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When Craig Melvin stepped down over the weekend as Saturday anchor of NBC’s “ Today ” there was a buzz at the network that he will next be groomed to join Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb as an anchor on the weekday broadcast, TV insiders told Page Six. Sources exclusively added that NBC News national correspondent Peter Alexander will be announced as Melvin’s Saturday replacement in the coming weeks. A source told us, “The reason Craig Melvin was taken off Saturdays is to elevate him on weekdays.” The source added that “Craig will eventually be [a weekday] anchor . . . You don’t leave an anchor job to be a reporter.” Melvin, who’s a reporter and fill-in anchor during the week on “Today,” said on-air Saturday of his exit: “For the better part of the past year, I have been pulling triple duty here at NBC News.” He’s also an MSNBC anchor. The source said, “He already plays a big role [on ‘Today’] Monday to Friday. The network is really high on him right now: He’s smart, char