Craig Melvin isn't even a week into his tenure as co-anchor of the 'Today' show and already his co-anchor has left him. Melvin, 45, joked about Savannah Guthrie's absence at the top of the Thursday, Jan.

Wofford College alumni dressed in black and gold and carrying signs were in the plaza outside the Today Show studios in Rockefeller Center Monday to cheer on their fellow graduate and South Carolina native Craig Melvin on his first day as co-anchor of the Today Show.

It’s Craig Melvin’s first week as Hoda Kotb’s replacement on Today but his cohost Savannah Guthrie was forced to miss an episode of the show. During the Thursday, January 16, broadcast, Savannah, 53,