With Kotb set to leave at the end of 2024, fans are wondering if her long-time co-host Savannah Guthrie could be next. According to The Daily Mail, sources reveal that NBC is keen to ensure that Guthrie stays with the show. Savannah reportedly earns $8 million a year from NBC, considerably less than Hoda.

Hoda Kotb, a fixture at NBC for more than two decades, says she will leave her morning perch on the “Today” show early next year, telling staffers “it’s time.” In a memo to her team — and later in an emotional on-air reveal Thursday — Kotb said her 60th birthday this summer helped trigger the departure: “I saw it all so clearly: my broadcast career has been beyond meaningful,

Hoda Kotb announced she is leaving the "Today" show early in 2025 after more than five years co-anchoring the morning program. Kotb announced the decision in a letter that was shared with colleagues, Today.com reported.

Hoda Kotb surprised viewers by announcing her upcoming exit from the Today show after 17 years on Thursday, September 26, and behind-the-scenes chatter about her replacement has already begun. “The big contender who everyone at the network is talking about is Laura Jarrett — she has a really strong chance,

Her exit, planned for early next year, is a seismic shift for NBC and opens up a pair of morning TV’s most coveted anchor chairs.

Kotb first joined NBC as a correspondent back in 1998. She became a co-anchor of the 10 a.m. hour alongside Kathie-Lee Gifford in 2008, with the show dubbed “Today with Kathie-Lee and Hoda.”