Phil Donahue, the celebrated King of Daytime Talk who altered the direction of talk television as host of the syndicated “The Phil Donahue Show” and later the redubbed “Donahue” for nearly three ...

There is *** long tradition of unique personalities who have appeared on WLWT over the last 50 years, two in particular, Phil Donahue and Jerry Springer have had an impact, not only here in Cincinnati ...

A pioneer in daytime television has died at the age of 88. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says Phil Donahue invented the audience-participation talk show. ERIC DEGGANS, BYLINE: Phil Donahue may have ...

Phil Donahue, host of the long-running Phil Donahue Show (which was later shortened to Donahue) who died at the age of 88 on Sunday night, changed how Americans watch television. The format and topics ...

Correction: Phil Donahue grew up in the West Park neighborhood of Cleveland. An incorrect location for his early life was given in his obituary. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Phil Donahue — whose insistence that ...

Donahue’s very first guest was Madalyn Murray O’Hair, at the time America’s most famous, and widely unpopular, atheist. Boris Yurchenko/Associated Press Donahue led a discussion on the life of young ...

Groundbreaking daytime TV talk show host Phil Donahue, who died Sunday at age 88, hosted a week of outdoor TV shows on Sacramento’s K Street Mall in the 1970s. Donahue’s show achieved national ...