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 will co-anchor Today following Hoda Kotb's departure Jan. 10. Co-anchor Savannah Guthrie said the team will spend an entire week celebrating Kotb, and then she introduced Kotb's replacement.