{"id":567954,"date":"2026-04-06T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/567954\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:00:07","slug":"its-good-to-be-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/567954\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Good to Be Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSavannah Guthrie<\/a> returned to the Today<\/a> show<\/a> on Monday \u2014 this time, for real (and for good).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe NBC News morning show\u2019s longtime co-anchor was in her familiar chair next to Craig Melvin when the clock struck 7 a.m. ET. (OK, so technically she was there five minutes earlier for a live promo.) Time to go to work.<\/p>\n

\n\tWearing a cheery yellow dress and surrounded by roses of the same color, Guthrie opened with the latest news on Iran \u2014 including a potential 45-day ceasefire and the rescue mission to save two downed American airmen \u2014 as if it were any other day. It was not.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere were teases on rising gas prices, Artemis II, weather, Royals talk and the NCAA women\u2019s basketball championship \u2014 congrats to UCLA!<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt is good to be home,\u201d Guthrie then said to Craig and to camera.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYes, it is good to have you back at home,\u201d Melvin said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOK, here we go. Ready or not, let\u2019s do the news,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd then it was pretty much business as usual \u2014 early on, at least. By 7:13 a.m. ET, Guthrie was cracking jokes at the expense of Melvin, a University of South Carolina supporter (and a South Carolina native). The Bruins blew out the Gamecocks. Sorry, Craig. (He wore a yellow tie and pocket square; all of the on-air talent had their yellow-ribbon pins, symbolic of the search for Nancy.)<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen it was time for the weather, Al Roker commented that he likes looking over at the desk and seeing Savannah where she belongs. The early acknowledgements of the moment were brief, but sweet. Guthrie is a gamer.<\/p>\n

\n\tFans were lined up outside of the famed Studio 1A at 10 Rockefeller Plaza (just across from 30 Rock) as per usual, but with a little extra enthusiasm and even more signs supporting Savannah. At 7:30, we got our first live shot of the crowd as Carson Daly and Roker joined the desk. <\/p>\n

\n\tGuthrie said she was \u201cexcited to give them all a hug,\u201d adding, \u201cI\u2019m really feeling the love so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAt 7:50, Jenna Bush Hager brought a \u201cMorning Boost\u201d toddler hack to the table. But first, she said, \u201cWe don\u2019t even need a boost because we have our sunshine back,\u201d referring to Savannah. By then, it was a full desk \u2014 including Sheinelle Jones \u2014 the gang was back together.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt 8:30, Guthrie was welcomed back out on the plaza where she let some emotion out.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThese signs are so beautiful,\u201d Guthrie said. \u201cYou guys have been so beautiful. I received so many letters \u2014 so much kindness to me and my family. We feel it. We feel your prayers, so thank you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn-studio celebrity guests on Monday\u2019s show included Terry Crews and his wife Rebecca King-Crews as well as Keanu Reeves, who was there to promote his new Jonah Hill-written and directed film, Outcome.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch Guthrie\u2019s return here:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tGuthrie has been absent from Today since her mother, Nancy Guthrie<\/a>, was abducted from her Tucson, Arizona home in the early morning hours of Feb. 1. The investigation, a cooperative effort between the Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the FBI, has had fits and starts since then, but no suspect(s) has been identified. There has been no proof of life; Nancy Guthrie is 84 years old and in poor health.<\/p>\n

\n\tSavannah Guthrie has stopped by the Today show twice since her mom went missing. The first time was in early March, and was really just a set visit<\/a> to see friends and thank them for their support. The second time was for a sit-down interview with her longtime colleague Hoda Kotb. It was a tearful, lengthy conversation<\/a> that aired in several parts over two days. In the interview, Savannah blamed her wealth and fame for Nancy\u2019s abduction, though she added that the family cannot be certain of a motive at this point. She also said God spoke directly to her and stated that Nancy was \u201cwith me.\u201d With the interview came the news: Savannah Guthrie would return to work on Monday, April 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie returned to the Today show on Monday \u2014 this time, for real (and for good). The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,209536,66501,7349],"class_list":{"0":"post-567954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-nancy-guthrie","11":"tag-savannah-guthrie","12":"tag-today"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}