Craig Melvin has been announced as the new co-anchor of NBC’s Today show, replacing Hoda Kotb. Melvin will join Savannah Guthrie at the Today anchor desk in January following Kotb’s exit. Kotb’s final show will be Friday,

Veteran NBC host and news anchor Craig Melvin has been tapped to replace Hoda Kotb as co-host of the 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. hours of “Today.”

Craig Melvin will keep it in the NBC family when he replaces Hoda Kotb on the “TODAY” show early next year. Kotb, 60, announced on the legacy morning show Thursday that as of Jan. 10, Melvin, 45, will move from co-anchoring the 9 a.m. hour to join Savannah Guthrie in co-anchoring the 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. block.