The 2024 Paris Olympics have kicked off with the Today crew spearheading NBC’s coverage of the summer games. But what could this mean for Today With Hoda & Jenna?
NBC and Peacock will be broadcasting the 2024 games as they take place from July 26 to Aug. 11 with live commentary and additional coverage from Today anchors Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, and Craig Melvin.
Unfortunately, it appears that Jenna Bush Hager will not be joining Kotb in Paris for now. The co-hosts bid each other farewell on Today With Hoda & Jenna last week when they settled on the secret signal Kotb would give Bush Hager while on camera. Bush Hager also managed to prank call Kotb after she landed in Paris and nearly convinced her to co-host Today With Hoda & Jenna from her hotel room over a video call!
While it’s good to see the Today hosts enjoying themselves in Paris, some viewers may have been surprised to see that NBC did not air an episode of Today With Hoda & Jenna on Monday (July 29) and instead followed up The Today Show with more Olympics coverage.
So, will NBC be airing new episodes of Today With Hoda & Jenna during the Olympics? Here’s what we know about NBC’s plans for the 2024 Olympics.
For now, it remains to be seen when NBC will return with new episodes of Today With Hoda & Jenna. NBC is pre-empting The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon and Late Night With Seth Meyers this week for more Olympics coverage, so it could be possible that the network is planning to do the same with Today With Hoda & Jenna.
However, we do know that Kotb and Guthrie will be interviewing leading U.S. athletes and highlighting major moments from the games during the first two hours of Today starting at 7 a.m. ET everyday.
Decider reached out to NBC for further information and will update this piece accordingly.
It is still possible (and highly likely) that Bush Hager will return to the air with a guest host to fill in for Kotb before she returns from the 2024 Olympics. There are several Today anchors who stayed back in New York who will certainly be up for the job.
It remains unclear when Kotb will be back to join Bush Hager on Today With Hoda & Jenna, however, it looks like Kotb will definitely be back in New York in time to attend her 60th birthday bash on Aug. 12 at the TODAY Plaza in New York City.
Today with Hoda & Jenna airs on weekdays at 10/9c on NBC.