Savannah Guthrie announces major gig after months of heartbreak

The Today co-host Savannah Guthrie is taking on an exciting new role!

As she prepares to host a new Wordle game show, Guthrie alongside Jimmy Fallon and made the announcement.

Fallon, who serves as an executive producer on the project, revealed the network has officially partnered with The New York Times to turn the wildly popular word puzzle game into a television competition series.

He said, "This is very exciting, I have a big announcement to make."

"We've been developing Wordle as a game show for the past two-and-a-half years with The New York Times, and it's official — we are making Wordle Game Show with our host, Savannah Guthrie!" he added.

Furthermore, Guthrie said, "We've been holding this secret between us for a long time now."

"And we're going to make Wordle a game show," she added.

Notably, Fallon also gushed over Guthrie, saying, "I'm so happy it's you. We were looking, we're like, 'Who's the perfect host of this?' We need to have someone that looks like they play Wordle, someone that knows how to run a show and host it, and we did the pilot, and you are amazing, by the way."

"I thought you picked me because I have a skirt that looks like a Wordle," Guthrie said, teasing that the show will be "super fast-paced and fun" and "great family game."

"I love a game and a show that you can watch with kids and you feel like they're learning some things," she added.

Guthrie also thanked everyone behind the show, saying, "We've been working on this for a really long time, and actually we just found out in February that we got picked up and we were supposed to shoot in March."

"And I just want to say a quick thank you to NBC and to Jimmy and his production company and the The New York Times and the studio and Universal because when everything happened with me and my family, they just stopped everything and said 'We'll wait for you.' And Hollywood is a really tough business, and I didn't expect that, and I just want to say thank you, it means so much to me," she added.

Savannah Guthrie recently went through a heartbreaking time as her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, who was abducted from her Tucson, Arizona home on February 1, 2026.