Sheinelle Jones named co-host for the fourth hour of 'Today'

Sheinelle Jones is taking the seat adjacent to Jenna Bush Hager connected the 4th hr of “Today,” the NBC News programme announced Tuesday.

The marque hold of the NBC News greeting franchise, which airs regular astatine 10 a.m., volition beryllium renamed “Today with Jenna & Sheinelle” connected Jan. 12. Hager has handled the hr alongside impermanent hosts since Hoda Kotb near “Today” successful January.

Jones, 47, volition measurement backmost from her duties connected the program’s 3rd hr which volition proceed with Craig Melvin, Al Roker and Dylan Dreyer.

The Kansas autochthonal was connected a permission from “Today” for overmuch of this twelvemonth owed to the decease of her hubby Uche Ojay, who suffered glioblastoma, an assertive signifier of encephalon cancer. She returned to the programme successful September.

Jones, a parent of three, has been a fixture connected “Today” since 2014. She joined the programme arsenic a co-anchor for the Saturday variation aft 9 years arsenic a section greeting TV anchor successful for the Fox presumption successful Philadelphia. She became a co-host for the 3rd hr successful 2019.

The 4th hr of “Today” is simply a breezy, daytime speech amusement with proposal and personage conversation. NBC News launched the hr successful 2007 with Ann Curry, Natalie Morales and Kotb arsenic co-hosts..

The programme gained a cult pursuing erstwhile it was co-hosted by Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford, and evolved into a vino ma gathering. Gifford near the programme successful 2019 and was succeeded by Hager.