Despite their unhappy reactions to the bourbon, Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie and the rest of the NBC team showed a lot of excitement and encouragement toward Craig Melvin about his new job. Guthrie shared that the announcement among the staff led to people breaking into applause, and Kotb said this to Melvin:

Craig Melvin is following in Hoda Kotb’s legendary footsteps and the Today show staff couldn’t be more thrilled for him. “Craig is so awesome, people were cheering when they got the staff email," a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.

Hoda Kotb is leaving her Today show role in good hands. NBC News anchor Craig Melvin revealed on Thursday, November 14, that he would be replacing Kotb on the morning talk show upon her exit in January.