Overview
- The fourth hour will relaunch as TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle on Jan. 12, 2026.
- Jones will leave the 3rd Hour of TODAY, while Craig Melvin, Al Roker and Dylan Dreyer continue as co-hosts of the 9 a.m. hour.
- The appointment ends nearly a year of on-air tryouts with roughly 60 guest co-hosts following Hoda Kotb’s departure in January.
- TODAY executives Libby Leist and Talia Parkinson-Jones called the move an “exciting new chapter,” citing the duo’s rapport with viewers.
- A TODAY veteran since 2014, Jones returned in September after her husband Uche Ojeh’s death in May and received support from colleagues, including a pre-announcement call from Kotb.