Hoda leaving the Today show

Things must be really bad between her and Savannah for her to quit.

Not so fast Matt Lauer...

I know she has help but it takes a lot of energy to raise young kids at 60. She does look great for her age.

She looks like the epitome of a

FRAU

R4, because she is a Frau

r4 I would think that you are required to look professional for the news

Maybe she’ll go full circle and end up back in True Crime where she began?

I like her and she certainly has a lot of bubbly enthusiasm and good nature for an old broad. She kind of reminds me of Dinah Shore in that was, minus the Southern drawl.

Maybe they’re going to put Ivanka on with Jenna?

R8 Like Dinah Shore in what way 🫢 ?

I'm going to miss her -- I watch Today for maybe 1/2 hour in the morning, and I'm not crazy about Savannah.

Is Ann Curry available!

I wonder what her fucking problem is? She’s paid like 10 million a year to just sit there like a dope!

Those morning shoes have too many freaking people. Two anchors, a news reader, and a weather person is all you need.

Shows!

Working that early really changes your whole life schedule, I couldn't do it long term. I am the first to bitch about people but I always liked Hoda. I can't stand nepo Jenna.

Maybe she’s retiring to Dinah Shores

"More than five years.... " Wow! FIVE! Puts us peons with more than 30 years in a job in the SHADE!

Well in all fairness R18, Hoda has been doing NBC morning for 16 years.

This is so over the top. What happened to this show? Where’s the dignity? Compare this with Katie Couric’s announcement after 15 years in the job. Get it together!

She's having more kids, said she wanted to expand her family.

I hope that's not true, R21. She's way too old to buy another baby. Isn't that why her boyfriend left? He was okay with the one kid, but then she wanted more and he was outta there.

Savannah Guthrie is a cold bitch. Hoda brought some warmth to the mornings, but I can't imagine watching that fundie harpy Savannah.

One down, one more to go.

As time goes on and cast members leave, Al is really starting to look like Grandpa Moses. I think they'll have to relocate the studio to an undisclosed location to get rid of him though.

R14, you should check out the third hour sometime.

There are four anchors and they all participate in each interview from what I’ve seen.

Consequently, there is no flow. It’s terrible.

Good morning, everybody. Good morning, good morning. Everybody, good morning ...

Bring Matt Lauer back!

I’ve got some free time!

Bunch of nitpickers here. I like having a team of players. Yoda is great. Savannah is as well. Sheinelle Jones is very talented and down to earth...her interview with Ryan Lochte on a local Philly station is hysterical to watch. Jenna Bush was hired due to her relatives, but she's come into her own. I want Craig Melvin deep inside me. And Al Roker is lovable.

Great as an anchor, Yoda is. Yes, hmmm. So is Hoda! ^^^^

Al should leave with Hoda. He’s so crabby and cranky most of the time.

Good for her. She can work a few times a year doing specials, appearances, speeches and make serious bank. She just moved to the suburbs with her kids and took time off when they started school a couple of weeks ago. This has probably been planned for quite some time.

I also really like Hoda. I prefer to believe she is really genuine.

I can't find it on Youtube, but I remember her appearance on air the morning after the Saints won the Superbowl. Giddy as a child and drunk as a skunk, clearly having partied all night. That's when I really came to like her.

Another who likes Hoda here. Savannah not so much. Not sure what I will do for morning background noise once Hoda's gone.

Isn’t she on air for four hours every morning? That’s got to be draining.

Sher deserves to retire. More people need to take their money and step back at age 60. Certainly anyone in politics should be forced out no later than 65. Make room for new leadership with new ideas. Know when it's time to go.

Not sure how much she makes, but you can't tell me it's not enough to retire on. She been doing this a while now.

R38, she has to be worth at least $50 million.

Time for my comeback!

Please please do NOT make Craig Melvin her replacement on the First 2 hours of the Today Show. Cannot stand his egotistical ass.

Those years getting hammered everyday with Boozie Lee must have taken their toll

Hoda, join me on the farm. We can drink wine and take our Balance of Nature pills!

So What....Who Cares

Rumour.....Mika B. is being considered for TODAY post to get her off of Morning Joe and away from Joe.

Hoda was on local news when I lived in NOLA and everyone in town seemed to love her.

R46, I've heard this from many of my New Orleans friends.

OMG, I hate Savannah.

Bring back Willard Scott!

This is what I remember most, Hoda and the Moss Man (at 1:30). I think this was her first Mardi Gras.

This may be it R34. Both she and Savannah look lit.

Oh my, R45! I know Mika hosts Morning Joe, but she'd be like an ice princess to the Today Show viewers.

Well, at least we can be pretty sure they won't bring Megyn Kelly back.

Thanks, R41, but the spot I'm looking for was Hoda by herself and didn't last long. She was slurring and laughing and it was marvelous. I suspect it may have bee expunged.

The Bush girl is in charge now? Stop the nonsense.

Bring back Ann Curry!

I hear Ryan Seacrest wants another job.

Guaranteed Andy Cohen is already angling hard for it.

It's the only way we could get rid of Jenna..

Is Jenna the Bush daughter that was passed out in the bushes in Panama City during spring break? I recall that old battle axe Barbara making fun of her, saying she was just like her father.

[quote]I can't find it on Youtube, but I remember her appearance on air the morning after the Saints won the Superbowl. Giddy as a child and drunk as a skunk, clearly having partied all night. That's when I really came to like her.

She's told the story of reporting from New Orleans after Katrina — unwashed, unslept, and filthy dirty. There was nowhere to change at the station where they were loading people onto buses, and she turned her back to change her blouse.

A woman on one of the buses yelled, "HODA KOTB! WE CAN SEE YOUR TIDDIES!"

R50 that is almost the exact same speech she gave on the today show this morning.

[quote] Did she fuck Burt Reynolds, too?

I’ll do it for half the price NBC.

Hoda and Savannah were half in the bag during the Olympic opening ceremonies too

Savannah's mouth, especially the upper lip, is fugly as hell. She gives off huge mean-girl vibes, too.

In short, I FUCKING HATE HER.

Hoda is a good journalist. I just can’t stand morning shows. Everyone talks loudly at the same time. It reminds me of the SNL “Attitudes” parody, the hosts jabbering at the same time, overwhelming the guest and back channeling at every opportunity.

As far as morning TV goes, Hoda is pretty good. Her voice is low and soothing, and she doesn’t default to manic pixie mode. Jenna Bush has improved, she isn’t a natural but she is a good foil with Hoda. Their friendship seems genuine.

David Muir should host the morning show. He should host mid day news. Evening news. 11’ o clock news. Every single news show should be hosted by David Muir.

R29 wins

[quote]I know she has help but it takes a lot of energy to raise young kids at 60. She does look great for her age.

Which is why celebrities in their mid-50s should not be buying babies. Let younger couples who want a family adopt these children.

[quote]"Obviously I had my kiddos late in life, and I was thinking that they deserve a bigger piece of my time pie that I have," she said. "I feel like we only have a finite amount of time.

The adoption agency should have given this consideration seven years ago, and said no to her. But money can buy you kids.

I wonder if this was NBC's decision ? They don't like women behind the anchor desk as they age - ask Jane Pauley.

In the meantime, I nominate Meghan MyFather McCain for her spot ! Imagine the tension between her and Jenna hosting the 4th hour of the show ? Better than 'The View'.

Interesting that Hoda announces she's leaving, a week after Gayle King inks a new deal with CBS (and King is nearly a decade older than Hoda). I guess the network wouldn't match King's CBS salary, so she walked instead of renewing a contract ?

Well, hello!

Welcome to my fourth hour of Today!

Coming soon: The Gio and Tommy Show!

I can handle watching her with Jenna, but I can’t abide that no-lipped cunt, Savannah.

She’s a class act & will be missed.

Id rather sleep.

I must say I admire Hoda's courage to become a mother at her age and then to leave a great gig like The Today Show...I know I could never turn down that type of money. She's very brave!

R72 I don’t think there was a queue of people wanting to adopt two little brown girls. I think the oldest has special needs? Hoda has more resources for special needs kids than many younger couples. International adoptions are tough, most kids need extra medical and education help.

[quote] This is so over the top. What happened to this show? Where’s the dignity? Compare this with Katie Couric’s announcement after 15 years in the job. Get it together!

R20 You aren't kidding! Worst of all, throughout this sob-fest she barely even made the actual announcement that she's leaving the show. Some reporting there! Instead, there's like 90 seconds of a build-up, she finally sputters out that she's "stepping back" or however she said it, and then it's another 4.5 minutes of "these are tears of love / I can't imagine doing the show without you" schmaltz. And I say this as someone who likes Hoda, even though I haven't watched Today in many years since even before she came in to replace the odious sex pest Matt Lauer.

Meanwhile, here was Katie Couric's announcement. It starts around 2:30. Heartfelt, authentic, yet still....professional. Give me this any day, compared to the setup today of having half a dozen co-anchors on the couch all crying over one another.

Can they exhume and reanimate Reege?

I might be available.

No one cried when Katie left because she is an unlikeable cunt.

[quote]Hoda and Savannah were half in the bag during the Olympic opening ceremonies too

A smart choice on their part, I wouldn't have wanted to see them sober.

R81 You'd be surprised. When a couple wants to have a family and have their hearts set on adoption, they welcome any child into the family because they truly want the child. They don't have money - they have love and time.

Keep these wealthy celebrities away from buying babies.

Hoda Kotb’s Looming ‘Today’ Exit Could Shake Up Morning Show Wars:

"Take my wife! Please!"

Mike Schmidt (and on behalf of the MSNBC late afternoon audience).

R88 It looks like what came between them in the end was a big dick

Didn't she have breast cancer? Maybe it's back!

Her replacement must be a black woman... a true black woman, which is why I am the only choice.

So this is just speculation, but...

I think Hoda's replacement might be Jeff Glor, one of the anchors of CBS Saturday Morning and a previous anchor of the CBS Evening News. He just announced that he's leaving "SATMO" and CBS.

[quote]If you haven’t heard, I’m leaving the network and CBS,” he said. “This will be my last show on Saturday Morning...I love working with great people and putting quality on the air. Interviewing and anchoring and reporting and doing stories that matter and will last. That is not going away, it never will. I hope to see you again real soon.

Jeff Glor is terrific on Saturday Morning—personable and funny—and he's not bad to look at. He gets along very well with his two female co-anchors and is a team player. If they decide to go with a new male co-anchor, I think he would fit in very well in the old Matt Lauer slot.

Seacrest is going to take her spot.

R94 - LOL - I was just thinking that. Seacrest is slumming it on Wheel of Fortune - I don't think he really wants to be there and it's just not a good fit.

That’s plain dumb. NBC isn’t going to pass over a half-dozen in-house prospects for a failed CBS dude.

Seacrest and Guthrie at each other’s throats would be good TV.

[quote]NBC isn’t going to pass over a half-dozen in-house prospects for a failed CBS dude.

Can you please list the "over a half-dozen in-house prospects?" So far, I've only seen second-stringers mentioned in this thread, or folks with a perfectly good day job they won't be leaving.

Glor with that god awful rug on his head? No thanks.

Read the article r98 in the Hollywood Reporter. Or any of the hundreds of other articles addressing your concern.

R93, you’re joking.

Glor got demoted then shown the door. No journalistic chops, no charm, no following.

He’s not under consideration.

If you read the article, this show is nowhere as lucrative as it once was. They already have a zillion anchors. They ain’t paying to bring someone else in.

I knew her in school days. She was a genuinely nice person

They are saying Craig Is in line for the job. Craig is an idiot.

[quote]Craig is an idiot.

Well then he'll be very relatable to most of the audience.

He’s a very useful idiot…he makes that show better—occasionally. That’s all they want or need. Frauen love him. Smarter than Strahan, and with better teeth.

The audience is primarily fraus. They don’t go for intellect.

I would be shocked if it wasn't Craig. No feeling about him one way or another, but he technically is next in line to move up. I don't think it will go well for Today if they go outside of the inner circle. I may tune back to Joe Fryer on NBCNow. I would not be sad about him moving over to Today though.

R98, everyone is by definition a second-stringer until they get called up.

NBC isn’t paying massive bucks to bring in a big name from the outside. Given the trajectory of the morning TV business, and network TV generally, those days are over.

The last time they did that was Megyn Kelly and look how that worked out.

Hoda Kotb Decided to Exit ‘Today’ After NBC Proposed Cut to Her $20 Million Salary:

Well shit, I would too. None of them on that show are worth $20m. YouTubers could replace them.

NO way was Hoda getting $20 mil. And so she decides to stay at NBC for less than that? Come on, idiots.

I hope she doesn’t drag this out over months till someone has to pull the lever to drop the safe

They moved Big dicked Sam Brock to NYC and in studio and sent Tom Yamas out to do hurricane stories. My guess is if they put Craig in the anchor it will be Sam as the "news" person ready to replace Craig. I think they are grooming Tom Yamas to be Lester Holt's replacement and Laura Jarret to be Savannah's when she takes off. Carson has zero chance of being anything but the pop culture guy.

Llamas!

And is most definitely Holt’s intended replacement.

Everyone does say that Sam Brock has a HUGE dick!

He is very, very tall. 🧐

Why does anyone think that she will be replaced by a white man? That would be the biggest surprise of the year.

No one does think that

The cunt is no J. Fred Muggs. Ditch the bitch and can the sentimentality. Hoda cares NOTHING for you. It’s time for the crone to peddle Balance of Nature or better yet, just take her ill gotten gains and GET THE FUCK LOST. I can’t wait for gag inducing “I pooped my pants” at the White House Al Roker to join her in morning TV oblivion. Sick of this loser format SHIT!

r117 Because the metoo payment of Matt Lauer is over. NBC wants a White man back in charge at Today. When the mains are on vacation it is Craig, Al and Shanelle. Some exec at NBC turned it on and said "when did we become BET?"

Who still watches morning tv shows? I actually don’t even have tv anymore, just streaming.