NEW YORK — Hoda Kotb reunited with Savannah Guthrie Monday on the “TODAY” show desk, for the first time since the former’s departure from the NBC morning show over a year ago, as she fills in for anchor Craig Melvin, whose absence has caught the eye of viewers.

Kotb left the show in January 2025 to prioritize her young family. However, the 61-year-old veteran broadcaster was a frequent fixture for the several weeks she filled in for Guthrie, 54, amid the investigation into her mother Nancy’s disappearance.

“I’m so glad to have you here, Hoda,” said Guthrie Monday morning, just a week after her own return to the show, from which she’d been absent all of February and March.

“I’m so happy sitting next to you in this chair again,” said Kotb.

The former coworkers appeared to have coordinated their outfits, with Guthrie wearing blue and Kotb donning periwinkle.

Guthrie reminded viewers that the absence of Melvin, 46, needn’t cause alarm; he’s merely “on a well-deserved vacation with his family this week, probably watching the Masters.”

Upon Guthrie’s return last week, Melvin referred to her as the show’s “North Star.”

Just before Guthrie resumed hosting, she and Kotb reunited during an emotional “Today” show interview centered on the search for 84-year-old Nancy, its impact on the family, and how they’d forge ahead.

The matriarch, who has her mental faculties but suffers from limited mobility and a heart condition, was snatched from her Tucson, Ariz. home in the early morning hours of Feb. 1.

At the time of publication, multiple rewards — including $100,000 from the FBI and $1 million from the Guthrie family — have been offered in exchange for information leading to the discovery of Nancy or the conviction of those involved in her apparent abduction.

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