Savannah Guthrie announces new NBC hosting duties: ‘We’ve been holding this secret’

Savannah Guthrie revealed on Monday during “Today” that she will be the host of NBC’s new Wordle Game Show. Guthrie, with the help of Jimmy Fallon, made the announcement during the 8 a.m. hour of the morning news broadcast. Fallon will be an executive producer on the upcoming show. “This is very exciting, I have a big announcement to make,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” host said. “We’ve been developing Wordle as a game show for the past two-and-a-half years with ‘The New York Times,’ and it’s official — we are making Wordle Game Show with our host, Savannah Guthrie!" “We’ve been holding this secret between us for a long time now,” Guthrie replied. “And we’re going to make Wordle a game show.” Guthrie said the show will be “super fast-paced and fun” and a “great family game.” “I love a game and a show that you can watch with kids and you feel like they’re learning some things,” she said. She also thanked those associated with the show. “We’ve been working on this for a really long time, and actually we just found out in February that we got picked up and we were supposed to shoot in March,” she said. “And I just want to say a quick thank you to NBC and to Jimmy and his production company and ‘The New York Times’ and the studio and Universal because when everything happened with me and my family, they just stopped everything and said ‘We’ll wait for you.’ And Hollywood is a really tough business, and I didn’t expect that, and I just want to say thank you, it means so much to me.” “Today” co-anchor Craig Melvin teased Fallon, “Jimmy, again, you can’t do it without her — neither can we. So you can borrow her for a little while, but make sure you return her.” Shooting will begin this summer.