“The show’s style had developed not by genius but by necessity. The familiar talk-show heads were not available to us in Dayton, Ohio. …The result was improvisation.”The show included radio-styl...
He met Thomas, the That Girl star of the 1960s who was a household name at the time, when she appeared on his show in 1977. He later said it was love at first sight.The two had been married since 1980...
He returned briefly to television in 2002, hosting another Donahue show on MSNBC. The station cancelled it after six months, citing low ratings.Outside of his famous talk show, Donahue pursued several...
Donahue and Posner also co-hosted a weekly issues roundtable, Posner/Donahue, on CNBC in the 1990s.Donahue also co-directed the 2006 documentary Body of War, which was nominated for an Oscar.— W...