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Andrea Mitchell was emotional on her last day in the anchor chair on her MSNBC show, and her colleagues had a surprise in store for her final minutes.

Back in October, the veteran reporter announced she'd be ending her 16-year anchoring run after the presidential inauguration.

Veteran journalist Andrea Mitchell signs off from her MSNBC show for the final time today, Friday, February 7, after 17 years at the network, and viewers are reacting to her exit from the anchor chair.

Mitchell, 78, previously revealed that she would return to field reporting after the inauguration, though PEOPLE can now confirm her final day at the desk

Long-time MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell delivered an emotional speech as she made her final television apperance on her show after 17 years on the air. On Friday, Feb. 7, the 78-year-old journalist made her last-ever broadcast on her show 'Andrea Mitchell Reports.

Andrea Mitchell will anchor her final MSNBC show on Friday, having announced last year that she would be stepping down from her daily program after the inauguration. Mitchell will continue with NBC News, where she has been chief foreign affairs correspondent and chief Washington correspondent.

On her final show of Andrea Mitchell Reports after 17 years, Andrea Mitchell reflects on her time in the anchor chair. She is joined by Kristen Welker and many other friends and colleagues that have made the show possible over the years.

Andrea Mitchell anchored her final edition of MSNBC’s long-running Andrea Mitchell Reports, with staffers and colleagues past and present entering the studio to give her an ovation as she wrapped up the show.