LOS ANGELES (AP) — For nearly two decades, Phil Donahue was virtually the only TV talk show host to roam his audience with microphone and make them an essential part of his show. His huge ...

“There wouldn’t have been an Oprah Show without Phil Donahue being the first to prove that daytime talk and women watching should be taken seriously,” she said Oprah Winfrey is paying ...

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.

We think that somewhere deep in his memory from “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Dr. Phil knows that too.

Producers on The Jerry Springer Show hit out at Oprah Winfrey this month as they recalled ... She is the best that has ever been - Oprah and Phil Donahue. Donahue created [the genre] and she ...

The recent passing of the American journalist Phil Donahue at the age of 88 marked ... shape the careers of future media icons like Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres. Running until 1996 and ...

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey and TV host Gayle King have been ... At the time, daytime talk-show host Phil Donahue was also based in the Windy City, and Winfrey feared the direct competition would ...

We were astonished to see Phil McGraw, a man who uses a sobriquet ... who found fame and a huge fortune in our city on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” a man who made his bones by offering advice ...