{"id":578971,"date":"2026-04-12T02:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/578971\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T02:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:09:11","slug":"three-word-secret-code-revealed-that-would-pull-savannah-guthrie-off-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/578971\/","title":{"rendered":"Three word secret code revealed that would pull Savannah Guthrie off the air"},"content":{"rendered":"

Needed off the air.<\/p>\n

NBC reportedly has a contingency plan in place for \u201cToday\u201d show host Savannah Guthrie \u2014 including a three-word phrase \u2014 in the event that news breaks live about her mother Nancy\u2019s disappearance while she\u2019s on the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An insider at \u201cToday\u201d told the Daily Mail<\/a> that if a major development in Nancy Guthrie\u2019s abduction case breaks while Savannah is on air, a producer would tell the 54-year-old \u201cToday\u201d host that she\u2019s \u201cneeded off set\u201d \u2014 a code word that Guthrie is well aware of.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would pull her immediately, mid-segment if we had to,\u201d the insider told the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Savannah Guthrie made her \u201cToday\u201d show return on Monday, two months after her mother Nancy vanished from her Tucson home on February 1. Jose Perez \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

\u201cShe knows if one of the producers tells her she\u2019s \u2018needed off set\u2019 that there\u2019s a development,\u201d the insider said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cShe would understand that there was news about her mom and we\u2019d take her into an office and tell her, at the same time that another anchor would report it as a breaking story.\u201d<\/p>\n

The insider added that the daily morning news show would \u201cnever in a million years\u201d have Savannah report on any news of her mother\u2019s disappearance unless she wanted to.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest on Savannah Guthrie\u2019s missing mom<\/p>\n

The source said Guthrie \u201ctrusts\u201d the network to tell the story respectfully and has accepted that NBC will not hold any developments on her mother\u2019s case out of sensitivity for her.<\/p>\n

\u201cSavannah understands that she has a public who is very invested in Nancy\u2019s story, and understands that we wouldn\u2019t necessarily wait for her to find out before reporting it,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

A \u201cToday\u201d show source told the Daily Mail that \u201cEveryone is happy that she is back and welcomed her with open arms\u201d following Guthrie\u2019s Monday return. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/p>\n

Guthrie made her highly anticipated return to the \u201cToday\u201d show on Monday<\/a> after spending nearly two months off air, after her 84-year-old mother vanished without a trace from her Tucson home on February 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The \u201cToday\u201d host was \u201cwelcomed with open arms, lots of hugs, some tears, some smiles,\u201d on her first day back, according to the insider.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cToday\u201d host was \u201cwelcomed with open arms, lots of hugs, some tears, some smiles,\u201d on her first day back, according to the insider. GC Images<\/p>\n

Last month, after her exclusive sit-down interview with former co-host Hoda Kotb, Guthrie reportedly told NBC that she was interested in returning to the show \u201caround now,\u201d the insider said, adding that it would \u201cgive her enough family time and to see if there was anything promising to happen with her mom\u2019s search.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Guthrie took two months away from the \u201cToday\u201d show after her mother Nancy vanished from her Tucson home in February. savannahguthrie\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is happy that she is back and welcomed her with open arms,\u201d the source said of Guthrie\u2019s return. GC Images<\/p>\n

Once news of Nancy\u2019s disappearance broke, \u201cToday\u201d show colleagues were reportedly left grappling with guilt. One source told the outlet it was \u201ca wakeup call.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guthrie has had the full support of the network \u2014 including top NBC leadership execs \u2014 who, the source said, \u201chave had her back the entire time whether she wanted to come back or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

The insider said Guthrie appears to be back on air for good, but the network will support her if she needs to step back again.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Guthrie returned to \u201cToday\u201d on Monday. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cIf she isn\u2019t feeling it, or needs more time off, she will be given it,\u2019 the source said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey would love to have Savannah back full time, but if she has to leave, they will allow her, but they anticipate she is back for good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Post reached out to NBC for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Needed off the air. NBC reportedly has a contingency plan in place for \u201cToday\u201d show host Savannah Guthrie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,94691,209536,1254,66501,1256,92,194],"class_list":{"0":"post-578971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-kidnappings","10":"tag-nancy-guthrie","11":"tag-nbc","12":"tag-savannah-guthrie","13":"tag-today-show","14":"tag-tv","15":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578971","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=578971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}