Phil Donahue was another. Even on shows that were much lighter in tone, Phil Donahue would involve his audience - not just the studio audience, where he famously would stroll into the crowd with his ...

For adults of a certain generation, daytime talk shows of the 1980s and 1990s represented all that was right with the world during a sick day home from school. In an ideal scenario, your parents or ...

Successful national talk show host Phil Donahue, who entertained, challenged and informed two generations of daytime television viewers, died on Sunday night following a long illness, Variety has ...

TV personalities are paying their respects to pioneering talk show host, Phil Donahue. The late daytime television icon, who hosted more than 6,000 iterations of The Phil Donahue Show from 1967 until ...

Phil Donahue, who died Sunday at 88, will be long remembered for changing day talk TV shows with a format that leaned heavily on participation and interaction with the studio audience. Initially ...

If you press that orange button above, you’ll be listening to a talk show. Now, you may not think of public radio and daytime TV as related. But at the heart of what we here on 1A do is… you. And for ...

The montage also highlights Donahue’s trailblazing talk show career and lasting legacy Phil Donahue is being remembered one year after his death with a moving tribute that captures both his ...

Phil Donahue attends the American Icon Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 19, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. automation Phil Donahue, whose influential TV talk show aired for ...

It was 1967 when the national media was covering our auto safety initiatives. A call came on the hallway phone outside my $90-a-month boarding room. “Hello, I’m Phil Donahue. I want to invite you on ...

Before Phil Donahue, most talk shows were forums for celebrities to plug their latest projects. Donahue did some of that, too, and he wasn't above pandering for ratings. In an effort to appeal to his ...