{"id":1633,"date":"2026-05-11T13:17:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/savannah-guthrie-officially-confirms-surprising-career-move-as-mom-nancy-remains-missing\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:17:36","slug":"savannah-guthrie-officially-confirms-surprising-career-move-as-mom-nancy-remains-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/savannah-guthrie-officially-confirms-surprising-career-move-as-mom-nancy-remains-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie officially confirms surprising career move as mom Nancy remains missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/guthrie-30.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Savannah Guthrie is the host of a new \u201cWordle\u201d game show.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist made the \u201cbig announcement\u201d on the \u201cToday\u201d show Monday alongside Jimmy Fallon, the executive producer of the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been holding in a secret between us for a long time now,\u201d the 54-year-old gushed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Savannah Guthrie confirmed Monday that she will host the new game show \u201cWordle.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">moonstoneyin\/Tiktok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jimmy Fallon (pictured above Tuesday) is executive producing the project. <span class=\"credit\">moonstoneyin\/Tiktok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Fallon, 51, replied, \u201cI\u2019m so happy it\u2019s you \u2014 we were looking for the perfect host for this. We need someone who looks like they play Wordle, someone who knows how to run a show. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did the pilot, and you were amazing,\u201d the \u201cTonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d host continued of Guthrie, who guest-hosted \u201cJeopardy!\u201d in 2021 for two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The game show, based off the New York Times\u2019 popular puzzle of the same name, will begin filming this summer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fallon dubbed Guthrie (pictured above on Friday) \u201cthe perfect host.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Janet Mayer\/INSTARimages.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The journalist (pictured above on Thursday) begins filming \u201cWordle\u201d this summer. <span class=\"credit\">Today\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>News initially broke in October 2025 that \u201cWordle\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/wordle-game-show-savannah-guthrie-nbc-1236394893\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was in development<\/a>, with Guthrie set to host.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Guthrie has been in headlines primarily for her personal life as her family navigates mom <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/04\/celebrity-news\/timeline-of-savannah-guthries-moms-disappearance\/\">Nancy Guthrie\u2019s ongoing disappearance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 84-year-old was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/05\/celebrity-news\/cops-lay-out-exact-timeline-of-nancy-guthries-disappearance-confirm-blood-was-hers-in-day-5-presser\/\">last seen at her Arizona home<\/a> in January \u2014 and Savannah <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/09\/entertainment\/hoda-kotb-fills-in-for-savannah-guthrie-1-year-on-today-amid-nancys-disappearance\/\">stepped back from the \u201cToday\u201d show<\/a> for weeks amid the crisis.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>News broke last year that the game show was in development. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Since then, Savannah\u2019s mom, Nancy Guthrie, went missing from her Arizona residence. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She acknowledged in a heartbreaking February video that the matriarch <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/24\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-cries-she-may-already-be-gone-in-new-video-offers-1m-reward-for-missing-nancys-return\/\">\u201cmay already be lost,\u201d<\/a> noting, \u201cIf this is what is to be, then we will accept it, but we need to know where she is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/06\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-makes-return-to-today-show-as-mom-nancy-remains-missing\/\">returned to Studio 1A<\/a> \u2014 and co-host Craig Melvin \u2014 two months later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, ready or not, here we go!\u201d the Daytime Emmy winner told viewers in April. \u201d Let\u2019s do the news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/06\/style\/the-meaning-behind-savannah-guthrie-yellow-dress-for-today-show-return\/\">wore a yellow dress<\/a> at the time, with the color symbolizing hope, remembrance and support for Nancy\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The 84-year-old \u201cmay already be gone,\u201d Savannah recently acknowledged. <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy NBC Universal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She returned to \u201cToday\u201d in April. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Savanah Guthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Savannah did the same on Monday as a seemingly subtle Mother\u2019s Day acknowledgment.<\/p>\n<p>The former attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/10\/entertainment\/savannah-guthrie-posts-touching-mothers-day-tribute-as-mom-nancy-remains-missing\/\">posted a touching tribute to Instagram<\/a> over the weekend, writing, \u201cWe miss you with every breath. We will never stop looking for you. We will never be at peace until we find you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her husband, Michael Feldman, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/10\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthries-husband-shares-heartbreaking-mothers-day-post-to-wife-as-her-mom-nancy-remains-missing\/\">dubbed Savannah \u201cthe strongest person\u201d<\/a> in an emotional upload of his own on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/11\/entertainment\/savannah-guthrie-officially-confirms-surprising-career-move-as-mom-nancy-remains-missing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Savannah Guthrie is the host of a new \u201cWordle\u201d game show. 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