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Phillip John "Phil" Donahue (born December 21, 1935) is an American media personality, writer, and film producer best known as the creator and host of ''The Phil Donahue Show.'' The television program, also known as ''Donahue'', was the first talk show format that included audience participation.〔(Donahue's Last Hurrah, People Magazine May 20, 1996. "People" said "Donahue had the distinction of being the first talk show host to add audience participation" ("Caller, are you there?"). )〕 The show had a 29-year run on national television in America that began in Dayton, Ohio, and ended in New York City in 1996. 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. 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. In 1996, Donahue was ranked #42 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. Oprah Winfrey said "if it weren't for Phil Donahue, there never would have been an Oprah Show!"〔(Phil Donahue's First Time on the Oprah Show, Oprah.com, November 10, 2010. )〕 == Early life == Donahue 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 (McClory), a department store shoe clerk.〔Timberg, Bernard M. ''et al.'' ''Television Talk'', p.69. University of Texas Press, 2002, ISBN 0-292-78176-8〕〔Manga, Julie Engel. ''Talking Trash: The Cultural Politics of Daytime TV Talk Shows'', p.28. NYU Press, 2003, ISBN 0-8147-5683-2〕〔()〕 In 1949, he graduated from Our Lady of Angels elementary school in the West Park neighborhood of Cleveland. In 1953, Donahue was a member of the first graduating class of St. Edward High School, an all-boys college prep Catholic private high school run by the Congregation of Holy Cross in suburban Lakewood, Ohio. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame, which is also run by the Congregation of Holy Cross, with a B.B.A. in 1957. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phil Donahue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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