In addition to co-hosting the show’s third hour, Melvin, 44, is also the host of the syndicated true crime series Dateline.
Melvin’s wife, Lindsay Czarniak, wrote a long and heartfelt congratulatory message for her husband on Instagram.
“I am overwhelmed with emotion upon seeing the announcement of your appointment as the show’s new co-host this morning Today Show,” Czarniak wrote. “I am proud because the man that so many Americans “wake up” to in the morning is truly the same man we see at home. Warm, caring, curious, smart, funny, savoring all the foods prepared.”
As Melvin takes on his new role, here’s what we learn about his supportive wife Lindsay Czarniak, a host herself.
Czarniak is an Emmy Award-winning sportscaster
Lindsay Czarniak began her career as a sports anchor and reporter at WRC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Washington, winning an Emmy during that time. She joined ESPN in 2011 and was the first woman to host the network’s coverage of the Indianapolis 500 on ABC. According to her Fox bio, Czarniak has been a featured reporter for Fox NFL and Fox Nascar on Fox Sports since 2019.
She was infected with the sports bug by her father
A native of Pennsylvania, Czarniak grew up a huge sports fan. She played lacrosse and field hockey in high school and then studied online journalism at James Madison University in Virginia. In a 2008 interview with Washington Flyer, she credits her father, Chet Czarniak, with sparking her interest in sports reporting.
Chet, a former online news editor at USA Today, had worked in the news network’s sports department for 17 years. “I recognized the virus early after watching what he did,” Czarniak said in the interview.
