Phil Donahue

Known for ActingBorn 1935-12-21Died 2024-08-18Dayton, Ohio, USA

Phillip John Donahue (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024) was an American media personality, writer, film producer and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, later known simply as Donahue, was the first talk show format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on national television in America that began in Dayton, Ohio in 1967 and ended in New York City in 1996. His shows often focused on issues that divided liberals and conservatives in the United States, such as abortion, consumer protection, civil rights and war issues. His most frequent guest was Ralph Nader, for whom Donahue campaigned in 2000. Donahue also briefly hosted a talk show on MSNBC from July 2002 to March 2003. Donahue is one of the most influential talk show hosts and has been called the "king of daytime talk". Oprah Winfrey has stated, "If it weren't for Phil Donahue, there would never have been an Oprah Show." In 1996, Donahue was ranked #42 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Donahue, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

The Daytime Emmy Awards

Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown

Free to Be... a Family

Body of War

First Steps

Finding Vivian Maier

Unity

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

Frasier

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

Bob Ross: The Happy Painter

War Made Easy

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Sex: The Revolution

Preventive Warriors

L.A. Law

Sunshine Superman

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

BRATS

Real Time with Bill Maher

Blossom

Godless in America

The Billboard Boys

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Tamron Hall

The Making of Trump

Intimate Portrait

The View

South to Black Power

Man of the Year

Skum Rocks!

Bella!

The Swap

Project Censored the Movie

Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television

Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti

The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

An Empire of Reason

The Phil Donahue Show