{"id":602718,"date":"2026-09-17T01:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T01:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/602718\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T01:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T01:02:12","slug":"today-host-sarah-abo-announces-departure-from-nine-network-official-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/602718\/","title":{"rendered":"Today host Sarah Abo announces departure from Nine Network | Official statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Today<\/a> show has officially farewelled Sarah Abo<\/a> after announcing she will conclude her time as co-host and depart the network at the end of this year.<\/p>\n

The beloved host, 39, who is currently on maternity leave, will leave to pursue other opportunities. She was farewelled from the program on Thursday. <\/p>\n

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Sarah Abo will leave Nine at the end of this year.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

In the moving farewell, Abo was described as someone who is, and will always be, a much-loved part of the Today family. <\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of everyone here \u2026 all of us, thank you for giving so much of yourself to this show and for being such a joy to share our mornings with,\u201d said current co-host Sylvia Jeffreys.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut of course now that joy belongs to beautiful [son] Sonny and [husband] Cyrus\u2026 We are all going to miss you, Sez and we absolutely adore you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The farewell message was followed with a highlight reel of Abo\u2019s best moments over the past few years, in a celebration of her time with Nine. <\/p>\n

The farewell comes after Abo announced she was leaving the program on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

\u201cWords can\u2019t express how grateful I am to our viewers for letting me into your homes to be part of your morning routine,\u201d said Abo in an official statement. <\/p>\n

\u201cWithout you, there is no Today show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abo, who has been a permanent co-host of the Today show since 2023, joined the Nine Network as a reporter for 60 Minutes<\/a> in 2019. <\/p>\n

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Sarah Abo was farewelled by her co-stars on Today. \u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether with 60 Minutes, I\u2019ve spent my time at Nine chasing stories, travelling and reporting from all over the world, interviewing some incredible and inspiring people from all walks of life,\u201d the host continued. <\/p>\n

\u201cBecoming a mum has heralded a new chapter and sharing that with our audience has been truly special. As many of you know, this has been a significant journey for my family and will continue to be my greatest achievement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to thank the wider Today team \u2013 the amazing crew, incredible producers and my wonderful fellow hosts \u2013 you all know how much you mean to me. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes a special kind of crazy to wake up at the hours we do but it\u2019s so much easier when the team feels like family. I\u2019ll miss you all dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an Instagram post Abo again thanked the team and the viewers and in regards to her future plans, said \u201cthere is more to come\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tom Steinfort<\/a> and Sylvia Jeffreys<\/a> have been announced as the new hosts of Today, with the news confirmed on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Sarah Abo officially made her debut as the permanent co-host of the Today show on January 16, 2023.<\/p>\n

Her new role was announced by the Nine Network in late November 2022, replacing Allison Langdon who moved over to host A Current Affair<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Sarah went on maternity leave in July after welcoming a baby boy Sonny. \u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Under her Instagram post, co-stars and friends flooded the comments section with messages of support for the host and new mum. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou have been such a light for all of us who work with you. I have been honoured to share the set with you. I will miss you at Christmas it won\u2019t be the same xxx,\u201d wrote David Campbell.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cA privilege to be a part of this chapter @sarahabo Exciting times ahead \ud83d\ude09\ud83d\udc95,\u201d commented Tim Davis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Co-stars wished Abo well wishes for the next chapter ahead. \u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Reporter Jayne Azzopardi\u00a0called Abo a \u201csuperstar on and off camera\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve loved sharing a TV studio (and a birthday!) with you the last couple of years,\u201d she said. \u201cWishing you all the good things in this next chapter because you deserve it all. Sonny and Cyrus are the real winners out of this I\u2019m sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Renne Bargh added: \u201cI\u2019m going to miss working with you my love. You\u2019re the best \u2764\ufe0f .\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Abo and her husband of more than a decade, Cyrus Moran, welcomed their baby boy Sonny in July 2026<\/a>. The co-host departed the program early to go on maternity leave. <\/p>\n

In August 2026, Sonny made his Today show debut<\/a> when Abo brought him into the studio to meet the rest of the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Today show has officially farewelled Sarah Abo after announcing she will conclude her time as co-host and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-602718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}