Hoda Kotb is Officially the Co-Host of ‘Today’

The longtime NBC anchor will no longer have the "interim" tag in her title.

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Hoda Kotb on Friday, December 22, 2017 (Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Hoda Kotb has permanently joined Savannah Guthrie as the leads of Today’s 7 and 8 a.m. coverage. Following the firing of Matt Lauer amid sexual harassment revelations in late November, Kotb stepped into the role of interim co-host. Joining Today’s lead team on an official basis is the nadir of Kotb’s now 20-year with NBC, in which she has occupied numerous positions at Today and Dateline. The pairing of Guthrie and Kotb departs from the man-and-woman convention of morning talk shows. With Kotb retaining her 10 a.m. coverage alongside Kathie Lee Gifford and Megyn Kelly anchoring the 9 a.m. hour, the Today roster has been set for the foreseeable future.

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