Jenna Bush Hager is launching a new era for the fourth hour of Today, retitled 'Today With Jenna & Friends,' after Hoda Kotb's departure. The show will feature a rotating cast of celebrity guest hosts, with Bush Hager exploring new dynamics and personalities.
Jenna Bush Hager isn't in a hurry to find a permanent replacement for Hoda Kotb on the fourth hour of Today. The TV personality, 43, teased what fans can expect from the revamped version of Today With Hoda & Jenna, retitled Today With Jenna & Friends, in an interview with Variety published on Monday, January 6. The new series will debut the week after Kotb’s final episode on the NBC morning show on Friday, January 10.
Noting that she is “involved” in picking Kotb’s permanent successor, she clarified the process isn’t something she and the show’s crew are rushing. “Chill out,” she quipped. “I feel like our audience deserves the time to get to know a ton of different people, ton of different backgrounds. We’re hoping to pull up the chairs to all different types of people.” For now, Bush Hager will cohost Jenna & Friends with a rotating lineup of celebrity guest hosts. For her first week as the show’s main host, Bush Hager will be joined by the likes of Taraji P. Henson, Eva Longoria and Keke Palmer. “I think there will be some surprises for sure,” she added. “And so, it’s like when we know, I think we’ll know.” Jenna & Friends executive producer Talia Parkinson-Jones mirrored Bush Hager’s comments, telling the outlet that the show doesn’t want to “replicate” Bush Hager and Kotb’s onscreen dynamic. “We’re in this new version of the show, and it’s really Jenna’s dating,” she explained. “We get a chance to meet different people, and we’ll fall in love one day, but until then we’re just having a really good time.” Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager NBC News executive vice president Libby Leist added: “This is the part of the Today morning where you’re the most honest and raw and personal. You hear everything from Hoda and Jenna, and I think that’s what the audience has come to expect. They really love when our talent shares the personal, shares advice and themes you may not always see in more of the news programs
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