to scale back their live news programming. Final broadcasts of the shows hosted by all three presenters were aired on Friday, October 26, 2018. She then was the inaugural host of the A&E show Live Rescue. After the first season, Matt Iseman took over as host. She resumed hosting programs on CourtTV, including the true crime documentary series Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield in 2020. The program recaps past high-profile trials and provides updates on the individuals involved. She also appeared as a special contributor on their evening courtroom highlight show. In January 2021, Banfield was announced as the host to replace the third hour of NewsNation Prime on NewsNation. The interview program, titled Banfield, to interviewed newsmakers from all walks of life in a style said to be similar to Larry King Live. Personal life Banfield was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the daughter of Suzanne Elizabeth (Holland) and John Alexander Banfield. She was known for her "trademark rectangular eyeglasses, the object of countless remarks, pro and con, after her arrival on the national media scene." In 2016, she had refractive lens exchange surgery which corrected her far-sightedness. Banfield is a cousin of television writer and director Michelle MacLaren. In 2004, Banfield married real estate financier Howard Gould, who founded the carbon credit trading company Equator Environmental, and is a great-grandson of railroad developer Jay Gould. The wedding took place aboard a wooden yacht at the Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club in Canada. The couple, who are now divorced, have two sons. Banfield became a naturalized U.S. citizen on October 24, 2008. On December 29, 2017, Banfield's 50th birthday, she married sales executive Chris Haynor, her partner of three years, at the Hermitage Club ski lodge in Wilmington, Vermont. References External links Banfield biodata, TruTV.com; accessed February 16, 2015. Twitter (@TVAshleigh) Facebook (AshleighBanfield) Personal website - archived September 2, 2013 https://www.newsnationnow.com/author/ashleigh-banfield/ 1967 births Living people Canadian emigrants to the United States Journalists from Manitoba Journalists from Dallas Queen's University at Kingston alumni Balmoral Hall School alumni News & Documentary Emmy Award winners University of British Columbia alumni American television news anchors Canadian television news anchors Canadian women television journalists CNN people People from Winnipeg American women television journalists 20th-century Canadian journalists 20th-century American journalists 21st-century American journalists Naturalized citizens of the United States 20th-century American women 21st-century American women 20th-century Canadian women