Don Lemon to host show on CNN+

Don Lemon is getting a weekly show on CNN’s soon-to-be-launched streaming service. 

“The Don Lemon Show” will premier on CNN+ and feature a studio audience, the company said. 

“There are no limits to the conversation as Don Lemon and his studio audience take on the most talkable news stories each week,” the network said as part of the announcement. 

Lemon hosts a prime-time show on CNN’s cable channel and has been with the company since 2006. 

“I’ve been enamored by talk shows since I was a child. I’d hide the remote and made my siblings watch Johnny Carson. I wanted to be him,” Lemon said of his new program on streaming. “And then I discovered Phil Donahue and it all clicked. ‘Caller, you’re on the air.’  A talk show centered around news, current events and everyday provocative topics – I watched every single day! Same with Oprah. Time now for this generation’s version of that great tradition. This is my opportunity to dig deeply into the topics I’m passionate about and not limited to the news of the day.” 

CNN, the latest new company to make a big push into streaming, has been rolling out streaming show announcements for several of its top anchors and hosts in recent weeks, including Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper. 

CNN+ is slated to go live this spring.