Overview
- Craig Melvin and Carson Daly returned to Studio 1A on Thursday and resumed on-air duties after each spent more than a week away from the show.
- Melvin’s missed earlier return was caused by storm-related travel delays that left him stuck outside New York before he made it back to the anchor desk.
- Daly had been in California filming upcoming episodes of NBC’s The Voice and rejoined Today after completing that assignment.
- Several regulars remain off the main show for planned reasons, including Savannah Guthrie filming the Wordle game show in Manchester, Dylan Dreyer on family leave, and Al Roker on an NBC assignment.
- Substitute anchors and meteorologists continued to fill key roles across broadcasts while NBC weighs operational changes after a July Studio 1A security breach prompted arrests and an internal security review.