Despite their unhappy reactions to the bourbon, Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie and the rest of the NBC team showed a lot of excitement and encouragement toward Craig Melvin about his new job. Guthrie shared that the announcement among the staff led to people breaking into applause, and Kotb said this to Melvin:

Craig Melvin was announced as Hoda Kotb’s replacement for the first hour of the ‘Today’ show ahead of her exit from the morning show

It’s official… Craig Melvin is replacing the departing Hoda Kotb as the new anchor of NBC Today and will co-host the morning show alongside Savannah Guthrie.