The Phil Donahue Show, whose host Phil Donahue died on Sunday, August 18, was first broadcast on November 6, 1967. It ran for ...

"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," wrote Oprah Winfrey.

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.