Craig Melvin: Get to Know the New Today Show Co-Host!

Craig Melvin earned the promotion of a beingness this week.

In lawsuit you missed it, the long-time newsman was named as Hoda Kotb’s replacement connected The Today Show… astir 1 period aft Kotb announced she was leaving her relation arsenic co-host connected this iconic program.

She’ll stay a portion of the NBC News family.

But Melvin volition beryllium alongside Savannah Guthrie for the 7 and 8 a.m. hours starting connected January 13, 2025.

Craig Melvin attends the Annual Night of Opportunity Gala hosted by The Opportunity Network astatine Cipriani Wall Street connected May 8, 2024 successful New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Opportunity Network)

“I americium beyond excited and grateful,” an affectional Melvin said connected aerial erstwhile this quality was dropped connected Thursday morning. “I’ve enjoyed conscionable a beingness of blessings, and this is the latest successful a agelong enactment of blessings.”

The seasoned writer has spent years anchoring and co-anchoring connected MSNBC; arsenic good arsenic connected The Today Show.

Since 2018, he’s been co-anchoring the show’s 9 a.m. hr and “has been dependable Eddie for 7 years – alongside Savannah and Hoda,” a root told Us Weekly a mates days ago, adding of Melvin:

“It was the close choice, the wide choice, the prime that everybody could get behind. He is truthful beloved.”

Craig Melvin, Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker airs connected the Today Show Set connected August 5, 2024 successful Paris, France. (Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images)

According to insiders, Melvin volition marque betwixt $5-6 cardinal per twelvemonth owed to his caller role, which is acold from shabby.

What other bash we cognize astir Craig Melvin?

Melvin got married to erstwhile ESPN sports anchor and erstwhile WRC-TV sports newsman Lindsay Czarniak connected October 15, 2011.

They unrecorded successful Connecticut and person a 10-year aged lad named Delano and an eight-year aged girl named Sybil.

In 2007, he was named Best Anchor by the South Carolina Broadcaster’s Association.

Prior to joining Today 7 years ago, Melvin served arsenic a Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly correspondent, a Dateline Extra anchor and got his vocation started arsenic a newsman successful Columbia, South Carolina.

Lindsay Czarniak and Craig Melvin be the 2024 ADAPT Leadership Awards astatine Cipriani 42nd Street connected March 13, 2024 successful New York City. (GETTY)

Melvin besides seems to person the beardown enactment of his colleagues.

“You person each the things this occupation needs,” Kotb told Melvin aft helium was named arsenic her replacement. “You are the close idiosyncratic for it.”

Also connected air, Guthrie told Kotb that portion she is “irreplaceable successful our hearts,” she was excited astir Melvin’s caller role, referring to him arsenic “talented, wonderful, hard-working, astir worthy.”

Finally, weatherman and Al Roker joined connected Zoom to congratulate Melvin during this Today segment.

“I knew that this time would come. I’ve watched you grow. I’ve seen you arsenic a journalist, but much importantly, I’ve seen you arsenic a dad, arsenic a son, each the things that marque you who you are,” helium said to Melvin. “I americium truthful arrogant and truthful blessed for you close present due to the fact that you are truthful worthy of this.”