ON HER TIMELINE

Savannah Guthrie Expected to Make Return to ‘Today’ Show

Guthrie’s mother has been missing for nearly a month after being taken from her Arizona home.

Savannah Guthrie’s bosses expect her to return to the Today Show, but the timeline is uncertain as her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, is still missing. Variety reported that NBC expects Savannah to return on her own timeline, even if that ends up being a significant period. This week, Savannah said her family was offering a reward of up to $1 million for the safe recovery of her mother, who was abducted from her Tucson area home last month. Longtime Today Show host Hoda Kotb, who retired from the show last year, has been filling in for Savannah in her absence. Former Today Show anchor Katie Couric called the situation “tragically unprecedented.”“I do think morning shows are living, breathing organisms, and when something happens to a member of these very close-knit teams, it is devastating, I think, to everyone,” Couric told Variety. “I think the Today Show team is doing the best they possibly can, and it must be excruciating to try to carry on, but also to cover a story about a beloved colleague.”