India, May 9 -- Savannah Guthrie made her return to Today on May 7 following an unexpected short departure from the show amid an ongoing probe for her missing mother Nancy Guthrie.

During the Thursday morning broadcast, Guthrie appeared composed while discussing the Legally Blonde prequel series, Elle. "I love Legally Blonde. I connect with this character and now we get to see her in high school," she said, seated in her anchor chair next to Willie Geist, according to People and Page Six.

While Guthrie did not provide an explanation for her absence from Wednesday's show-hosted at the Today Plaza-her co-anchor Craig Melvin informed viewers at that time that she had to "leave a little early." He reassured them that Guthrie would "be right...