"My father was a no-nonsense, dedicated, and focused minister", Hall mentions in his biography, "and there was usually a sermon he needed to prepare for or a Scripture he needed to study, and that always came first."

"I knew going in that being a single parent would be one of the toughest jobs I'd ever have", he states. "I'd been a talk-show host, actor, comic, and on and on, but this gig was going to be my defining moment."

Hall returned to his career only for brief stand-in positions and voiceovers (predominitely in cartoons and family movies that his son would enjoy), until 2012 when Arsenio Hall Jr. encouraged his father to participate in The Celebrity Apprentice.

"I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son", he tells Newsweek, "But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn't want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don't answer."

Son Knows Best

After being convinced to participate by his son, Hall won the fifth season of The Celebrity Apprentice in 2012, representing the Magic Johnson Foundation. The Foundation seeks to raise HIV/AIDs awareness, treatment, and prevention while simultaneously engaging minorities in their communities and promoting both academic and innovative achivements. He won a grand prize of $250,000 for his cause.

Other Accolades

Hall also recieved the 1988 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his work in Coming to America and in 1989 won the American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for the same film.
Controversy didn't elude him, however. In 2016 Hall filed a defamation lawsuit against actress and musician Sinead O'Connor for the total of $5 million dollars. Sinead had claimed that Hall fueled Prince's drug habit, resulting in his untimely death, but later retracted her allegation and apologized. Hall then dropped the lawsuit. 

Biographical Recognition

He has been featured biographically on E! True Hollywood Story, Pioneers of Television, and American Masters and is widely regarded as one of the "greats" in Late Night Television and the first African-American late-night success. His net worth is estimated to be approximately $5 million.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenio_Hall
https://www.newsweek.com/arsenio-hall-choosing-fatherhood-over-fame-65141https://www.biography.com/people/arsenio-hall-9542195