Savannah Guthrie is probably never returning to the “Today” show after her mother Nancy’s heartbreaking disappearance, according to a new report.
The “Today” anchor has not appeared on the NBC morning show since Feb. 1, when Nancy was reported missing. Multiple TV veterans told Status News that it’s doubtful she’ll ever return.
“There’s no way Savannah’s coming back,” one source told the outlet. “I can’t imagine she would even want to.”
However, Page Six is told there’s no way one can definitively say Savannah won’t be coming back at all, as she is currently focused on her mom and not her work.
Meanwhile, another TV exec noted Savannah’s importance to the iconic morning show, telling the outlet, “If you could pick one person across the span of morning TV that a show would not want to lose, it would be Savannah.”
“Savannah was always the glue on that show, and without that, this whole paradigm of our morning anchor team as a family, that connective tissue has just been ripped out,” the source continued.
Savannah’s former co-anchor, Hoda Kotb, returned to the “Today” show to fill in during the Guthrie family tragedy.
Kotb exited NBC in January 2025 after 26 years with the network.
Page Six has learned Hoda will be back again next week. While there’s no plan to keep her for the foreseeable future, execs are going to take the situation week by week.
Sources previously told Page Six that Savannah will remain off the “Today” show for the “foreseeable future” amid the desperate hunt for her mother.
“The entire show and network is rallying together in support of our beloved colleague and friend as we navigate this unimaginable time,” an NBC source told Page Six.
Savannah, 54, has been a co-anchor on “Today” since July 2012.
Page Six was told in October 2024 that she had well more than a year left on her $7 million a year deal, which means her contract is coming up for renewal.
“Everyone at ‘Today’ is taking this day by day, and of course giving Savannah the grace, time and support she needs,” one source told us.
There has still been no suspect named in Nancy’s disappearance, despite Savannah and her siblings Annie and Camron’s desperate pleas to bring their 84-year-old mother home.
Savannah’s friends expressed their concern for her with Page Six on Monday, following Savannah’s latest plea to Nancy’s suspected kidnapper that it was “never too late to do the right thing.”
“She looks devastated. She looks like she’s struggling,” one source told us. “She can’t be doing well.”
“Anyone who knows her is obviously so worried about her,” the source added.
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