"I thought I knew everything, and I got here, and I really want to thank the audience for really teaching me … not only the audience at home but the audience here, who taught me what it takes. My first day that I was here,

I just wanted to know why everyone is being so nice today.” That’s how host Jerry O’Connell kicked off the final episode Friday of The Talk, which is signing off at 2,993 episodes and 15 seasons on CBS.

CBS aired its final episode of The Talk on Friday, and the gang did not go quietly. Amanda Kloots, who became a co-host in 2021 when The Talk was still being done over Zoom, was the first to break down as she