Viewers were bewildered to spot Savannah Guthrie astatine nan NBC table this greeting aft nan Today Show host provided around-the-clock sum connected nan 2024 statesmanlike predetermination precocious into yesterday evening.
Guthrie, who led nan complaint connected NBC’s predetermination sum past nighttime pinch Lester Holt, was up agleam and early this greeting astatine Hoda Kotb‘s broadside erstwhile The Today Show began airing astatine 8 a.m. ET.
“If you are conscionable waking up, a agelong predetermination nighttime stretching into nan morning,” she told viewers, earlier adding, “I’ve had 3 cups of java lined up here.”
Guthrie was connected nan aerial past nighttime from 6:30 p.m. ET until good into nan night, aft having hosted The Today Show yesterday morning, arsenic well.
“The title is still excessively adjacent to telephone successful immoderate of those occidental battlegrounds in Michigan,” she said. “But nan bottommost statement is clear arsenic day. Donald Trump once again nan president elect, nan 45th president group to return to the White House.”
Viewers astatine location were impressed by Guthrie’s commitment. But immoderate were besides concerned.
“I aftermath up, I spot @SavannahGuthrie connected TV…come location from activity she’s connected TV. I aftermath up today, she’s STILL connected TV. Has she slept!?” 1 spectator wrote connected X.
“The magnitude of caffeine that has to beryllium pumping done Savannah Guthrie’s assemblage is astir apt alarming. Girl has been sidesplitting it connected TV for 24 hours. Toasting my java to her,” different instrumentality wrote.
Another commented, “I don’t cognize really you are doing it..no sleep? Looking caller arsenic a daisy…keep up nan bully work!”
Guthrie appeared optimistic connected Election Day up of her evening connected nan air. She shared a photograph of nan encouraging statement her girl wrote her earlier nan show, which read, “You sewage this! You’ve worked truthful hard!”
She besides wrote that she was going to beryllium connected NBC “all nighttime long” successful a social media post that showed Rockefeller Center. “Always truthful proud to locomotion into @nbcnews connected Election Night,” she wrote.
But Guthrie appeared somber arsenic she and Kotb reported connected nan predetermination results.
NBC’s predetermination sum will beryllium continuing passim nan time arsenic nan web reportedly plans to aerial astatine slightest 24 consecutive hours of predetermination programming.
The web already pre-empted Today With Hoda & Jenna Wednesday morning, while Late Night With Seth Meyers and Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon were besides pre-empted Tuesday evening.