Donahue’s very first guest was Madalyn Murray O’Hair, at the time America’s most famous, and widely unpopular, atheist. Boris Yurchenko/Associated Press Donahue led a discussion on the life ...
Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible ... when he featured atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair as his first guest. He would later air shows on feminism, homosexuality ...
"There wouldn’t have been an Oprah Show without Phil Donahue being the first to prove that daytime talk and women watching ...