Peter Alexander is leaving NBC after years of being passed over for top anchor jobs: source

He’s over it.

Peter Alexander is saying sayonara to NBC News after practically 22 years — together with 15 years on the White House beat and eight as co-anchor of “Saturday Today,” we hear.

The motive he is leaving is a well-known one for TV anchors: The rigorous grind of 6-7 day workweeks has left him longing to spend extra time together with his household and younger youngsters, in response to our source.

And whereas which may be true, we’re informed Alexander was additionally sick of being ignored for top jobs on the community’s extra prestigious reveals like “Today” and “Nightly News.”

“He’d be the first to say he’s had ambitions for the top anchor jobs, and with all of those spots recently filled, he’s going to try something new,” the source mentioned.

Alexander, who is additionally the community’s Chief White House correspondent, took over the “Saturday Today” anchor seat from Craig Melvin in 2018when he was pulled off so as to make approach for a extra everlasting seat at their flagship morning present. Sources informed us on the time that Melvin was taken off Saturdays “to elevate him on weekdays.”

Melvin has since grow to be the main man at “Today,” thus leaving Alexander with out hope of ever touchdown that gig. Ditto for the opposite top jobs. In latest years, Tom Llamas was employed to anchor “Nightly News.” Kristin Welker was elevated to host of “Meet the Press” and Hallie Jackson is anchoring “Weekend Nightly News.”

Alexander’s final day might be on Saturday. We hear he’ll settle for an 11 am weekday anchor gig at MS Now, previously MSNBC, the NBC community separated from after restructuring in 2025.

A spokesperson for NBC didn’t get again to us.