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. "A lot happened between 10 and midnight, or later."

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Lemon, 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. It's a bittersweet moment for me, but it's not going to be a sad moment. I'm not going to be sad about it," Lemon explained. "I'm just going to miss working with all of the great people who really work their butts off every single day to put this show on the air. So tonight, this isn't about me, this is about you guys who are in the control room and in this studio. This is about you."

Lemon is slated to join CNN’s morning show as a co-anchor alongside Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow.

Watch Don Lemon’s final primetime sign off below.