Craig Melvin has had to get used to an uber-early morning call time — despite not being a morning person. The veteran anchor joined the TODAY family as a host in 2018, which has called for wake up times as early as 3am and kicking off work just a few hours later. In November 2024, it was announced that he would be taking over for Hoda Kotb as Savannah Guthrie 's co-anchor, a role he has held since January of this year, and on the latest installment of the long-running program, he gave insight into how he gets ready for showtime.
On the Monday, October 20 episode of 3rd Hour, which took place out on Rockefeller Plaza for the program's Fan Fest, a fan told Craig: "Clearly you have to be a morning person to do this job, can you walk us through your morning routine from when you wake u