Overview
- The hour will be retitled TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle when Jones debuts on Jan. 12.
- Jones will move from the 9 a.m. third hour to the 10 a.m. slot; Craig Melvin, Al Roker and Dylan Dreyer remain on the third hour.
- The appointment ends nearly a year of rotating guest co-hosts that followed Hoda Kotb’s departure in January.
- Jenna Bush Hager announced the decision live on air, calling Jones her “forever friend.”
- Jones returned to TODAY in September after taking leave when her husband, Uche Ojeh, died in May, a journey she has openly shared with viewers.