He graduated from the University of Notre Dame, which is also run by the Congregation of Holy Cross, with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1957. Edward High School, an all-boys college preparatory Catholic private high school run by the Congregation of Holy Cross in suburban Lakewood, Ohio. In 1953, Donahue was a member of the first graduating class of St. In 1949, he graduated from Our Lady of Angels elementary school in the West Park neighborhood of Cleveland. Early life ĭonahue was born into a middle-class, churchgoing, Irish Catholic family in Cleveland, Ohio his father, Phillip Donahue, was a furniture sales clerk and his mother, Catherine (née McClory) was a department store shoe clerk. In 1996, Donahue was ranked #42 on TV Guide 's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. Oprah Winfrey has said, 'If it weren't for Phil Donahue, there would never have been an Oprah Show'. Donahue also briefly hosted a talk show on MSNBC from July 2002 to March 2003.ĭonahue is one of the most influential talk show hosts and has been called the 'king of daytime talk'. His most frequent guest was Ralph Nader, for whom Donahue campaigned in 2000. His shows have often focused on issues that divide liberals and conservatives in the United States, such as abortion, consumer protection, civil rights and war issues.

The show had a 29-year run on national television that began in Dayton, Ohio, in 1967 and ended in New York City in 1996. The television program, later known simply as Donahue, was the first talk show format that included audience participation. Phillip John Donahue (born December 21, 1935) is an American media personality, writer, film producer and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show.

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