Hoda Kotb Returning to TODAY to Promote Memoir

Hoda Kotb's memoir Jump and Find Joy: Embracing Change in Every Season of Life chronicles her decision to leave TODAY after a long NBC career and the personal work behind that choice. She says she told NBC executive Libby Leist first, weighed the 'math' of tenure versus time with her daughters, and felt relief when co-anchor Savannah Guthrie supported her. Kotb announced her exit in 2024, and her final TODAY broadcast aired January 10, 2025. The book revisits career milestones from Dateline to pitching for the fourth hour, offers behind-the-scenes observations about earlier Today-era dynamics, and frames becoming a mother later in life as an advantage. She is launching a wellness app called Joy 101 and is set to return briefly to TODAY to promote the book and its message about embracing change.