Kotb hosted Today ‘s fourth-hour with Bush Hager from 2019 until her departure from NBC on January 10, 2025. She previously hosted with Kathie Lee Gifford from 2008 to 2019. According to the Daily Mail insider, Kotb has given her seal of approval to Johansson as her replacement.

Hoda Kotb returned to see her Today co-stars just a week after her emotional departure from the show. She reunited with former NBC co-stars, including Savannah Guthrie, Dylan Dreyer, and Jenna Bush Hager.

Henson, Eva Longoria and more Jenna Bush Hager is full of sweet surprises! The news personality, 43, surprised each of her celebrity co-hosts on Today with Jenna & Friends with a new book based on their personality.

Jenna Bush Hager is starting a new era of the Today show's fourth hour. Following Hoda Kotb's final episode on January 10, Today With Hoda & Jenna relaunched under the new title Today With Jenna & Friends.

Following Hoda Kotb's departure from Today, NBC rebranded the fourth hour of the show, which Kotb had co-hosted alongside Jenna Bush Hager, as Today with Jenna & Friends, with Bush Hager welcoming a rotating crop of guest hosts until a permanent one is named.