Now, Jenna begins her “dating era” as new co-hosts — including celebrities, comedians, fellow anchors and friends of the show — cycle into the seat beside her. “Jenna & Friends” kicks off with Taraji P. Henson co-hosting in January, followed by names like Eva Longoria, Keke Palmer and Scarlett Johansson.

Jenna Bush Hager details her dad former President George W. Bush's reaction to her co-host Hoda Kotb leaving the show.

Nearly six years after becoming a literary heavyweight with “Read with Jenna,” she’s starting her own publishing venture with Penguin Random House.

"And what I realized is that if you feel bad about something, you have to just say it and it’ll come home. And it came home!" Jenna Bush Hager said of the necklace Hoda Kotb gifted her for Christmas.

Nathan Congleton/NBC Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager formed a strong bond both on and off the small screen. Kotb and Bush Hager joined NBC’s Today in 2007 and 2009, respectively, and went on to cohost the show’s fourth hour together following Kathie Lee Gifford’s 2019 exit.

“Our mission is to highlight debut and diverse writers,” Bush Hager tells PEOPLE of her book club’s selection process

What is it about family sagas that seem to make book clubs more interesting? Maybe it's because we know interpersonal relationships can be a little dysfunctional. It could be that we still don't know how to communicate with the people we love the most.

It’s time to say goodbye to Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager’s fourth hour. The friends and co-hosts had their last show on Friday, as Kotb, 60, left the daily live broadcast after 26 years at NBC. “Brought to you by Kleenex,