{"id":226662,"date":"2026-03-05T21:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/savannah-guthrie-today-show-future-decided-will-she-return\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T21:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:04:51","slug":"savannah-guthrie-today-show-future-decided-will-she-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/savannah-guthrie-today-show-future-decided-will-she-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie TODAY Show Future Decided: Will She Return?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The following post must begin with an obvious caveat:<\/p>\n<p>Savannah Guthrie has far bigger things to worry about these days than the state or future of her career.<\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019ve very likely heard about by now, the journalist\u2019s mother, 84-year old Nancy Guthrie, has been missing for over a month now.<\/p>\n<p>In a shocking and troubling turn of events, new reports indicate she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/nancy-guthrie-may-have-been-kidnapped-by-mexican-cartel-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">may have been kidnapped by the Mexican cartel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c-gettyimages-2205084291-20260226203734642.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-549969 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c-gettyimages-2205084291-20260226203734642.jpg 860w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c-gettyimages-2205084291-20260226203734642-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c-gettyimages-2205084291-20260226203734642-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c-gettyimages-2205084291-20260226203734642.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (NBC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We certainly can\u2019t verify this speculation at the moment \u2014 but we do know that the long-running anchor returned to the morning show\u2019s studio on March 5 for the first time since she stepped back from the production amid the search for her missing mother.<\/p>\n<p>According to People Magazine, Guthrie thanked the staff and crew for all of their love, prayers and support and for \u201ccaring about my mom as much as I do\u201d during her visit.<\/p>\n<p>She added, in part:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted you to know that I\u2019m still standing, and I still have hope, and I\u2019m still me. And I don\u2019t know what version of me that will be, but it will be. I\u2019m holding onto my faith. I still believe. And as my mom would say, \u2018where else would I go?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The co-anchor, who has been with the program since 2011, also made her intentions (or her <em>hopes<\/em>, perhaps) clear:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have every intention of coming back. I don\u2019t know how to come back, but I don\u2019t know how not to. You\u2019re my family. And, I would like to try.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-1024x670.png\" alt=\"Nancy and Savannah Guthrie on the set of the 'Today' show.\" class=\"wp-image-548478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-1024x670.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-768x502.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-2048x1340.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-960x628.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-1080x706.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-1200x785.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-1024x670.png\" alt=\"Nancy and Savannah Guthrie on the set of the 'Today' show.\" class=\"wp-image-548478 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-1024x670.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-768x502.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-2048x1340.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-960x628.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-1080x706.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM-1200x785.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-12.47.44-PM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nancy and Savannah Guthrie on the set of the Today show.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (NBC\/YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Guthrie, of course, has been absent from the air since her mother vanished. But she hasn\u2019t been absent from the headlines.<\/p>\n<p>In February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/savannah-guthrie-used-coded-language-in-latest-video-expert-believes-nancy-guthrie-knew-her-kidnapper-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Savannah Guthrie posted a video in which she offered $1 million<\/a>\u00a0to anyone who is able to provide information regarding the whereabouts of Nancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to know where she is. We need her to come home,\u201d Savannah said in a video released on Instagram and other platforms, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone out there knows something that can bring her home. Somebody knows. All of the information about this reward and the details are in the caption below. You can call the 1-800 tipline. You can be anonymous if you want. And we are begging you to please come forward now.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Savannah-Guthrie-020726-f08f8b5c517b43af8db39bff2987322d.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-547782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Savannah-Guthrie-020726-f08f8b5c517b43af8db39bff2987322d.webp 750w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Savannah-Guthrie-020726-f08f8b5c517b43af8db39bff2987322d-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Savannah-Guthrie-020726-f08f8b5c517b43af8db39bff2987322d.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-547782 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Savannah-Guthrie-020726-f08f8b5c517b43af8db39bff2987322d.webp 750w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Savannah-Guthrie-020726-f08f8b5c517b43af8db39bff2987322d-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Savannah-Guthrie-020726-f08f8b5c517b43af8db39bff2987322d.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During her stop by the set on Thursday, Guthrie hugged everyone on site.<\/p>\n<p>Her friend and colleague Dylan Dreyer then led a \u201cbeautiful\u201d group prayer for everyone, which began as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re here holding hands as a family, in a place where we don\u2019t understand why this is happening\u2026. It is not too bold to ask God for the biggest miracles every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A show spokesperson has confirmed most of this reporting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSavannah Guthrie stopped by the studio this morning to be with and thank her TODAY colleagues,\u201d this individual says in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile she plans to return to the show on air, she remains focused right now supporting her family and working to help bring Nancy home.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Savannah Guthrie attends Savannah Guthrie in Conversation with Hoda Kotb: Reflections on Faith at 92NY on February 22, 2024 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-547150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Savannah Guthrie attends Savannah Guthrie in Conversation with Hoda Kotb: Reflections on Faith at 92NY on February 22, 2024 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-547150 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2031653030-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Savannah Guthrie attends Savannah Guthrie in Conversation with Hoda Kotb: Reflections on Faith at 92NY on February 22, 2024 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones also discussed Savannah\u2019s visit during the show\u2019s fourth hour. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn her perfect way, she talked to us, hugged every single person in this room, the crew,\u201d Jones told viewers. \u201cShe said she has the intention to return to the show. Even though it feels like the hardest thing to do, it\u2019s also her home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Until this occur, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/hoda-kotb-today-savannah-guthrie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hoda Kotb will continue to play a role on Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers and messages of support,\u201d Guthrie said in a February 2 message. \u201cRight now, our focus remains on the safe return of our dear Nancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/savannah-guthrie-today-show-future-decided-will-she-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes The following post must begin with an obvious caveat: Savannah Guthrie has far bigger things to worry about these days than the state or future of her career. As you\u2019ve very likely heard about by now, the journalist\u2019s mother, 84-year old Nancy Guthrie, has been missing for over a month now. 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