TODAY Third Hour has had to air without half of its usual hosting team on Thursday.

Both Craig Melvin and Sheinelle Jones were missing from the morning show, while Al Roker and Dylan Dreyer remained.

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Half of the Today Third Hour’s usual hosting team was missing on ThursdayCredit: NBC

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Craig Melvin and Sheinelle Jones were both absent, and Jacob Soboroff filled in as a guest co-hostCredit: NBC
Al and Dylan pointed out that they were missing a couple of Today co-stars at the start of the broadcast.

They also happily welcomed one of the show’s beloved correspondents to the desk, as he helped them out as a guest co-host.

Dylan told fans: “Good morning, everyone! It’s the third hour of Today on this Thursday. Friday eve.

“Dylan here with Al. Obviously, Craig and Sheinelle are off today. But we’ve got our good friend, Jacob Soboroff!”

Jacob said a quick howdy to viewers, as Al and Dylan laughed at the version of hello he decided to go with.

“You’ve been throwing little, weird one-liners all morning,” Dylan teased.

After the quick intro, it was not revealed how long Craig would be out from the show or why he was absent.

He only recently returned to the morning show following some time off for a vacation with his family.

Details surrounding Sheinelle’s absence and her return date were also not given.

Jacob will often fill in for absent Today show hosts – both during the flagship edition of the program and its Third Hour version.

Last week, while Carson Daly was out, Jacob took over his usual pop culture segment, Pop Start.

It was during this segment on Friday when there was another switch-up with the hosts.

When it began, Jacob sat on the show’s usual white couch, alongside Al, Craig, Savannah Guthrie, and Hoda Kotb.

The stars honored the late musician Randy Meisner, the Eagles founding member, who died at 77 on July 26.

The segment featured several photos and sound clips of Randy and cut away from the hosts, but when the cameras returned to the set, Hoda had disappeared.

The present hosts continued to chat about pop culture, including stories about Kylie Minogue, Macklemore, Kelly Clarkson, and Stephen Curry.

Once PopStart ended, Savannah clapped her hands together and asked: “Guys, where’s Hoda?”

The camera then cut to Hoda running out of the Today studios and onto Rockefeller Plaza.

She was there with pop star Renee Rapp to help amp up the crowd awaiting the singer’s live performance.

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Al Roker and Dylan Dreyer did not reveal why their co-star Craig was out or when he would be backCredit: NBC

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Details about Sheinelle’s absence were also not givenCredit: NBC