Savannah Guthrie ‘Today’ Show Absence Due to Assignment, Not Missing Mom
Craig Melvin said Guthrie is on assignment and starting production meetings for the Wordle game show coming to NBC later this year.
- On Wednesday, June 17, and Thursday, June 18, Today host Savannah Guthrie missed two consecutive broadcasts while co-anchor Craig Melvin revealed she was "starting production meetings on the Wordle game show coming to NBC later this year."
- NBC announced Guthrie as host of the upcoming Wordle series last month, and the 54-year-old journalist had previously returned to the morning show in April following a two-month hiatus amid her mother Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.
- Craig Melvin explained Guthrie's absence on Wednesday, noting she was "on assignment," while Sheinelle Jones filled in and Melvin dismissed rumors that Guthrie attended the New York Knicks victory parade.
- The Wordle game show is set to premiere on NBC later this year, with Guthrie expressing gratitude for the production team's support when her mother's disappearance delayed initial plans for the series based on The New York Times Games.
- Guthrie continues balancing her hosting duties with the search for her mother, who was reported missing in Arizona in February. Colleagues have expressed support, noting the show remains a source of "joy" for the journalist.
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Savannah Guthrie was absent from the Today show for a second consecutive broadcast. “So happy that Sheinelle [Jones] is here while Savannah is on assignment,” Guthrie’s co-anchor Craig Melvin began the Thursday, June 18, episode of the morning show. Jones, 48, subsequently joked that Guthrie, 54, was, instead, among the thousands of New Yorkers packed in the lower Manhattan crowd ahead of the New York Knicks’ victory parade after winning …
Savannah Guthrie ‘Today’ show absence due to assignment, not missing mom
NEW YORK — Savannah Guthrie was absent from the “Today” show Wednesday for professional reasons, though it raised eyebrows amid the more than four-month disappearance of her elderly mother Nancy Guthrie.
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