'Today' Show Anchor, Craig Melvin, Is Married and His Wife Is Pretty Cool
Lindsay Melvin also gets along with Craig's future co-anchor Savannah Guthrie.
Updated Nov. 21 2024, 1:18 p.m. ET
In November 2024, it was announced that The Today Show would replace Hoda Kotb with their longtime anchor Craig Melvin.
Hoda announced she would be leaving the morning news program to focus on her family, so Craig will be stepping in on January 13, 2025, alongside his new co-host, Savannah Guthrie.
While Savannah will be Craig's new "work wife," Craig, who started at Today in 2018, has a beautiful wife and kids at home in Connecticut — who we are sure are proud of their dad's latest career milestone.
So, who is his wife Lindsay? Keep reading to find out.
Craig and Lindsay Melvin with Savannah Guthrie and her husband, Mike Feldman.
Craig Melvin and his wife Lindsay met in the media world.
Craig and Lindsay Czarniak both worked at WRC-TV in Washington D.C. Craig was an NBC4 news anchor and Lindsay was a sports journalist. The two actually met at the station when Lindsay got back from covering the Beijing Olympics.
They hit it off right away, reportedly bonding over a shared love of live music and Whatchamacallit candy bars. Lindsay and Craig thought it best not to tell anyone that they were dating (as is typical with new relationships that evolve in the workplace).
However, once they were sure that they wanted to develop into a more serious relationship, then they felt no need to keep hiding it from their colleagues.
The couple tied the knot in 2011.
Lindsay is a working mom.
Lindsay worked as a sports anchor on ESPN’s Sportscenter from 2011 to 2017. After having two children, she took some freelance jobs while focusing on her family until she recently signed on with Fox Sports as a host of NASCAR Race Hub and a sideline reporter for Fox NFL.
She makes no apologies for taking time off to be a mom.
She told the Washington Post, “Once I got over my freakout factor of staying relevant, I think I just kind of let myself let it go. I just realized something great is going to come from all of this and you just have to listen to yourself. I have loved the time I’ve had to spend with my kids and I’m definitely still keeping that in the forefront because I realize how fast that goes. This has been such a blessing.”
Craig and Lindsay are the proud parents to two kids, Delano and Sybil.
Craig and Lindsay welcomed their first child, son Delano "Del" Melvin, in 2014, followed by their daughter, Sybil "Sybby" in 2016.
While Craig is an impressive journalist, fatherhood is definitely the most important role in his life. In May 2024, Craig published a children's book titled I'm Proud of You, based on his relationship with his kids.
“I didn’t even realize some of the emotions I’m capable of having until I had my own children," he told Garden & Gun. "I really need my kids to know: I’m proud of you, and here’s why I’m proud of you. It’s not just because of these things that you’ve learned how to do, but the kind of person I’m watching you become."