He'd spent all day Sunday with Guthrie in Tampa for the Sunday Night Football game, then stayed up until 11 p.m. to watch his favorite team, the Washington Commanders, win the game. His first-day, back-to-school jitters started with rising at 3:45 a.m. for his hour commute to 30 Rock.

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TODAY' co-anchors Craig Melvin and Savannah Guthrie talk on-air chemistry, longstanding friendship and missing Hoda Kotb.