franchise since 2016, is taking over for the departing Hoda Kotb. Hoda Kotb appears on NBC’s “Today” show at Rockefeller Plaza on May 19, 2022, in New York. He also hosts the syndicated …

Co-host Hoda Kotb was absent from “Today” this week after her youngest daughter returned home from spending several days in an intensive care unit. Savannah Guthrie opened Tuesday’s show by saying, “Hoda is on vacation.” She sat alongside Craig Melvin, who also filled in for Kotb on Monday. “Little Hope had to go to the hospital and she was in …

Craig Melvin has assured viewers that his “Today” colleague, Hoda Kotb, is “OK” amid mounting concern over her prolonged absence from the morning program. Melvin explained on air Wednesday morning that Kotb has been away dealing with “a family health matter.” The esteemed “Today” co-anchor hasn’t appeared live on the show since Feb. 17. Prior to Wednesday’s show, the beloved …

It's an annual tradition for morning show TV stars to dress in over-the-top costumes for Halloween and Monday was no different as the finest of the early hour got done up. From left, Sheinelle Jones, Willie Geist, Jenna Bush Hager, Craig Melvin, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb appear on NBC's Today show Halloween celebration at Rockefeller Plaza in NYC Sing …