Former NBC News host and analyst Chuck Todd teased his next project after leaving the network, implying it was “a bit earlier than frankly we had all originally planned.”

Chuck Todd, former moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” is leaving the network after nearly 20 years.

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.

He joined NBC News as political director in 2007 and was “Meet the Press” moderator from 2014 to 2023, before giving way to Kristen Welker. The role made him one of the more visible journalists in Washington and, as such, an occasional target of President Donald Trump and his supporters.

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 chief political analyst for NBC News and former Meet the Press moderator, is leaving the network today after almost 18 years.

Chuck Todd, who joined NBC News in 2007 as political director and moderated 'Meet the Press' from 2009 to 2024, is departing the network.

Todd joins a slew of on-air journalists who have left their positions with major news networks. Find out what he’s doing after his departure from NBC.