Overview
- Guthrie reunited with co-anchor Craig Melvin in Studio 1A on Monday, marking her first full day back after a weeks-long leave to shoot the Wordle series.
- The leave was a planned assignment to host NBC’s adaptation of the New York Times game and Jimmy Fallon is listed as an executive producer on the project.
- Production on Wordle was paused earlier this year after Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Arizona home and Guthrie has said producers and partners delayed work to accommodate her.
- Nancy Guthrie remains missing after an abduction reported in February, and Savannah has used social posts to plead for tips while declining to take part in Today’s reporting of the case.
- Other Today anchors covered Guthrie’s shifts during her absence and several regular hosts were off on her first day back, a pattern that shows ongoing scheduling shifts as she balances the project and the family crisis.