Whether on daytime or late night, talk show hosts have played a remarkably prominent role in American — and, in some cases, British — popular culture.

“The Talk” ends its 15-year run on Friday with one final live episode, which Crabbe said will be devoted to celebrating the show’s history and its hosts, past and present.

Talk shows hosts are paying tribute to the man who paved the way for everyone in the genre: Phil Donahue. The legendary daytime talk show host, who created the format with The Phil Donahue Show ...

As Oprah Winfrey’s iconic daytime TV talk show was winding down its final season in 2011, Rosie O’Donnell was prepping her own talk show for Winfrey’s new Oprah Winfrey Network.

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. He was 88 ...