what happened to lester holt on nbc

Lester Holt's tenure as the anchor of NBC Nightly News ended on May 30, 2025. He signed off from the NBC Nightly News anchor desk after a decade of hosting. Following this, Lester Holt did not leave NBC entirely; instead, he shifted his focus to working full-time on NBC's "Dateline," where he will expand his role and cover long-form journalism topics he cares deeply about. Tom Llamas took over as the NBC Nightly News anchor starting June 2, 2025. Holt expressed that while he will miss the energy and pressure of nightly news broadcasting, he is excited to take on this new phase in his career at Dateline.