Kotb, who retired from her co-anchoring gig early last year, has been filling in since January 6.

• NBC officials reportedly shared an update on Hoda Kotb’s future on the Today show amid the ongoing search for Savannah Guthrie’s mom.
• Nancy Guthrie, 84, was first reported missing from her Tucson, Arizona home on February 1.
• Kotb, who retired for her co-anchoring spot in January 2025. has been filling in for Guthrie since February 6.

Hoda Kotb has been filling Savannah Guthrie’s shoes since the Today show host’s mom Nancy was first reported missing on February 1. However, as the search operation moves towards its fifth week, the network is reportedly eyeing a longer stint—and making some tentative long-term decisions. According to People, Kotb’s Today show future has been extended, marking her first extended return since leaving her co-hosting gig early last year.

Kotb, who retired from the Today show in January 2025, has been back in her co-anchor seat opposite Craig Melvin since February 6. And as the search for the 84-year-old continues, People confirmed on February 25 that the former TV personality will keep holding down the fort as Guthrie takes an extended leave of absence from her post.

However, according to Page Six, there are no official plans for Kotb to return full time or for Guthrie to quit the show. “At the moment, we’re taking things week by week, day by day. Hoda has been a steady hand, and calm presence for the staff,” the publication revealed they were told by NBC insiders. The sources also revealed that while morale is low in the office due to the crew’s close relationship with Guthrie and her family, they’re trying to keep things going like normal as much as possible.

“Everyone, from top down is focused on supporting Savannah and her family, and also doing the best job possible, because that’s what she would do. She is just so missed by everyone,” they added.

Guthrie has relocated back to her Tucson, Arizona hometown while the investigation into Nancy’s disappearance continues. The host recently shared a heartbreaking update on the search in an Instagram video on Tuesday, revealing she was increasing the reward from $100,000 to $1,000,000 for information that could lead to her mom.

“We still believe in a miracle. We still believe that she can come home,” she shared in the tearful clip. “Hope against hope. As my sister says, we are blowing on the embers of hope.”

Guthrie continued,“We also know that she may be lost, she may already be gone. She may already have gone home to the Lord she loves and is dancing in heaven with her mom and her dad and with her beloved brother Pierce and with our daddy. And if this is what is to be, then we will accept it, but we need to know where she is. We need her to come home.”

Hoda Kotb Shares Hopeful Message Amid Search for Savannah Guthrie’s Mom Nancy After 11 Days

Nancy was first reported missing on February 1.

• Hoda Kotb shared a hopeful message amid the kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy.
• Nancy was first reported missing on February 1. The Guthrie family has posted several videos pleading for her return.
• Kotb returned to Today’s anchor desk in Savannah’s absence on February 6.

It has been eleven days since Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy, was reported missing from her Tucson, Arizona, home on February 1. The Guthrie family has been flooded with well-wishes and prayers, including from Savannah’s longtime friend and co-worker Hoda Kotb.

Kotb took to her Instagram Story to share a hopeful message amid the search for Savannah’s 84-year-old mother. “Hope is believing that they are held, even when we cannot hold them,” she posted, set to the tune of James Quinn’s “A Gentle Sunlight.”

On February 6, Kotb returned to Today’s anchor desk in Savannah’s absence; Kotb left the show in January 2025 to spend more time with her daughters. Kotb joined Sheinelle Jones, Carson Daly, and Craig Melvin in the emotional moment. “First of all, I just want to say this whole thing’s breaking my heart, and I’m happy to be sitting here with you,” she said, nodding to a seat at the table while adding, “I picture Savannah sitting there.”

She continued, saying, “I think there’s this helpless feeling. I mean, we’re all so close to her and we all want to help her.”

Nancy was last seen at her house around 9:30 p.m. on January 31. She was reported missing the next day after she failed to show up for church. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has since labeled Nancy’s home “a crime scene.”

The Guthrie family has posted several videos pleading with Nancy’s potential kidnappers, most captioned with, “Bring her home.” In a video posted on February 5, Savannah and her siblings, Annie and Camron Guthrie, made a tearful plea, describing their mom as “a kind, faithful, loyal, fiercely loving woman of goodness and light. She is funny, spunky, and clever.” They also disclosed her pressing health needs, sharing, “her heart is fragile. She lives in constant pain. She is without any medicine. She needs it to survive. She needs it not to suffer.”

The next day, Camron posted a video asking for “a way to communicate with [the kidnapper] so we can move forward.” The trio posted again on February 8, saying they received the kidnapper’s message. “We received your message, and we understand,” Savannah said. “We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.”

In the newest developments, authorities searched Annie’s home, which she shares with her husband Tommaso Cioni, the last person to see Nancy alive on the evening of January 31. Savannah also shared new photos recently released by the FBI of an armed suspect who is believed to have kidnapped Nancy,