We rank the best daytime talk show hosts of all-time, from Phil Donahue to Oprah ... The evolution of daytime talk shows is quite fascinating. The 80s and 90s provided a very different type of ...

Phil Donahue, the pioneering daytime TV talk show host who welcomed audience participation and was willing to engage in any topic — from economic theory to adult diaper babies — died on Sunday ...

Marlo Thomas leads tributes to her late husband and pioneering daytime talk show host Phil Donahue after his death at 88 years old, with additional tributes from hosts including Oprah Winfrey ...

Groundbreaking daytime talk show host Phil Donahue is dead at 88. His family told “Today” the television fixture died Sunday night surrounded by loved ones following a long illness of an ...

The show’s immense popularity made Donahue the most-watched host for much of the ‘70s and ‘80s, drawing millions of views for each show. He received 11 daytime Emmy awards.

Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88 ...

As Oprah Winfrey’s iconic daytime TV talk show was winding down its final season in 2011, Rosie O’Donnell was prepping her own talk show for Winfrey’s new Oprah Winfrey Network.

Donahue was known for bringing the audience into the talk-show format, engaging with them just as he did with the notable list of guests on the show. Phil Donahue dead: Daytime talk show host was ...

Phil Donahue, pioneering daytime talk show host, dies at 88. Dubbed 'the king of daytime talk,' he was the first to incorporate audience participation, typically during a full hour with a single ...

Renowned “King of Daytime Talk” Phil Donahue, who created and hosted the The Phil Donahue Show, died on Sunday, Aug. 18 at the age of 88.