<p>Longtime &#8220;Today&#8221; show host Al Roker will finally return to the set of the NBC morning show on Friday after multiple hospitalizations have kept him off the air since mid-November.</p>
<p>Roker&#8217;s co-host Savannah Guthrie <a href="https://www.today.com/health/al-roker-returning-today-show-details-rcna63953" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Tuesday that the 68-year-old weather personality is &#8220;coming back to the show&#8221; after initially being hospitalized before Thanksgiving when a blood clot in his leg &#8220;sent some clots into&#8221; his lungs, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/longtime-today-show-host-al-roker-in-the-hospital-explains-absence-from-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Everyone’s like, &#8216;When? When?'&#8221; co-host Hoda Kotb replied, as she shared Roker would be back on set this Friday, January 6.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is his place,&#8221; she added. &#8220;He&#8217;ll be in his seat, right where he belongs.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Not the same without Al,&#8221; Guthrie added. &#8220;Our sunshine will be coming back Friday morning.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Roker finally gave an update after his second hospitalization in December, calling it a &#8220;tough slog,&#8221; and thanked fans for all their love and support.</p>
<p>&#8220;Listen, it&#8217;s been a tough slog,&#8221; Roker shared. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to deny this. It&#8217;s been the hardest one yet, and you know I&#8217;ve had my share of surgeries.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It gives you [a] profound sense of gratitude for this outpouring of prayers and thanks,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I&#8217;m a very fortunate person.&#8221;</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/today-show-host-al-roker-shares-update-with-fans-after-being-hospitalized-for-major-blood-clots">weather personality</a> also admitted that four weeks in the hospital was hard on his body and said he wasn&#8217;t ready to return to the set yet.</p>
<p>&#8220;You lose a certain amount of muscle mass for every week you&#8217;re in the hospital, and I was in the hospital for four weeks,&#8221; Roker explained. &#8220;It&#8217;s just a certain amount of weakness. I&#8217;m doing physical therapy every day, occupational therapy. I&#8217;ve got to just get my strength back.&#8221;</p>
<p>On Thanksgiving, Roker posted photos on Instagram celebrating that he was out of the hospital after a blood clot in his leg &#8220;sent some clots into&#8221; his lungs.</p>
<p>However, he was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/today-show-host-al-roker-rushed-back-to-hospital-after-being-released-in-time-for-thanksgiving">rushed</a> back to the hospital via ambulance on November 25 after falling ill again. Days later, the &#8220;Today&#8221; show confirmed that Roker was back in the hospital &#8220;due to some complications,&#8221; as they sent well wishes to their co-host.</p>

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