Joining Savannah Guthrie as co-host, Melvin will begin his new post in January; he and Czarniak married in 2011, share kids Delano and Sybil, and raised US$3.3 million for charity together On November 14, NBC’s Today unveiled that veteran anchor Craig Melvin, a fixture of the morning show’s third hour, will be joining Savannah Guthrie as co-anchor for the flagship two-hour broadcast from 7am to 9am. He is replacing Hoda Kotb.

Other than co-hosting the show’s third hour, Melvin, 44, is also the host of the syndicated true crime series Dateline . Melvin’s wife, Lindsay Czarniak, took to Instagram to pen a long and heartfelt message congratulating her husband. Advertisement {"@context":"https://schema.

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com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2024/11/18/dd750a4c-cd0e-4ba8-92f6-d96e531781dd_7390c88c.jpg"} Craig Melvin is joining Savannah Guthrie as co-anchor on the Today show. Photo: @craigmelvinnbc/Instagram “I am overwhelmed by the emotions that have come along with watching this morning’s announcement of you being named the new co-host of the Today Show,” Czarniak wrote.

“I’m proud because the man so many Americans ‘wake up with’ in the mornings truly is the same person we see at home. Warm, caring, curious, smart, funny, snacking on all th.