Hoda Kotb kicked off her weeklong farewell tour on Monday as she prepares for her final episode of "The Today Show," set to air on Friday. To celebrate, her co-host Jenna Bush Hager revealed the first three celebrity guests who will step into the "Today With Jenna & Friends" chair next week: Taraji P.

Three powerhouse women are stepping into Hoda Kotb’s shoes after the longtime talk show host’s upcoming exit from the Today show. Hoda’s Today With Hoda & Jenna co-host, Jenna Bush Hager, announced the first few celebrity guests who will be joining her in the morning show’s fourth hour beginning on January 13.

Jenna Bush Hager welcomed Eva Longoria as her second guest host on January 14, just days after saying goodbye to her previous co-host, Hoda Kotb. See details.

Jenna Bush Hager is starting a new era of the Today show's fourth hour. Following Hoda Kotb's final episode on January 10, Today With Hoda & Jenna relaunched under the new title Today With Jenna & Friends.

Today with Jenna and Friends will return with a rotation of celebrity co-hosts until a permanent replacement for Hoda Kotb is found.

Today with Jenna & Friends finally has its first batch of celebrity guests. After Hoda Kotb announced her upcoming departure from TODAY, her fourth-hour co-host, Jenna Bush Hager, revealed that Today with Hoda & Jenna would be turned into Today with Jenna & Friends.

Show is ramping things up for a new era, with the exit of Hoda Kotb on Friday, January 10 after an emotional installment. Hoda, 60, announced her departure from the NBC morning news show after seven years as its lead co-anchor,

Hoda Kotb kicked off her weeklong farewell tour ... “Today With Jenna & Friends” chair next week: Taraji P. Henson, Eva Longoria and Keke Palmer. “It’s going to be our month of wonder ...

Henson, Eva Longoria and Keke Palmer ... Nobody will ever fill this chair, but the three of them sure can try." Related: Hoda Kotb Announces She Is Leaving Today Show After 17 Years to Focus on Her Kids: 'Right Decision but Painful' Henson, Longoria ...

Craig Melvin was so shocked by news of Hoda Kotb's Today show exit that he thought the decision to leave wasn't hers. "My dressing room is two over from hers, and she knocks on my door one morning, which was unusual.

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