Savannah Guthrie re-signs with ‘Today’ during toughest personal year following mom Nancy’s disappearance

Savannah Guthrie has signed an extension to stay at “Today” — in the midst of the most difficult year of her career, Page Six can reveal.

The beloved anchor, 54, who’s still waiting on any news of her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, who was taken from her home more than nine months ago, will stay at the NBC morning show, sources tell us.

We revealed that her contract was up at the end of the year, and bosses have been waiting to hear what her plans are.

“Savannah is the best in the business,” a source told Page Six. “We want her to stay for as long as she wants to stay.”

In October 2024, when it was announced that her co-anchor Hoda Kotb was leaving, we’re told that Savannah was making between $7 million to $8 million per year — and had more than a year left on her deal.

However, Savannah’s day-to-day at work hasn’t been easy since Nancy, 84, was kidnapped on Feb. 1 from her Arizona home, with no update on her whereabouts.

“It’s always with me,” she told viewers on an episode of “Today” in June. “I cry every morning on the way to work, and I cry every morning on the way home.”

Indeed, in a harrowing interview earlier this year, after her return to the show in April following a six-week hiatus, she told Kotb that she feared her mother’s kidnapping was her fault.

During the interview, Savannah recalled calling her brother, Cameron Guthrie, a serviceman with experience in intelligence, and informing him about their mom’s disappearance.

“He saw very clearly right away what this was and even on the phone,” she told Kotb. “He knew, and he said, ‘I think she’s been kidnapped for ransom,’ and I said, ‘What? … Do you think because of me?’”

“And he said, ‘I’m sorry, sweetie, but yeah, maybe,’” the news anchor continued, adding that she and her family still didn’t know much about Nancy’s disappearance and whether her kidnapper thought they could “make a quick buck” off her.

Savannah told Kotb that it would be “too much to bear” if it was her fault.

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“I’m so sorry. I’m sorry to my sister [Annie Guthrie] and my brother, and my kids and my nephew and Tommy, my brother-in-law, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry if it’s me, I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry,” she said emotionally.

Footage released by the FBI showed a masked person outside of Nancy’s front door in the early hours of Feb. 1. Investigators later found a trail of blood on the matriarch’s front porch.

Days after the disappearance, on Feb. 6, a ransom note demanding millions of dollars for the safe return of Nancy was received.

“She will be held for ransom and once payment is received, she will be released unharmed. We will be holding her for a maximum of seven days,” the note read.

However, later that month, Savannah took to Instagram to vulnerably reveal she had accepted Nancy might be already dead and with her late family members “dancing in Heaven.”

Savannah and her family are continuing to offer a $1 million reward for information leading to Nancy.

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