To the editor: Most people will remember Phil Donahue for his trailblazing daytime TV talk show, but my meeting with Phil was to honor him, Ellen Spiro and Tomas Young for their seminal antiwar ...

My mother cried when I told her that Phil Donahue died. Her mother (my grandmother) was an avid viewer of his daytime talk show, and my mom also considered the conversations that he hosted essential ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Long-time talk show host Phil Donahue wants America to take a long look at what the Iraq War is doing to its young men and women. Body of War, which Donahue produced and co-directed with Ellen Spiro, ...

When I’m asked to sometimes lead a panel discussion or roam an audience with a handheld microphone to field questions from an audience, I good-naturedly refer to myself as a substitute for Phil ...

Phil Donahue, seen in New York in 2020, died Aug. 18 at age 88. (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press) To the editor: Most people will remember Phil Donahue for his trailblazing daytime TV talk ...

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 ...

But Phil Donahue changed TV for the better, not for the worse. Terry Gross spoke to Phil Donahue in 1985, and she asked him why he involved the audience during his program. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR ...