Kotb announced she would be leaving her duties as co-anchor on the longtime morning show Dylan Dreyer is one of the many who are looking forward to learning who will replace Hoda Kotb on Today. On Sept.

Hoda Kotb, a fixture at NBC for more than two decades, says she will leave her morning perch on the “Today” show early next year, telling staffers “it’s time.” In a memo to her team — and later in an emotional on-air reveal Thursday — Kotb said her 60th birthday this summer helped trigger the departure: “I saw it all so clearly: my broadcast career has been beyond meaningful,