Craig Melvin replaces Hoda Kotb on the ‘Today’ show

“Today” has found its replacement for Hoda Kotb.

Craig Melvin will take on the role of Kotb on the NBC daytime show.

Kotb, 60, shared the news Thursday morning and also confirmed that his last day on the show is Friday, January 10.

“I am beyond excited and grateful,” Melvin, 45, said. “This is the latest in a long list of blessings.”

Kotb has co-hosted the first two hours of “Today” with Savannah Guthrie, 52.

She is also the co-host of the 10 a.m. show “Today with Hoda and Jenna” alongside Jenna Bush Hager, 42. He previously did the show with Kathie Lee Gifford from 2008 until Gifford’s departure in 2019.

Melvin became host of “Today” in August 2018. Five months later, he was named permanent co-host of the show’s third hour alongside Al Roker, Sheinelle Jones and Dylan Dreyer.

Kotb announced his departure from “Hoy” after 26 years in September.

She shared the news in person with his co-hosts, including Melvin and Bush Hager.

“I’ve spent 26 years at NBC,” he said. “I just turned 60 and it was a monumental moment for me, because I started thinking about that decade. “I realized it was time to turn the page at 60 and try something new.”

“I decided this is the right time to move on,” Kotb shared, adding that she wants to spend more time with her daughters, Haley, 7, and Hope, 5.

In a letter to “Today” staff, Kotb said: “I have been weighing this decision for quite some time. Am I really prepared? But celebrating my sixtieth birthday at the Plaza felt like a change. Like a massive, joyful YES, you are! I saw it all very clearly: my television career has been more than significant, a new decade of my life awaits me, and now my daughters and my mother need and deserve a larger portion of my time.”

“I will miss you all desperately, but I am ready and excited,” she added.

In an interview with MY! News Last month, Kotb spoke about who would like to replace her on “Today”.

The person I want is someone who has beautiful chemistry with Jenna. [Bush Hager]”he shared. “That’s all I want. Because it’s never about either anchor, it’s about what’s in the middle. So bring the chemistry.”