On Friday (October 7), Don Lemon bid farewell to his primetime CNN show Don Lemon Tonight for the final time in preparation for a switch to a new time slot on the network. The 56-year-old reflected on his last eight years in primetime news, giving an emotional speech during the show's final episode. "Not goodbye, but certainly the end of an era as we sign off this last broadcast of Don Lemon Tonight, more than eight years, thousands of hours of live TV, historic moments and tough conversations," Lemon said. RELATED: Don Lemon Announces ‘CNN Tonight’ DepartureLemon, who began working at CNN as a correspondent in 2006 before joining CNN Tonight as a host in 2014, also watched as clips played of him covering the legalization of same-sex marriage, the Stoneman Douglass High School shooting, the January 6 Capitol insurrection and more. He also revisited past interviews with the likes of LeBron James, Spike Lee, Mike Tyson, Morgan Freeman and others"This is it, the final Don Lemon Tonight.

Source: CNN October 10, 2022 01:25 UTC