Chuck Todd, the former moderator of "Meet the Press," is leaving NBC News. Todd, who has become a noticeably less visible presence on the network after he was replaced as "Meet the Press" moderator by Kristen Welker in 2023 after nine years in the chair,

Chuck Todd, who served as moderator of the Sunday morning NBC News franchise “Meet the Press” from 2014 to 2023, announced to colleagues Friday morning that he is leaving the network. Since handing the “Meet the Press” moderator baton to Kristen Welker, Todd has served as NBC’s chief political analyst.

Chuck Todd, the chief political analyst for NBC News and former Meet the Press moderator, announced today that he is leaving the network today after almost 18 years. In a note to staffers, Todd wrote,

Chuck Todd is taking his podcast and going home. The former “Meet the Press” moderator circulated a memo to colleagues at NBC News informing them that he would be departing 30 Rock, according to several reports.

Chuck Todd, the former “Meet the Press” moderator, is leaving NBC News, he told colleagues in a memo issued Friday, a move he’s making in order to pursue ventures outside the NBCUniversal empire. https://t.co/cOVdViJAiO

After nearly 20 years with the news division, Chuck Todd announced that he will be leaving NBC News to pursue new media ventures elsewhere.

TV journalist Chuck Todd, who in 2023 stepped down as host of NBC’s Meet the Press, is now leaving the network altogether, he confirmed on Friday. “There’s never a perfect time to leave a place that’s been a professional home for so long,