Don Lemon is an American television journalist best known as a CNN host. Lemon was born under the surname of his mother’s then-husband and discovered when he was five that Wilmon was his father. Lemon is primarily of African-American and Creole ancestry; his maternal grandmother was the daughter of a black mother and a white father of French and Scots-Irish ancestry. Lemon went to Baker High School, a public high school in Baker, East Baton Rouge Parish. During his senior year, Lemon was elected class president.
Lemon began his career as a weekend news anchor for WBRC in Birmingham, Alabama, and WCAU in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lemon was also a reporter and anchor for KTVI in St. Louis, Missouri. Lemon worked for NBC News in New York City, serving as a correspondent for both Today and NBC Nightly News, as well as an anchor on Weekend Today and MSNBC programs.
When does Don Lemon start Morning Show?
The first block will air from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET and will be hosted by John Berman, Kate Bolduan, and Sara Sidner. Brianna Keilar, Boris Sanchez, and Jim Sciutto will anchor the second block, which will air from 1 p.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET.