Savannah Guthrie is returning to "Today" show on April 6, NBC says

Updated on: March 27, 2026 / 8:37 AM EDT / CBS News
"Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie will return to the program on April 6, host Hoda Kotb announced on the program's Friday broadcast.

In a portion of the interview with Kotb that aired Friday, Savannah Guthrie said she wants to return to the show "because it's my family."
"I think it's part of my purpose right now.

I want to smile.

And when I do, it will be real.

And my joy will be my protest.

My joy will be my answer.

And being there is joyful," Guthrie said.

She added, "I consider this my family, my greater family, and when times are hard, you want to be with your family and I want to be with my family.

And so, I don't know if I can do it.

I don't know if I'll belong anymore, but I would like to try."
No suspects have been named in the case.

The Guthrie family is offering a $1 million reward for information leading to Nancy Guthrie's recovery.

The FBI is also offering a separate reward of $100,000.

Savannah Guthrie has made several appeals for people with information about her mother to come forward, including a tearful plea in a two-part interview this week on "Today."
"We are in agony.

We are in agony," an emotional Guthrie told Kotb in a clip released Wednesday .

"It is unbearable, and to think of what she went through, I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night, and in the darkness, I imagine her terror, and it is unthinkable, but those thoughts demand to be thought."
She and her siblings have also released video pleas on social media.

As authorities continued to search for her mother, Guthrie stepped back from her duties at NBC, including dropping out of hosting the network's 2026 Winter Olympics broadcast last month.