Hostin kicked off her career as a law clerk to Robert M. Bell, a retired Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals. She later became a trial attorney in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice as well as a federal prosecutor.
In her television career, Hostin has served as a commentator for various channels such as Court TV, Fox News, CNN, and ABC. Her first switch to television was as a commentator on Court TV. Through hard work, she later moved to The O’Reilly Factor daily show on Fox News featuring regularly alongside Bill O’Reilly and Megyn Kelly. Hostin served as a host and legal analyst at CNN from 2007 to 2016. While featuring on various morning shows for CNN such as American Morning, New Day, Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin, AC360, and AC360 Later, Sunny handled in-depth analysis and coverage of a plethora of legal cases centering on social justice issues. Hostin also wrote and co-produced a popular weekly news column for CNN called Sunny’s Law which helped viewers deal with challenges and questions on various issues.
Prior to her joining CNN, Hostin was an ABC News co-anchor from 2011 to 2012 on shows such as World News Now and America This Morning. From 2014, Sunny Hostin made frequent appearances as a guest contributor on ABC’s daytime talk show The View. Asides eventually becoming a permanent co-host on the show, she is now also an analyst and a senior legal correspondent for ABC News.
Hostin’s industry efforts have earned her some accolades. She was honored with a Special Achievement Award by Attorney General Janet Reno for her work as a prosecutor against child sex crimes and crimes against women. Sunny’s work as a correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America and as a correspondent for the ABC News special The President and the People has won her two Emmys. She is also a Daytime Emmy Award nominee. Alongside some of her famous colleagues, Hostin was nominated for the Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host award category.
